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Second inauguration of Donald Trump

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Second presidential inauguration of Donald Trump
DateJanuary 20, 2025; 2 days' time (2025-01-20)
LocationUnited States Capitol,
Washington, D.C.
Organized byJoint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies
ParticipantsDonald Trump
47th president of the United States
— Assuming office
John Roberts
Chief Justice of the United States
— Administering oath
JD Vance
50th vice president of the United States
— Assuming office
Brett Kavanaugh
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
— Administering oath
WebsiteThe 60th Presidential Inauguration
Trump Vance Inaugural Committee

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The inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th president of the United States will take place on Monday, January 20, 2025. Due to expected freezing temperatures and high winds, it will be held inside the United States Capitol rotunda in Washington, D.C. It will be the 60th U.S. presidential inauguration and the second inauguration of Trump as U.S. president, marking the commencement of his second and final non-consecutive term as U.S. president, the term of JD Vance as the 50th U.S. vice president, and the only non-consecutive re-inauguration for a U.S. president after the second inauguration of Grover Cleveland in 1893.[1] Trump's first inauguration was eight years earlier, in January 2017. It is also the first presidential inauguration to take place indoors since Ronald Reagan in 1985.

The event will include a swearing-in ceremony, a signing ceremony, an inaugural luncheon, a pass-in-review, a procession, and a parade. Inaugural balls are held at various venues before and after the inaugural ceremonies. Several Democratic members of Congress have decided to boycott Trump's inauguration.

Planning

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Held on the third Monday of January, the inauguration will occur on the same day as Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which marks the second time an inauguration has occurred on the same date as the holiday following the second inauguration of Bill Clinton in 1997.[2][3] On January 17, Trump announced the inauguration ceremony would be moved indoors due to cold weather, and would take place in the Capitol rotunda, a first since the public second inauguration of Ronald Reagan in 1985.[4][5]

Joint Congressional Committee

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In May 2024, both houses of Congress appointed a Joint Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies to oversee the construction of the platform and other temporary structures that will be necessary for the ceremonies and celebrations.[6]

Construction of the inaugural platform ceremonially began on September 18, 2024, with the driving of the first nail by United States Senator Amy Klobuchar using a nail made from iron ore mined and processed from the Iron Range.[7]

Security and operations

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Security fencing in Washington, D.C., ahead of the inauguration

In October 2024, the United States Capitol Police conducted an intelligence assessment that concluded an activist group "with a history of large-scale demonstrations involving illegal activity plans to protest the Inauguration regardless of the outcome" and that other groups protesting the Israel-Hamas war were "nearly certain to target the Inauguration" regardless of the winner in the U.S. presidential election.[8] According to the New York Times, organizers of the 2017 Women's March were committed to recreating it under the refreshed branding "People's March", though were unclear if attendance would approach the numbers of the 2017 event.[9]

Agencies expected to be involved with planning of the ceremony include the U.S. Capitol Police, the Washington, D.C., metropolitan police, and the U.S. Park Police.[10] Twenty-four states offered National Guard support for the electoral vote certification and inaugural ceremonies.[11]

Inaugural Committee

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On November 9, 2024, Trump announced the formation of the Trump Vance Inaugural Committee, Inc., a 501(c)(4) organization dedicated to planning inaugural events. The committee will be co-chaired by Steve Witkoff and former U.S. senator Kelly Loeffler, longtime friends and supporters of the president-elect.[12][13]

Donations

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The leaders of various tech companies have pledged donations and services for the inauguration. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said through a spokesperson that he will be making a $1 million personal donation. Mark Zuckerberg, the head of Meta and the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, sent $1 million.[14][15] It is also reported in the Wall Street Journal that Amazon's CEO, Jeff Bezos, has offered to stream the ceremony on Amazon Prime, and this will amount to a $1 million in-kind donation.[16] Observers say these donations are because some of these tech leaders had been in conflict with Trump in the past, in hopes to reduce regulatory pressure on their companies under the incoming administration.[15]

On December 18, Uber Technologies and its CEO Dara Khosrowshahi each agreed to donate $1 million to the inauguration. This was Khosrowshahi's largest donation to a political candidate.[17]

On December 23, the Ford Motor Company and General Motors announced that they would donate $1 million each and provide a fleet of vehicles for the inauguration.[18]

Invitees

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Outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden (who defeated Trump in 2020 and was inaugurated as the 46th president in 2021), outgoing U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris (whom Trump defeated in 2024), former U.S. presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama (whom Trump first succeeded in 2017) will attend the inauguration. Former first ladies Hillary Clinton (Trump's former opponent who was defeated in 2016) and Laura Bush will also attend the inauguration. Former first lady Michelle Obama will skip the inauguration.[19]

