second inauguration of Donald Trump

The inauguration marked the formal culmination of Donald Trump's presidential transition that began with his election on November 6, 2024, him becoming the president-elect. Trump and his running mate JD Vance were formally elected by the Electoral College on December 17, 2024.{{Cite news |date=December 17, 2024 |title=Electoral college elects Donald Trump as next president |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/17/electoral-college-results-donald-trump/ |access-date=January 21, 2025 |newspaper=The Washington Post}} The victory was certified by an electoral vote tally by a joint session of Congress on January 6, 2025.{{Cite news |date=January 6, 2025 |title=Congress counts, certifies Trump's electoral college victory over Harris |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/06/trump-transition-electoral-college-certification/ |access-date=January 20, 2025 |newspaper=The Washington Post}} In accordance with Article{{spaces}}I, Section{{spaces}}6 of the United States Constitution, Vance resigned his seat in the U.S. Senate effective midnight on January 10, 2025.{{Cite web|last1=Maher|first1=Kit|last2=Contorno|first2=Steve|last3=Pellish|first3=Aaron|date=January 10, 2025|title=Vance resigning Senate seat effective at midnight|url=https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/09/politics/jd-vance-ohio-senate-seat-resign-vice-president|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250110132346/https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/09/politics/jd-vance-ohio-senate-seat-resign-vice-president/|archive-date=January 10, 2025|access-date=January 10, 2025|website=CNN}}

Held on the third Monday of January, the inauguration was on the same day as Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which marked the third time an inauguration occurred on the same date as the holiday, following the second inaugurations of Bill Clinton in 1997 and Barack Obama in 2013 (January 21).{{cite web |title=2025 Presidential Inauguration |url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/inauguration/schedule-of-events.htm |website=NPS.gov |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=November 9, 2024}}{{Cite web |date=January 18, 2013 |title=Inauguration Day Marks Rare Intersection With King |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/inauguration-day-marks-rare-intersection-with-king/ |access-date=November 14, 2024 |work=CBS News |publisher=Associated Press}} On January 17, Trump announced the inauguration ceremony would be moved inside to the Capitol rotunda due to expected cold weather, like the public second inauguration of Ronald Reagan on January 21, 1985.{{Cite web |title=Trump's inauguration to be moved indoors |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/17/politics/inauguration-moving-indoors-cold-weather/index.html |date=January 17, 2025 |website=CNN|access-date=January 17, 2025|first1=Kate|last1=Sullivan|first2=Kaitlan|last2=Collins|authorlink2=Kaitlan Collins|authorlink=Kate Sullivan}}{{Cite web |title=Trump moves inauguration ceremony indoors due to freezing temperatures |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-inauguration-2025-indoors-weather/ |date=January 17, 2025 |website=CBS News|first1=Kathryn|last1=Watson |first2=Fin|last2=Gómez|access-date=January 25, 2025}}{{Cite web |last1=Kinnard |first1=Meg |last2=Beaumont |first2=Thomas |date=January 17, 2025 |title=The inauguration is moving indoors. Here's what to know about the changed plans |url=https://apnews.com/article/inauguration-weather-plans-what-to-know-c4b0779d38e81f65f8edd66f9c3b9347 |access-date=January 25, 2025 |publisher=Associated Press}}{{efn|January 20 fell on a Sunday in 1957, 1985, and 2013, private swearing in ceremonies took place on those days while a public inauguration took place the following day in these years.}}

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 were expected to be used for the later-canceled outdoor ceremonies and celebrations.{{cite web |title=PHOTO: Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies Kicks Off Planning for 60th Presidential Inauguration |url=https://www.klobuchar.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2024/5/photo-joint-congressional-committee-on-inaugural-ceremonies-kicks-off-planning-for-60th-presidential-inauguration |website=klobuchar.senate.gov |publisher=Office of U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar |access-date=June 12, 2024}}

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 in Minnesota.{{Cite web |title=Construction Begins on 2025 Presidential Inaugural Platform with Ceremonial Driving of the First Nail |url=https://www.klobuchar.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-releases?ID=804AFF5B-4F43-4F19-AB07-C454001D1F6B |website=klobuchar.senate.gov |publisher=Office of U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar |access-date=September 18, 2024}}

File:WY NG Inauguration.jpg undergo civil disturbance training in preparation for deployment to Washington, D.C.]]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 who would be elected president.{{cite news |last1=Peterson |first1=Beatrice |title=Capitol Police warn of post-election violence risk, Jan. 6 and inauguration threats |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/capitol-police-warn-post-election-violence-risk-jan/story?id=115538717 |access-date=November 10, 2024 |publisher=ABC News |date=November 5, 2024}} 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".{{cite news |last1=Kavi |first1=Aishvarya |title=At Women's March Event, Organizers Say They Are Preparing a 'Comeback Tour' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/09/us/politics/womens-march-trump-future.html |access-date=November 10, 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=November 9, 2024}} On January 18, thousands participated in the march, but turnout fell short of the expected 50,000 attendees.{{Cite web |last1=Whitehurst |first1=Lindsay |last2=Khalil |first2=Ashraf |last3=Fernando |first3=Christine |date=January 18, 2025 |title=Thousands march in Washington days before Trump takes office |url=https://apnews.com/article/peoples-march-reproductive-rights-climate-immigration-democracy-a8c0d6a1351bb03f4b2b6436fa79fe58 |access-date=January 19, 2025 |publisher=Associated Press}}

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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.{{Cite web |last=Reese |first=Shawn |date=July 11, 2024 |title=Inauguration Security and Operations |url=https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF11710|work=CRS Reports}} Twenty-four states offered National Guard support for the electoral vote certification and inaugural ceremonies.{{Cite web |last=Baldor |first=Lolita C.|title=About 24 states say they'll send National Guard troops to DC for vote certification and inauguration |publisher=Associated Press|url=https://apnews.com/article/election-2024-national-guard-troops-inauguration-7e7d48f45273106867f4d420f64a20a9 |access-date=January 25, 2025|date=November 5, 2024 }}

On January 17, approximately 8,000 National Guard soldiers were deputized as special deputy United States marshals, providing them police authority within Washington, D.C.{{cite web |title=South Carolina Army National Guard Soldiers Deputized to Support Local Authorities During 60th Presidential Inauguration |url=https://www.dvidshub.net/image/8835062/south-carolina-army-national-guard-soldiers-deputized-support-local-authorities-during-60th-presidential-inauguration |website=dvdishub.net |publisher=United States Department of Defense |access-date=January 19, 2025|date=January 17, 2025}}

