Washington (© 2025 Afriquinfos) – Donald John Trump took the oath of office in front of 720 hand-picked guests including former Presidents Bill Clinton, B. Hussein Obama, G. Walker Bush and Joseph Robinette Biden.
The nearly 60-minute ceremony took place at the Capitol Rotunda, in Washington (USA) in the presence of the outgoing First Lady (Jill Tracy Jacobs-Biden) and the husband of the 1era Outgoing Vice President (Douglas Emhoff) later joined in the honorary gallery by his wife Kamala Harris.
Christopher Macchio, Italian-American tenor, sang “O America” to begin the ceremony. D. Trump made his appearance before the general public at 4:36 p.m. Timothy Dolan (Archbishop of New York) opened this ceremony with a brief prayer. Reverend (Pastor) Franklin Graham (President of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association) then performed another prayer as a believer in Trumpism.
James David Vance (Vice-President, 40 years old, Senator from Ohio) was the first to take the oath as required by the Republican tradition of the USA. Following him, Donald Trump vowed at 5:02 p.m. UT to “protect the American Constitution before God’s help» in front of tech billionaires and the big donors of this ceremony (which cost nearly $200 million).
-Around 23,000 other Donald Trump supporters also followed this ceremony live in a stadium near Washington.
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