Chinese president Xi Jinping has been invited to the ceremony, but will send vice president Han Zheng as his special representative instead.[20][21] No foreign heads of state have been recorded attending a US presidential inauguration; diplomats generally represent their countries at inaugurations.[22] CBS News also reported that Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán has been invited.[22] El Salvador's president Nayib Bukele, Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni, and last democratically-elected Georgian president Salome Zourabichvili are also reportedly invited.[23]

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Argentine president Javier Milei are reportedly planning to attend.[24][25] Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has indicated that he is an invitee, but he would need his confiscated passport to be returned by the government in order to travel.[26] Russia confirmed that President Vladimir Putin did not receive an invitation.[27] Trump stated that he had not invited President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to his inauguration but expressed willingness to welcome him if he decided to attend.[28]

French Reconquête politicians Éric Zemmour and Sarah Knafo, as well as Identity–Freedoms leader Marion Maréchal, will also attend the ceremony.[29][30] Spanish Vox leader Santiago Abascal is also reportedly planning to attend the ceremony.[31] Belgian Vlaams Belang leader Tom Van Grieken⁸, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, Alternative for Germany co-leader Tino Chrupalla, and former Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki have also confirmed their attendance.[32]

Businessmen Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg, three of the world's richest men, are set to attend the inauguration. They will have a prominent role at the event, seated together on the platform alongside other distinguished guests, including Cabinet nominees and elected officials.[33] It was also reported that TikTok CEO, Shou Zi Chew, would attend the inauguration.[34] Apple's Tim Cook, Alphabet's Sundar Pichai, OpenAI's Sam Altman, and Uber's Dara Khosrowshahi are also set to attend the event.[35][36]

Order of events

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An order of events for the January 20, 2025, inauguration has been published by the Joint Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies and the National Park Service, with a detailed schedule to follow closer to the event.[37][2][38]

Event Time Location Description References(s)
United States Capital West View with steps 2013
Swearing-In Ceremony 		12:00 p.m. ET United States Capitol, rotunda During the swearing-in ceremony, the president-elect and vice president-elect will take the oaths of office, and then the new president will deliver an inaugural address. [4][39][38]

President's Room at the U.S. Capitol, pictured in 2011
Signing Ceremony

TBD President's Room Following the swearing-in ceremony, the president is scheduled to withdraw to the President's Room (Room S-216), where he customarily has a photo portrait made and signs transitional documents. [2][39][40]
Color image of National Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol in 2011
Inaugural Luncheon 		TBD National Statuary Hall The president and vice president are scheduled to attend an inaugural luncheon with leaders of the Senate and the House of Representatives, as well as invited guests. [2][39][38]
Washington, DC, August 4, 2009 -- US Capitol building, east side, dome and steps.
Pass-in-Review 		TBD United States Capitol, east steps After the luncheon, the president and vice president customarily transit to the east steps of the Capitol to review the military forces that will form the processional escort, including the Commander-in-Chief's Guard, the "President's Own" United States Marine Band, and others. [2][39][38]
President's Room at the U.S. Capitol, pictured in 2011
Procession 		TBD Pennsylvania Avenue Joined by the military escort, the president is expected to travel in the presidential state car across Pennsylvania Avenue to the reviewing stand in front of the White House. [2][39]
White House
Parade 		3:00 p.m. ET Pennsylvania Avenue A parade, consisting of military and civilian marching and performance units from each of the states, will proceed past the reviewing stand in front of the White House. [2][39][38][37]

Customarily, inaugural balls are held at various venues before and after the inaugural ceremonies.[41] Official balls, at which the president and first lady appear, are organized by the inaugural committee, while unofficial balls are not.[41]

Scheduled unofficial balls
Ball Sponsor Date Location Reference(s)
Peace Ball Busboys and Poets January 18, 2025 Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture [42]
Black Tie and Boots Ball Texas State Society January 19, 2025 Washington Hilton [43]
GW Inaugural Ball George Washington University January 19, 2025 Omni Shoreham Hotel [44]
Palmetto Presidential Inaugural Ball South Carolina State Society January 19, 2025 National Portrait Gallery [45]
Veterans Inaugural Ball American Legion January 20, 2025 Westin Washington Downtown [46]

Inauguration boycott

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Several members of the Democratic Party in the 119th Congress have decided to boycott the inauguration. This boycott is perceived as an initial opposition to the incoming administration.[47]

Multiple reasons are given for the decision to boycott, including the event coinciding with Martin Luther King Jr. Day events and memories from the January 6 United States Capitol attack.[48] As of December 14, below is a list of House Democrats not attending the inauguration:[49][50][51]

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