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 co-chairs were real-estate developer Steve Witkoff and former U.S. senator Kelly Loeffler, longtime friends and supporters of Trump.{{Cite web |title=President Donald J. Trump Announces the 60th Presidential Inaugural Committee |url=https://www.donaldjtrump.com/news/00ff8548-0337-433a-8a3a-0b003fe87ebd |access-date=November 9, 2024 |website=DonaldJTrump.com }}{{Cite web |last=Margolis |first=Andrea |date=November 9, 2024 |title=Former Georgia senator Kelly Loeffler to serve on Trump's inaugural committee |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/former-georgia-senator-kelly-loeffler-serve-trumps-inaugural-committee |access-date=November 10, 2024 |work=Fox News}}

Various technology companies and their leaders pledged donations and services for the inauguration. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said through a spokesperson that he would make a $1 million personal donation. Mark Zuckerberg, the head of Meta and the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, sent $1 million.{{cite web | title=Meta, Amazon and tech CEOs make $1 million investments in Trump's inauguration | publisher=CBS News | date=December 13, 2024 | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-tech-ceos-meta-amazon-donate-millions-inauguration/ | access-date=December 18, 2024}} It was also reported in The Wall Street Journal that Amazon's CEO, Jeff Bezos, offered to stream the ceremony on Amazon Prime Video, and this amounted to a $1 million in-kind donation on top of a $1 million cash donation.{{cite web | author=The Associated Press | title=Amazon will contribute $1 million to Trump's inauguration—and stream it on Prime Video | website=Fortune | date=December 13, 2024 | url=https://fortune.com/2024/12/13/amazon-contribute-1-million-trump-inauguration-stream-prime-video/ | access-date=December 19, 2024}}{{Cite web |last=Falconer |first=Rebecca |date=2024-12-13 |title=Jeff Bezos' Amazon the latest in Big Tech to donate $1 million to Trump inaugural fund |url=https://www.axios.com/2024/12/13/amazon-trump-inauguration-1-million |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=Axios |language=en}} Apple CEO Tim Cook personally donated $1 million. Uber and its CEO Dara Khosrowshahi each agreed to donate $1 million to the inauguration.{{cite web |title=Exclusive: Uber and Its CEO Khosrowshahi Each Give $1 Million to Trump Inauguration |url=https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-sp500-nasdaq-live-12-17-2024/card/uber-and-its-ceo-khosrowshahi-each-give-1-million-to-trump-inauguration-ljEyNPvUB6xTr6iA2mpE |access-date=December 19, 2024 |website=The Wall Street Journal |language=en-US}} Alphabet donated $1 million and supported an inauguration livestream with a direct link on the homepage of YouTube.{{Cite web |date=2025-01-06 |title=Donald Trump's inaugural fund raised a record amount of cash. Here are the major donors |url=https://qz.com/trump-inauguration-fund-donors-amazon-openai-meta-1851724468/slides/9 |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=Quartz |language=en}} Microsoft, Adobe, and Perplexity also donated $1 million.{{Cite web |last=Benchetrit |first=Jenna |date=January 16, 2025 |title=Trump's inaugural fund has a record $170M US in donations. Why corporations are so eager to give |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/corporate-donors-trump-inauguration-1.7430028 |access-date=February 8, 2025 |website=CBC News}} NPR quoted Margaret O'Mara, a Silicon Valley historian at the University of Washington, as saying these donations were due to some of these tech leaders, having previously been in conflict with Trump, wishing to reduce regulatory pressure on their companies under the incoming administration.{{cite news |last1=Kim |first1=Juliana |last2=Allyn |first2=Bobby |title=Tech moguls Altman, Bezos and Zuckerberg donate to Trump's inauguration fund |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/12/13/nx-s1-5227874/trump-bezos-zuckerberg-amazon-facebook-open-ai-meta-inauguration-fund |work=NPR |date=December 13, 2024 }}

Ford Motor Company and General Motors announced that they would donate $1 million each and provide a fleet of vehicles for the inauguration.{{cite web | author1=Nora Eckert | author2=David Shepardson | title=Ford, GM donate $1 million and contribute vehicles to Trump's inauguration | website=Reuters | date=December 23, 2024 | url=https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/ford-donates-1-million-fleet-vehicles-trumps-inauguration-2024-12-23/ | access-date=December 24, 2024}} Toyota, Chevron, Hyundai, and Stellantis also donated $1 million.{{Cite web |last=Lawler |first=Dave |date=2024-12-25 |title=Companies line up to fund Trump's inauguration |url=https://www.axios.com/2024/12/25/companies-donate-trump-inauguration |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=Axios |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Hamilton |first=Anita |title=Trump's Inauguration Fund Is Flush. A Few Mag 7 Firms are Holding Out. |url=https://www.barrons.com/articles/trump-inauguration-2025-donors-a95be89a |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=barrons |language=en-US}}

Various financial services businesses and their leaders donated at least $1 million, including Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, JPMorgan, Kraken, Coinbase, Intuit, Robinhood, Ken Griffin, Ripple, and Ondo Finance.{{Cite web |last=Severns |first=Rebecca Ballhaus, Dana Mattioli, Shalini Ramachandran and Maggie |title=Exclusive {{!}} The Big Companies Funding Trump's Inauguration Despite Denouncing Jan. 6 |url=https://www.wsj.com/business/trump-inauguration-sponsors-large-company-donations-a3cc1b92 |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=WSJ |language=en-US}}

Major donors from the telecommunications industry included AT&T, Comcast, and Charter Communications.

Major donors from the healthcare and pharmaceutical industry included PhRMA, Pfizer, and Hims & Hers.{{Cite web |date=2025-01-16 |title='Everyone's trying to kiss the ring': Trump's inauguration devours corporate cash, smashing records |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/16/trump-inauguration-corporate-donors-004242 |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=POLITICO |language=en}}

Major donors from the manufacturing and industrial sector included Stanley Black & Decker, Pratt Industries, Boeing, and Lockheed Martin.{{Cite web |last=Shephardson |first=David |date=January 10, 2025 |title=Boeing says it is donating $1 million to Trump presidential campaign |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/boeing-donating-1-million-trump-presidential-inaugural-fund-spokesperson-says-2025-01-09/ |access-date=February 8, 2025 |website=Reuters}}{{Cite news |last1=Vogel |first1=Kenneth P. |last2=Haberman |first2=Maggie |last3=Schleifer |first3=Theodore |date=2025-01-04 |title=Trump Has Reeled in More Than $200 Million Since Election Day |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/04/us/politics/trump-inaugural-donations.html |access-date=2025-02-08 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}

Other major donors included Delta Air Lines and McDonald's.

