Washington — President-elect Donald Trump will be sworn in on Monday inauguration ceremony The event will be held inside the U.S. Capitol, breaking tradition due to record-cold temperatures.
Guests expected to attend Trump's inauguration include foreign leaders and technology CEOs. But the large crowds of onlookers originally scheduled to watch the swearing-in ceremony on Capitol grounds Monday will be significantly reduced after the decision was made to move the ceremony to a location with limited space. rotunda chapter due to dangerously low temperatures. The last time the inauguration was moved indoors due to cold weather was in 1985.
Here's information about who's attending Trump's inauguration:
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A large number of lawmakers and officials are expected to attend, in addition to the rank-and-file lawmakers and officials attending Trump's inauguration. Four other living presidents —Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama and President Biden. Vice President Kamala Harris, who is running against Trump in the 2024 election, is also expected to attend.
A series of tech CEOs, including Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Tesla’s Elon Musk, Apple’s Tim Cook, TikTok’s Shou Chew and Google’s Sundar Pichaiis also expected to attend Trump's inauguration. Many of these tech giants, who have been courting the president-elect in recent months, were scheduled to sit at the inaugural podium with Cabinet nominees and elected officials before the inauguration was moved indoors.
A number of foreign leaders are also expected to attend the inauguration, including the president of Argentina Javier Miley and Italian Prime Minister Giorgio Meloni. Chinese Vice President Han Zheng is also expected to attend on behalf of President Xi Jinping, Trump said invite join. According to State Department records dating back to 1874, no foreign leader has ever attended a transfer of power ceremony.
Country stars perform at Trump swearing-in ceremony Carrie Underwood and opera singer Christopher Macchio, singer-songwriter Lee Greenwood, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chorus and the United States Marine Band are expected to musical contribution to the program.
Who won’t be attending the inauguration?
former first lady Michelle Obama She will not attend Trump's inauguration and has not provided a reason for her absence, the only living first lady to do so. former speaker of house of representatives Nancy Pelosi She will also not be attending, and a spokesperson did not provide a reason for her planned absence. Both women attended Trump's 2017 inauguration.
Did Trump attend Biden's inauguration?
Trump skipped President Joe Biden's 2021 inauguration, which took place two weeks after the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, even as Trump continued to claim victory in the 2020 election.
Trump chose not to attend, becoming the first president in more than 150 years to skip the swearing-in ceremony of his successor and the fifth president in U.S. history to do so.
Biden's inauguration also saw smaller crowds than usual due to COVID-19 restrictions.