Donald Trump inauguration celebrities Highlights: Trump sworn in as 47th President of USA; JD Vance takes oath as VP

Donald Trump Inauguration Performers, Celebrities Guest List Highlights: Many businessmen, including Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, and Mukesh Ambani will be in attendance at the inauguration.

Donald Trump is set to take oath as the 47th President of the United States today.

Donald Trump Inauguration Highlights: Donald Trump is all set to be sworn in as the 47th President of the United States. The inauguration, which is expected to be a star-studded event, will be held inside the United States Capitol Rotunda, the circular central space below the dome of the Capitol. Incidentally, this is the same place where the infamous riots of 2020 occured after the election of current US President Joe Biden was made official.

Nevertheless, Trump is set to create history by becoming just the second President to return to the White House after losing a re-election in their second term. Earlier, he had made history by becoming the first President in almost 150 years to boycott the transfer of power when Biden assumed office in 2020. However, no such thing will happen this time round as Biden is expected to attend the ceremony as per protocol.

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Many businessmen, including Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, and Mukesh Ambani will be in attendance at the inauguration. The Indian government would be represented by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.

Although the inauguration does have almost 2,00,000 ticketed guests, only 500-600 would be seated inside the Rotunda. The presidential oath would be administered by Chief Justice John Roberts and the vice-presidential oath would be read by Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

The legendary Carrie Underwood is set to sing ‘America The Beautiful’ at the swearing-in ceremony, followed by American Tenor’s Christopher Macchio rendering the National Anthem, and Grammy winner Lee Greenwood rounding off the event. The MAGA Victory Rally post the swearing-in ceremony would have performances by Kid Rock, The Village People, Billy Ray Cyrus, the Praise Choir, and Lee Greenwood. On the other hand, the Liberty Ball would have performances by Jason Aldean, the Village People, and a surprise musical guest.

Post, the swearing-in, Donald Trump is expected to join the crowd at Capital One for the Presidential Parade.

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Apart from the swearing-in event and its various ceremonies, it would also be a day where a formal farewell would be accorded to outgoing President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.

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22:43 (IST)20 Jan 2025

Donald Trump sworn in as the 47th President of the United States of America

Donald Trump re-elected as President of the United States of America

The 45th President of the USA has been sworn in as the 47th President of the United States of America. He begins his inaugural speech by promising to the world that this would be the greatest phase of USA. He reiterates his promise of making America Great Again, opens up about the challenges that the Trump administration would face, and how he would do all that he can to overcome them. And of course, Trump minces no words in criticising the Biden government, and swears to do good by the Americans, and change how the world looks at USA, and how the US citizens looks at the country.

22:22 (IST)20 Jan 2025

American Tenor’s Christopher Macchio sings O' America at the event

Ahead of the swearing-in ceremony, America Tenor's Christopher Macchio's rendition of O'America reverberated throughout the Rotunda as the President-elect, VP-elect and the outgoing President and VP walked into the centre

21:24 (IST)20 Jan 2025

Sundar Pichai and Elon Musk are in attendance

Sundar Pichai and Elon Musk at Donald Trump inauguration

As expected, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk are attending the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States. In fact, Musk is set to co-lead the “Department of Government Efficiency” with Republican Vivek Ramasamy.

21:08 (IST)20 Jan 2025

All Roads lead to the Capitol; Barack Obama in the house

With just over an hour left for the swearing-in ceremony, guests and dignitaries have started arriving at the Capitol where the event is set to take place. Former President Barack Obama has reached the venue, albeit without former first lady Michelle Obama, whose absence became one of the most-discussed topics on social media.

Following the protocol, both Jill Biden and Melania Trump have travelled in the same car to the Rotunda, and they would soon be followed by the President-elect Donald Trump and the outgoing president Joe Biden.

20:29 (IST)20 Jan 2025

Bidens and Trumps meet for tea at the White House

As is procedure, President-Elect Donald Trump and incoming first lady Melania reached the White House to meet the outgoing president Joe Biden and the outgoing first lady Jill Biden. They posed for the photographers before entering the house to have a cup of tea ahead of the swearing-in ceremony. Since Biden has extended the courtesy of attending Trump's inauguration, which wasn't the case when the former was elected in 2020, both of them would travel in the same car towards the Capitol

20:06 (IST)20 Jan 2025

President-elect Donald Trump and family attend service at St John's Church

Before the swearing-in ceremony, President-elect Donald Trump, Melania Trump and Barron Trump arrived at St. John’s Church for the morning service ahead of the inauguration. Interestingly, the swearing-in ceremony is set to happen indoors at the Rotunda because of chilly weather. Before Trump assumes office, the Vice President-elect JD Vance would be sworn in as the VP of United States of America

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