In April 2025, it was reported that $239 million was donated to Trump's inaugural committee, more than doubling the previous record of $107 million raised for Trump's 2017 inauguration,{{cite web |last=Scleifer |first=Theodore |date=April 20, 2025 |title=Trump Raised $239 Million for Inauguration, More Than Doubling His Own Record |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/us/politics/trump-inauguration-donors.html |website=The New York Times}} including 29 gifts totaling $13 million from subsidiaries of companies based outside the United States.{{cite web |last=Nagle |first=Toby |date=April 22, 2025 |title=Sifting through the Trump inauguration receipts |url=https://www.ft.com/content/aba2428b-7320-4daa-84f6-9cc0617caeb4 |website=Financial Times}}

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On the morning of January 19, Trump and Vice President-elect Vance visited the Arlington National Cemetery, where they placed a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.{{cite news |last1=Nicholas |first1=Peter |title=Trump visits Arlington National Cemetery in one of his final pre-inauguration events |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-visits-arlington-national-cemetery-one-final-pre-inauguration-ev-rcna187732 |access-date=January 19, 2025 |work=NBC News |date=January 19, 2025}} They were joined by family members of some of the victims of the 2021 Kabul airport attack.

On the evening of January 19, the Trump campaign organized the "Make America Great Again Victory Rally", a rally for supporters at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. The event featured performances by Kid Rock and Lee Greenwood, as well as speeches by Trump and Megyn Kelly.{{cite news |title=Trump rallies at Capital One Arena in preview of inauguration |url=https://www.npr.org/2025/01/19/g-s1-43635/trump-rally-capital-one-preview |access-date=January 19, 2025 |work=NPR |date=January 19, 2025}} Trump also performed the his signature dance to a rendition of "Y.M.C.A." performed by Village People, who joined him on stage.{{cite news |title=Trump dances to 'YMCA' with Village People at pre-inaugural victory rally |first1=Kelsey|last1=Walsh|first2=Soo Rin|last2=Kim|first3=Lalee|last3=Ibssa|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-dances-ymca-village-people-pre-inaugural-victory/story?id=117870577 |work=ABC News |date=January 20, 2025|accessdate=February 12, 2025}}

On the morning of the inauguration, on January 20, after staying the night at the Blair House, the traditional house used by the incoming president-elect due to its proximity to the White House,{{citation needed|date=May 2025}} Trump and his wife, Melania, and JD Vance and his wife, Usha, attended a church service at St. John's Episcopal Church.{{citation needed|date=May 2025}} The tradition dates back to James Madison, with every president since then attending the church service the morning of their inauguration.{{citation needed|date=May 2025}} The service was led by Robert Jeffress, a Southern Baptist minister who campaigned for Trump during the election.{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}

After the church service, Trump and his wife went to the White House to meet with President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden. The Bidens greeted the Trumps, and they then posed for photos in front of the White House press corps.{{citation needed|date=May 2025}} Afterward, they held a tea reception inside the White House, along with Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, and JD Vance and his wife, Usha Vance.{{citation needed|date=May 2025}} As per tradition, following the meeting between the president and the president-elect, they shared the presidential motorcade limousine, and made their way to the Capitol for the inaugural ceremony.{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}

The transfer of power included the transition of official administration X (formerly named Twitter) accounts @POTUS and @VP. Members of the Trump administration also assumed ownership of a number of institutional accounts, including @WhiteHouse, @FLOTUS for First Lady Melania Trump, @SLOTUS for Second Lady Usha Vance, @WHCOS for White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, and @PressSec for White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.{{Cite web|last=Treisman|first=Rachel|date=January 20, 2021|title=On Inauguration Day, Transfer Of Power Includes Handover Of Twitter Accounts|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/inauguration-day-live-updates/2021/01/20/958830516/on-inauguration-day-transfer-of-power-includes-handover-of-twitter-accounts|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121042646/https://www.npr.org/sections/inauguration-day-live-updates/2021/01/20/958830516/on-inauguration-day-transfer-of-power-includes-handover-of-twitter-accounts|archive-date=January 21, 2021|access-date=January 20, 2021|website=NPR}} New executive branch websites were initialized; previous administrations' websites reside in the National Archives.{{cite web|url=https://www.archives.gov/presidential-libraries/archived-websites|title=National Archives—Presidential Libraries|date=January 9, 2017}}

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Trump's inauguration marked the first time that a U.S. president-elect formally welcomed foreign leaders to the ceremony.{{Cite web |last=Gomez Licon |first=Adriana |date=January 19, 2025 |title=Trump's inauguration will be the first in U.S. history to be attended by foreign leaders |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trumps-inauguration-will-be-the-first-in-u-s-history-to-be-attended-by-foreign-leaders |access-date=January 20, 2025 |website=PBS News |publisher=Associated Press}}

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 (who had been Trump's main opponent in 2024), former U.S. presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama (whom Trump first succeeded in 2017) attended the inauguration. Former first ladies Hillary Clinton (Trump's former opponent in 2016) and Laura Bush also attended the inauguration, but former first lady Michelle Obama was absent.{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/presidents-obama-clinton-bush-trumps-inauguration-michelle-obama-117658857|title=Presidents Obama, Clinton, Bush will be at Trump's inauguration; Michelle Obama won't|agency=Associated Press|first=Darlene|last=Superville|work=ABC News |date=January 14, 2025|access-date=January 14, 2024}} Former U.S. vice presidents Dan Quayle and Mike Pence (who served under Trump during his first term) and former second lady Marilyn Quayle were also in attendance, while former vice presidents Al Gore and Dick Cheney and former second lady Karen Pence were absent. New York mayor Eric Adams and media proprietor Rupert Murdoch also attended the inauguration.{{Cite web |date=January 20, 2025 |title=Eric Adams, in line for a potential pardon, to attend Trump inauguration |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/20/eric-adams-trump-inauguration-00199247 |access-date=January 20, 2025 |website=Politico}}{{Cite web |title=Tech billionaires Bezos and Zuckerberg attend Trump inauguration |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgpqeq82rvo |access-date=January 20, 2025 |website=BBC News|date=January 20, 2025 }}

