President-elect Donald J. Trump and his wife, Melania Trump, are greeted by President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden upon their arrival at the White House on the morning of January 20. The two couples had tea together before sharing a limousine to the United States Capitol, where Donald Trump — who previously served one term as 45e president — was going to take the oath, this time as 47e president.
Donald Trump takes the oath of office before Chief Justice John Roberts, while Melania Trump holds two Bibles (one given to Trump by his mother when he was a child and the other used by Abraham Lincoln to take the oath of office in 1861) .
The January 20 ceremony — the 60e presidential inauguration in the United States — was moved at the last minute inside the Capitol Rotunda due to the cold.
The new vice president, JD Vance, was sworn in before Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
After taking the oath of office, President Trump kisses his wife, Melania, and enjoys the applause of his children.
- Donald Trump delivers his inauguration speech, a tradition when a president has just been inaugurated. In his speech, longer than that of his 2017 inauguration, he emphasized that this year, the inauguration coincides with Martin Luther King Day, a public holiday in the United States. He also references his historic political comeback, saying that “in America, the impossible is what we do best,” and outlines his political plans and an optimistic vision for the next four years.
President-elect Trump and his wife, Melania, watch fireworks during a celebration at the Trump National Golf Club in Virginia near Washington, two days before the inauguration.
After his inauguration speech, the president attended a congressional luncheon, before attending a parade inside the Capitol One Arena in Washington, before returning to the White House to prepare for the official inaugural balls organized in the capital.