Chinese president Xi Jinping was invited to the ceremony, but sent vice president Han Zheng as his special representative instead.{{cite news |last=Sevastopulo |first=Demetri |title=Xi Jinping to send top-level China envoy to Donald Trump's inauguration |url=https://www.ft.com/content/68ac33bd-2b5b-4c47-9b60-3c55cc96acda |access-date=January 11, 2025 |work=Financial Times |date=January 10, 2025}}{{Cite news |date=January 17, 2025 |title=Xi to Skip Trump's Inauguration, Sends Vice President Instead |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-17/xi-to-skip-trump-s-inauguration-sends-vice-president-instead |access-date=January 17, 2025 |work=Bloomberg News}} This marked the first time a senior official of China's government was sent to a US presidential inauguration.{{Cite news |last=Sim |first=Dewey |date=January 17, 2025 |title=Chinese Vice-President Han Zheng to attend Donald Trump's inauguration |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3295107/chinese-vice-president-han-zheng-attend-trumps-inauguration |access-date=January 18, 2025 |newspaper=South China Morning Post}} El Salvador's president Nayib Bukele and Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni were also reportedly invited.{{Cite web |last=Lawal |first=Shola |title=Which foreign leaders are attending Trump's inauguration – and who isn't? |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/19/which-foreign-leaders-are-attending-trumps-inauguration-and-who-isnt |access-date=January 20, 2025 |website=Al Jazeera }} Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu initially planned to attend,{{cite web |last=Berman |first=Lazar |title=Netanyahu still planning to attend Trump's inauguration, despite surgery |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/netanyahu-still-planning-to-attend-trumps-inauguration-despite-surgery/ |publisher=The Times of Israel |access-date=January 8, 2025 |date=January 1, 2025}} but ultimately did not after not receiving a formal invitation.{{cite news|work=The New Arab|url=https://www.newarab.com/news/israels-netanyahu-not-formally-invited-trumps-inauguration|title=Israel's Netanyahu not formally invited to Trump's inauguration|date=January 10, 2025}} Argentine president Javier Milei{{Cite web |date=January 3, 2025 |title=Trump's inauguration and another Davos dash – Milei's upcoming trips |url=https://batimes.com.ar/news/argentina/trumps-inauguration-and-another-davos-dash-mileis-upcoming-trips.phtml |publisher=Buenos Aires Times}} and ex-Georgian president Salome Zourabichvili had been reportedly planning to attend.{{Cite web |last=Nazarenko |first=Viktor |date=December 28, 2024 |title=Opposition President of Georgia Zourabichvili invited to Trump's inauguration |url=https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/opposition-president-of-georgia-zourabichvili-1735377161.html |access-date=December 28, 2024 |work=RBC-Ukraine}}{{Cite web |last=Gvadzabia |first=Mikheil |date=January 9, 2025 |title='Georgian Nightmare Non-Recognition Act' introduced in US Congress as Zourabichvili prepares for Trump's inauguration |url=https://oc-media.org/georgian-nightmare-non-recognition-act-introduced-in-us-congress-as-zourabichvili-prepares-for-trumps-inauguration/ |access-date=January 20, 2025 |website=OC Media }} Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has indicated that he was an invitee, but he would have needed his confiscated passport to be returned by the government in order to travel.{{cite web |last1=Brito |first1=Ricardo |last2=Novaes Magalhaes |first2=Luciana |title=Former Brazilian President Bolsonaro invited to Trump's inauguration |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/former-brazilian-president-bolsonaro-invited-trumps-inauguration-2025-01-08/ |publisher=Reuters |access-date=January 10, 2025 |date=January 8, 2025}} Russia confirmed that President Vladimir Putin did not receive an invitation.{{Cite web |date=December 12, 2024 |title=Trump did not invite Putin to his inauguration in January: Kremlin |url=https://www.azerbaycan24.com/en/trump-did-not-invite-putin-to-his-inauguration-in-january-kremlin/ |access-date=December 12, 2024 |website=Azerbaycan24.com }} Trump stated that he had not invited President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to his inauguration but expressed willingness to welcome him if he decided to attend.{{Cite web |title=Trump says he didn't invite Zelenskyy to his inauguration but "would like to have him" |url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/12/16/7489379/ |access-date=December 29, 2024 |website=Ukrainska Pravda}} Current British Prime Minister Keir Starmer did not attend the inauguration,{{cite news|first=Kevin|last=Schofield| title=No, Keir Starmer Has Not Been Snubbed Because He Isn't Invited To Trump's Inauguration| url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/no-keir-starmer-not-snubbed-134412259.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAKcNn-oBP4XtM0nZdMThwfhRg4KlSYlpO4gq7avIZ8VWo94bkOHc09JZBQ_6aJgg3CR1-pJlrInC7PaacubXXW7xq-mN6kz-2Px5hkmllbqADfMwLusWej-vwQeAUS68XX2T3g3G7cTxbH5DIW08PBVpmHmrIAwYdHWjK9x0PKfz| website=Yahoo News| date=20 January 2025| access-date=21 January 2025| quote=analysis by the highly-respected Press Association shows that no British prime minister has ever attended the inauguration of an American president}} while former British prime ministers Boris Johnson and Liz Truss attended.{{cite news |last1=Sherman |first1=Natalie |last2=Halpert |first2=Madeline |title=Bezos, Zuckerberg, Pichai join Trump at church |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgpqeq82rvo |access-date=January 21, 2025 |work=BBC |date=January 21, 2025}}{{Cite web |date=January 17, 2025 |last1=Leake |first1=Natasha |title=Trump presidency can't come soon enough, says Truss |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/01/17/liz-truss-washington-dc-maga-hat-trump-presidency/|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=January 18, 2025}} Ecuadorian president Daniel Noboa, first lady Lavinia Valbonesi, and Paraguayan president Santiago Peña were also planning to attend.{{cite web | url=https://apnews.com/article/trump-inauguration-foreign-leaders-milei-meloni-ce43947c4c11e6b94c008c0264f5d9f5|first=Adriana|last=Gomez Licon|title=Trump's inauguration will be first attended by foreign leaders | website=Associated Press|date=January 19, 2025|access-date=February 8, 2025}} Edmundo González, whom the U.S. government recognizes as the winner of the 2024 Venezuelan presidential election, also reportedly attended.{{cite web |last=Macedonio Vega |first=Roberto |date=January 17, 2025 |title=Which Spanish and Latin American leaders will attend Donald Trump's inauguration? |url=https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/01/17/which-spanish-and-latin-american-leaders-will-attend-donald-trumps-inauguration |access-date=February 8, 2025 |website=Euronews}}

The foreign ministers of Quad nations, S. Jaishankar from India, Penny Wong from Australia, and Takeshi Iwaya from Japan, also attended the inauguration. They were expected to meet with Trump the day after the ceremony for discussions.{{Cite web |date=January 18, 2025 |title=Day after Donald Trump's inauguration as US President, Quad meet likely with India at table |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/day-after-trump-inaugural-quad-meet-likely-with-india-at-table-9785086/ |access-date=January 18, 2025 |website=The Indian Express}}{{Cite news |date=January 12, 2025 |title=Japan's foreign minister says he will attend Trump inauguration |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/japan-foreign-minister-iwaya-says-he-will-attend-trump-inauguration-ceremony-2025-01-12/ |work=Reuters}}{{Cite news |date=January 17, 2025 |title=Quad foreign ministers expected to meet the day after Trump inauguration |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/quad-foreign-ministers-expected-meet-day-after-trump-inauguration-2025-01-17/ |work=Reuters}}

A number of right-wing populist politicians attended the inauguration. French Reconquête politicians Éric Zemmour and Sarah Knafo, National Rally politicians Louis Aliot, Julien Sanchez, and Alexandre Sabatou, and Identity–Liberties leader Marion Maréchal, attended the ceremony.{{cite news |last=Léris |first=Camille |date=January 17, 2025 |title=Investiture de Donald Trump : une délégation du Rassemblement National présente à Washington |url=https://www.frontieresmedia.fr/international/investiture-de-donald-trump-une-delegation-du-rassemblement-national-presente-a-washington |work=Frontières |language=fr}}{{cite news|url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/eric-zemmour-et-sarah-knafo-seuls-invites-francais-a-l-investiture-de-donald-trump-20250109 |title=Éric Zemmour et Sarah Knafo seuls invités français à l'investiture de Donald Trump |last=Coutansais-Pervinquière |first=Amaury |date=January 9, 2025 |newspaper=Le Figaro |access-date=January 9, 2025|language=fr}}{{cite news|title=Marion Maréchal se rendra lundi prochain à la cérémonie d'investiture de Donald Trump|url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/marion-marechal-se-rendra-lundi-prochain-a-la-ceremonie-d-investiture-de-donald-trump-20250115|newspaper=Le Figaro|date=January 15, 2025|language=fr}} Spanish Vox leader Santiago Abascal, Belgian Vlaams Belang leader Tom Van Grieken, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, Alternative for Germany (AfD) co-leader Tino Chrupalla, Estonian Conservative People's Party leader Martin Helme, Alliance for the Union of Romanians leader George Simion, Danish People's Party leader Morten Messerschmidt, Portuguese Chega leader Andre Ventura, Hungarian Fidesz vice-president Kinga Gál, and former Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki were also in attendance.{{cite news|work=Politico|title=Who's been invited? World's far-right populists pack guest list for Trump's inauguration|url=https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-inauguration-far-right-populists-giorgia-meloni-javier-milei/|date=January 16, 2025}}{{cite news|work=Al Jazeera|title=Which foreign leaders are attending Trump's inauguration – and who isn't?|date=January 19, 2025|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/19/which-foreign-leaders-are-attending-trumps-inauguration-and-who-isnt}}{{cite web|work=ERR|title=EKRE chairman among Donald Trump inauguration guest list invitees|date=January 20, 2025|url=https://news.err.ee/1609581352/ekre-chairman-among-donald-trump-inauguration-guest-list-invitees}}{{cite news|work=BT|title=Ekspert om Messerschmidts besøg i USA: 'Kan lave forfærdeligt rod'|date=20 January 2025|url=https://www.bt.dk/politik/ekspert-om-messerschmidts-besoeg-i-usa-kan-lave-forfaerdeligt-rod}}{{cite news|title=Trump's inauguration guest list dominated by far-right leaders|url=https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250120-trumps-inauguration-guest-list-dominated-by-far-right-leaders/|newspaper=Middle East Monitor|date=January 20, 2025}}{{cite news|url=https://elpais.com/espana/2025-01-13/abascal-acudira-como-invitado-a-la-toma-de-posesion-de-trump.html |title=Abascal acudirá como invitado a la toma de posesión de Trump |last1=González |first1=Miguel |last2=Martín |first2=María |date=January 13, 2025 |newspaper=El País |access-date=January 15, 2025|language=es}} From the Czech Patriots.eu representation were invited ANO MEP Ondřej Knotek and vice president of the Patriots for Europe MEP Klára Dostálová, Přísaha senator Robert Šlachta, MEP Filip Turek from the Motorists for Themselves, as well as their founder and leader {{ill|Petr Macinka|cs}}, the latter of whom – as manager of the Václav Klaus' Institute – was also invited to the Foster's Outriders Foundation inauguration ball at the Museum of the Bible to meet Tucker Carlson and Rick Santorum. AfD Members of the Bundestag Jan Wenzel Schmidt and Beatrix von Storch alongside her husband Sven von Storch have confirmed their attendance. AfD co-leader Alice Weidel,{{cite news|title=Diese deutschen Politiker reisen zu Trumps Amtseinführung|url=https://www.t-online.de/nachrichten/deutschland/aussenpolitik/id_100576058/trumps-amtseinfuehrung-diese-deutschen-politiker-reisen-nach-washington.html|newspaper=T-Online|date=January 16, 2025|language=de}} Freedom Party of Austria leader Herbert Kickl, and Bulgarian Revival leader Kostadin Kostadinov were invited, but did not attend the ceremony.{{cite news|title=Er bekam eine Einladung: "Österreich zuerst" – darum ist Kickl nicht bei Trump|url=https://www.heute.at/s/oesterreich-zuerst-darum-ist-kickl-nicht-bei-trump-120084117|newspaper=Heute |date=January 17, 2025|language=de}}{{cite news |date=January 19, 2025 |title=Bulgarian Presidential Institution Won't Have Representative for Donald Trump's Inaguration |url=https://www.bta.bg/en/news/bulgaria/817442-bulgarian-presidential-institution-won-t-have-representative-for-donald-trump-s-|agency=Bulgarian News Agency}} Hristijan Mickoski, Prime Minister of North Macedonia, was invited to the inauguration.{{cite news |url=https://www.ekathimerini.com/politics/foreign-policy/1257695/north-macedonia-pm-invited-to-trump-inauguration/ |title=North Macedonia PM invited to Trump inauguration|website=Ekathemerini |date=January 2, 2025 }}

Numerous businesspeople including Bernard Arnault, Delphine Arnault, Sergey Brin, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg, among the world's richest people, attended the inauguration.{{cite web |first=Antonio|last=Pequeño IV|title=Trump's Surprise Billionaire Guests: Bernard Arnault And Mukesh Ambani Attend Inauguration Events |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2025/01/20/surprise-billionaires-at-trumps-inauguration-lvmh-chief-bernard-arnault-and-mukesh-ambani-make-appearances/ |website=Forbes |access-date=January 21, 2025|date=January 20, 2025}}{{Cite web |date=January 20, 2025 |title=Tech billionaires take center stage at Trump inauguration |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250120-tech-billionaires-take-center-stage-at-trump-inauguration |access-date=January 21, 2025|website=France 24 }} They had a prominent role at the event, seated together on the platform alongside other distinguished guests, including Cabinet nominees and elected officials.{{Cite web |last1=Traylor |first1=Jake |last2=Ingram |first2=David |date=January 14, 2025 |title=Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg to attend Trump's inauguration |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/elon-musk-jeff-bezos-mark-zuckerberg-attend-trump-inauguration-rcna187642 |access-date=January 14, 2025 |website=NBC News}} TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew attended the inauguration.{{Cite news |last1=Haberman |first1=Maggie |last2=Maheshwari |first2=Sapna |date=January 16, 2025 |title=TikTok C.E.O. Plans to Attend Trump Inauguration |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/us/politics/tiktok-ceo-trump-inauguration.html |access-date=January 16, 2025|newspaper=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}} Alphabet's Sundar Pichai, Apple's Tim Cook, OpenAI's Sam Altman, Reliance's Mukesh Ambani, and Uber's Dara Khosrowshahi also attended the event.{{Cite web |title=Alphabet CEO to join tech leaders at Trump inauguration |website=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/apple-google-ceos-join-tech-leaders-trump-inauguration-media-reports-say-2025-01-15/}}{{Cite magazine |last=Popli |first=Nik |date=January 17, 2025 |title=Here Is Who Is Attending Trump's Inauguration |url=https://time.com/7207709/trump-inauguration-guest-list-tech-executives-foreign-leaders-celebrities-politicians/ |access-date=January 17, 2025 |magazine=Time }} Las Vegas Sands owner Miriam Adelson also attended the ceremony.{{Cite news|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/mavericks/2025/01/20/mavericks-majority-owner-miriam-adelson-attends-trump-inauguration/|title=Mavericks majority owner Miriam Adelson attends Trump inauguration|newspaper=The Dallas Morning News|date=January 20, 2025|access-date=January 20, 2025}}

Several celebrities and sports figures – including Victor Willis, Carrie Underwood (who sang "America the Beautiful"), Christopher Macchio (who sang the national anthem), Antonio Brown, Mike Tyson, Jorge Masvidal, Evander Kane, Gianni Infantino, Anuel AA, Justin Quiles, Rod Wave, Kodak Black, Lee Greenwood, Fivio Foreign, Jake and Logan Paul, Theo Von, Conor McGregor, Danica Patrick, Dana White, Joe Rogan, and Wayne Gretzky – attended the ceremony.{{Cite news |last=Cameron |first=Chris |date=January 18, 2025 |title=Who Is Coming to Trump's Inauguration — and Who Isn't |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/us/politics/who-is-coming-trump-inauguration.html |access-date=January 19, 2025 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |last=Deen |first=Safid |title=FIFA president Gianni Infantino planning to attend Trump inauguration |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/soccer/2025/01/18/fifa-president-gianni-infantino-attending-donald-trump-inauguration/77813803007/ |access-date=January 20, 2025 |website=USA Today |date=January 18, 2025}}{{Cite web |date=January 20, 2025 |title=Joe Rogan, Wayne Gretzky and Logan Paul among famous faces at Trump inauguration |url=https://www.aol.com/joe-rogan-wayne-gretzky-logan-163110184.html |access-date=January 21, 2025 |website=AOL.com }}{{Cite web |title=Jake Paul, Zuckerberg and Musk: Who's at Trump's inauguration? |date=January 20, 2025|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgkjgmkn10ko |access-date=January 21, 2025 |website=BBC News }} Media personalities Charlie Kirk, Laura Ingraham, and Tucker Carlson also attended the event.{{Cite web |last=Cohen |first=Haley|title=Tucker Carlson remains seated during standing ovation for hostages in Trump's inaugural address |url=https://jewishinsider.com/2025/01/tucker-carlson-remains-seated-during-standing-ovation-for-hostages-in-trumps-inaugural-address/|website=Jewish Insider|date=January 20, 2025|access-date=January 29, 2025}}{{Cite web |date=January 22, 2025 |title=Who attended Donald Trump's inauguration? Here's a partial list |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/attended-donald-trumps-inauguration-heres-182524491.html |access-date=January 29, 2025 |website=Yahoo News |publisher=USA Today}}

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An order of events for the January 20, 2025, inauguration was published by the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies and the National Park Service.{{cite news |last1=Gleeson |first1=Cailey |title=When will Donald Trump take office? Here's what to know about the inauguration in January |url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/11/07/inauguration-day-2025-when-will-donald-trump-take-office/76111160007/ |access-date=November 9, 2024 |work=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |date=November 7, 2024}}

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Supreme Court Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh administered the vice presidential oath of office to JD Vance. Chief Justice John Roberts administered the presidential oath of office to Donald Trump. Trump's wife, Melania, held two Bibles for Trump to place his left hand on while reciting the oath, in accordance with custom, but he did not do so.{{Cite web |last=Hutchinson|first = Bill|title=Trump doesn't place hand on Bible during swearing-in |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-inauguration-hand-bible-swearing-in/story?id=117897715 |access-date=January 20, 2025|date = January 20, 2025 |website=ABC News |language=en}} This is merely a tradition; incoming presidents are not required to place their hand on the Bibles.{{Cite news |date=January 20, 2025 |title=Trump did not put his hand on the Bible at inauguration. Here's what to know about the tradition. |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-bible-inauguration/ |access-date=January 22, 2025 |work=CBS News}}

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President Trump's inaugural address started with complaints about the indictments against him, followed by the announcement of the new administration's nationalist and conservative policy priorities, including immigration restrictions, the easing of environmental regulations, anti-DEI and anti-gender ideology policies, the establishment of a Department of Government Efficiency, and a negotiated settlement to the Russo-Ukrainian war. Trump defined his presidency as the beginning of a golden era for America.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/6-takeaways-from-trumps-inaugural-address/|title=6 takeaways from Trump's inaugural address|website=CBS News |date=January 21, 2025 }}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/us/politics/trump-inaugural-speech.html|title=Transcript: Donald Trump's Second Inaugural Speech|newspaper=The New York Times |date=January 20, 2025 |url-access=registration }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/peacemaker-and-unifier-trump-hails-gaza-deal-in-his-second-inaugural-address|title='Peacemaker and unifier': Trump hails Gaza deal in his second inaugural address|website=The Times of Israel }}{{cite news| title=Donald Trump signs order proclaiming there are only two sexes| url=https://news.sky.com/story/trump-to-sign-order-proclaiming-there-are-only-two-sexes-13293117| website=Sky News| date=21 January 2025| access-date=21 January 2025| quote=Donald Trump's government is set to recognise only two genders, male and female}}

The Washington Post described Trump's inaugural address as attempting to emphasize unity, but as his speeches usually do, it veered off course and came off as "dark". Through the course of it, Trump made numerous false, inaccurate and exaggerated claims.{{Cite news |date=January 20, 2025 |title=FACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims Trump made at inaugural events |work=The Associated Press |url=https://apnews.com/article/trump-inauguration-fact-check-b920161868e192d0430df534a42ea5ce |access-date=January 20, 2025 }}{{Cite news |last=Daniel|first=Dale|date=January 20, 2025 |title=Fact check: Trump makes false claims about elections, immigration and more in Inauguration Day speeches |work=CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/politics/fact-check-trump-inauguration/index.html |access-date=January 20, 2025 }} He described himself as chosen by God, and that he was "tested and challenged more than any president in our 250-year history," which The Post noted would place himself above every other president in U.S. history, including George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Trump invoked the phrase "Manifest Destiny" as he described an expansionist agenda, and criticized Democrats and other leaders.{{Cite news |last=Blake |first=Aaron |date=January 20, 2025 |title=6 takeaways from Trump's inaugural address |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/20/trump-inaugural-address-takeaways/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=January 20, 2025 |issn=0190-8286 }}{{Cite news |last=Qiu |first=Linda |date=January 20, 2025 |title=Trump Repeats Inaccurate Claims in Inaugural Remarks |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/us/politics/trump-fact-check-inaugural-address.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=January 20, 2025 |issn=0362-4331}} NPR said the speech gave the American public a better idea of what Trump's policies and directives would be, noted he spoke nothing of the January 6th attack nor his prior promises of political retribution, and pointed out his derision of the outgoing administration right in front of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, the former president and vice president.{{Cite news |last=Montanaro |first=Domenico |date=January 20, 2025 |title=4 takeaways from Trump's second inaugural address |url=https://www.npr.org/2025/01/20/g-s1-43759/trump-inaugural-address-key-moments |access-date=January 21, 2025 |agency=NPR }}

Invocations proceeding the inaugural address were offered by Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, and Rev. Franklin Graham of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. Benedictions were offered by Pastor Lorenzo Sewell, Rabbi Ari Berman, and Father Frank Mann, Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn.{{Cite web |last=CNA |title=Dolan, Mann among clergy leading President Trump's inaugural prayers |url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/261665/cardinal-dolan-father-mann-among-clergy-leading-president-trump-s-inaugural-prayers |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=Catholic News Agency |language=en}} Imam Husham Al-Husainy, a Muslim cleric from Dearborn, Michigan, was initially on the program but did not speak or appear at the event.{{Cite web |last=Warikoo |first=Niraj |title=Dearborn cleric previously listed as speaker at Trump inauguration does not appear |url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2025/01/21/imam-husham-al-husainy-of-dearborn-benediction-donald-trump-inauguration/77837955007/ |access-date=2025-01-25 |website=Detroit Free Press |language=en-US}}

[[File:Trump-Vance-Inaugural-Ball-First-Dance.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The Trumps (left) and Vances (right) dance during the Liberty Ball at the Washington Convention Center.

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Customarily, inaugural balls are held at various venues before and after the inaugural ceremonies.{{cite news |last1=Ault |first1=Alicia |title=When Was the First Inaugural Ball? |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/when-was-first-inaugural-ball-180961863/ |access-date=November 9, 2024 |work=Smithsonian Magazine |date=January 19, 2017}} Official balls, at which the president and first lady appear, are organized by the inaugural committee, while unofficial balls are not.

Three official inaugural balls occurred, at which performers including Nelly, Rascal Flatts, and Jason Aldean appeared.{{cite news |title=Guide to Inauguration Balls, official and unofficial: Here's what you need to know |url=https://www.fox9.com/news/guide-to-inauguration-balls-official-and-unofficial-heres-what-you-need-to-know |access-date=January 19, 2025 |work=KMSP-TV |date=January 15, 2025}} A larger number of unofficial balls were organized.

Approximately 24.6 million total viewers watched the inauguration across 15 networks. The viewership number peaked at 34.4 million when Trump took the oath of office at 12:15 PM ET.{{Cite web |last=Mwachiro |first=Mark |date=January 22, 2025|title=Donald Trump's Inauguration Draws 24.5 Million Viewers, Down From 2021 and 2017 (Updated) |url=https://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/donald-trump-inauguration-24-million-viewers-decline/ |access-date=January 26, 2025|work=Adweek}} Viewership was lower than that of Biden's 2021 inauguration as well as Trump's first inauguration in 2017.{{Cite news |last=Duggins |first=Alexi |date=January 22, 2025|title=TV viewing figures fall for Trump's inauguration |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/22/tv-viewing-figures-fall-for-trumps-inauguration |access-date=January 26, 2025|work=The Guardian |issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite web |last=Carbonaro |first=Giulia |date=January 22, 2025|title=Donald Trump's inauguration TV ratings compared to Joe Biden's |url=https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-inauguration-tv-ratings-compared-joe-biden-2018696 |access-date=January 26, 2025|website=Newsweek }} The figures below, Nielsen data sourced from Adweek, do not include streaming figures.

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Several members of the Democratic Party in the 119th Congress decided to boycott the inauguration. This boycott was perceived as an initial opposition to the incoming administration.{{Cite web |first1=Phillip M. |last1=Bailey |first2=Sudiksha |last2=Kochi |first3=Savannah |last3=Kuchar |title=RSVP? Democrats are split on snubbing or showing up for Donald Trump's inauguration |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/12/12/democrats-trump-inauguration/76915244007/ |access-date=January 8, 2025 |website=USA Today |language=en-US}}

Multiple reasons were 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.{{cite web |last1=Solender |first1=Andrew |last2=Doherty |first2=Erin |date=December 14, 2024 |title=Inside the "substantial" Trump inauguration boycott Democrats are planning |url=https://www.axios.com/2024/12/14/democrats-boycott-attending-trump-inauguration |access-date=December 14, 2024 |website=Axios}} As of December 14, below is a list of House Democrats who publicly stated they would not be attending the inauguration:{{cite web | last=Jones | first=Kipp | title=Here Are The Democrats Planning to Skip Trump's Inauguration in Reported 'First Act of Resistance' | website=Mediaite | date=December 14, 2024 | url=https://www.mediaite.com/trump/here-are-the-democrats-planning-to-skip-trumps-inauguration-in-reported-first-act-of-resistance/ | access-date=December 18, 2024}}{{Cite web |author=Ewan Palmer |date=December 16, 2024 |title=Full list of Democrats skipping Donald Trump's inauguration |url=https://www.newsweek.com/list-democrats-skipping-donald-trumps-inauguration-2001234 |access-date=January 8, 2025 |website=Newsweek }}{{cite web | last=Peller | first=Lauren | title=First to ABC: Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi won't attend Trump's inauguration | website=ABC News | date=January 16, 2025 | url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/abc-former-speaker-nancy-pelosi-attend-trumps-inauguration/story?id=117747765 | access-date=January 16, 2025}}

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• Donald Beyer (D-VA)
• Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR)
• Greg Casar (D-TX)
• Sean Casten (D-IL)
• Judy Chu (D-CA)
• Steve Cohen (D-TN)
• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)
• Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)
• Jasmine Crockett (D-TX)
• Veronica Escobar (D-TX)
• Kweisi Mfume (D-MD)
• Ilhan Omar (D-MN)
• Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
• Mark Pocan (D-WI)
• Ayanna Pressley (D-MA){{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Adam |date=January 7, 2025 |title=Rep. Pressley to boycott Trump's second presidential inauguration |url=https://www.wgbh.org/news/politics/2025-01-06/rep-pressley-to-boycott-trumps-second-presidential-inauguration |access-date=January 19, 2025 |website=GBH |language=en}}
• Delia Ramirez (D-IL)
• Deborah Ross (D-NC)
• Lateefah Simon (D-CA)
• Adam Smith (D-WA)
• Ritchie Torres (D-NY)
• Sylvester Turner (D-TX)
• Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ)

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{{See also|People's March}}

Protest rallies and marches occurred in cities and towns all over the United States the weekend before and on the day of the inauguration. Organizers of the Women's March (which first took place the day after Trump's first inauguration and every year thereafter) rebranded their event the People's March and had events in at least 70 locations. The People's March was co-organized with Abortion Rights Now, Sierra Club, Planned Parenthood, ACLU and National Women's Law Center.{{Cite web |title="People's March" happening in several cities ahead of inauguration Monday |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/video/peoples-march-happening-in-several-cities-ahead-of-inauguration-monday/ |access-date=January 19, 2025 |website=www.cbsnews.com |publisher=CBS Minnesota |language=en-US}} Attendance at one of the Washington marches was, according to the Associated Press, "far fewer than the expected 50,000 participants, already just one-tenth the size of the first [2017] march".{{Cite web |last1=Whitehurst |first1=Lindsay |last2=Khalil |first2=Ashraf |last3=Fernando |first3=Christine |date=January 18, 2025 |title=Days before Trump takes office, thousands of protestors march in Washington, D.C. |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/days-before-trump-takes-office-thousands-of-protestors-march-in-washington-d-c |access-date=January 20, 2025 |website=PBS News |publisher=Associated Press |language=en-us}}

"We Fight Back" rallies, organized by the People's Forum, Party for Socialism and Liberation, the ANSWER Coalition, Democratic Socialists of America, Dream Defenders, CODEPINK, labor unions, tenant unions and other groups were held in 90 locations.{{Cite web |date=Jan 20, 2025 |title=WE FIGHT BACK |url=https://wefightback2025.org/ |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=wefightback2025.org |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Whiting |first=Sam |date=2025-01-19 |title='We Fight Back': S.F. march blasts Trump and the 'whole rotting system' of capitalism |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/sf-trump-protest-20034661.php |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250120092543/https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/sf-trump-protest-20034661.php |archive-date=2025-01-20 |website=San Francisco Chronicle}}{{Cite web |date=2025-01-20 |title=Party for Socialism and Liberation organizer David Robbins on 'We Fight Back' protest in Richmond |url=https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/we-fight-back-protest-richmond-jan-20-2025 |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=CBS 6 News Richmond WTVR |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=Andrew |date=2025-01-20 |title=WATCH: Protesters rally against 'fascist' Trump as he becomes 47th president: 'Socialism beats fascism' |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/watch-protesters-rally-against-fascist-trump-as-he-becomes-47th-president-socialism-beats-fascism |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=Fox News |language=en-US}}

Around the world, anti-Trump protests occurred at consulates and elsewhere in Mexico City, London, Paris, Brussels,{{Cite news |last=Motal |first=Julius Constantine |date=2025-01-20 |title=Anti-Trump protests sweep the globe on inauguration day – in pictures |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/gallery/2025/jan/20/anti-trump-protests-photos |access-date=2025-01-26 |work=the Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}} Amsterdam, Berlin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, Prague, Warsaw,{{Cite web |last=AFP |title='Hideous' Trump a 'disgrace' for European protesters |url=https://sg.news.yahoo.com/hideous-trump-disgrace-european-protesters-202450649.html |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=Yahoo News |date=January 20, 2017 |publisher=AFP News |language=en-US}} Panama City,{{Cite web |last=Martinez |first=Aris |date=2025-01-21 |title=Protest against U.S. President Donald Trump, in Panama City |url=https://gazette.com/news/us-world/protest-against-u-s-president-donald-trump-in-panama-city/image_33f0f74a-d21b-547c-80f9-f5a29e505331.html |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=Colorado Springs Gazette |language=en}} and Manila.{{Cite web |date=2025-01-20 |title=Philippines: Anti-US protest held in Manila ahead of President-elect Trump inauguration |url=https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/philippines-anti-us-protest-held-in-manila-ahead-of-president-elect-trump-inauguration/vi-AA1xvNAx#details |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=www.msn.com}}

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