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Donald Trump is set to be sworn in as President of the United States for the second time on January 20. Ahead of the 47th US President swearing-in ceremony, Indian sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik is making waves with his 47-foot-long sand art of Trump.
Shared by ANI, the viral video displays Pattnaik and his team polishing the final sand art featuring Trump and the White House on the backdrop of the American flag. “Congratulations (written in red) Welcome to White House (written in blue),” the text on the sand art read.
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“We have created a 47-foot-long sand art installation of the US President-elect Donald Trump. I am a big fan of President-elect Donald Trump,” ANI quoted Pattnaik as saying.
Meanwhile, outgoing President Joe Biden, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Apple CEO Tim Cook, and TikTok CEO Shou Chew are expected to attend the swearing-in ceremony.
Former US Presidents Barack Obama, George W Bush, and Bill Clinton will also join the swearing-in ceremony. Other prominent figures include Argentina President Javier Milei, Ecuador President Daniel Noboa, Italy Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, and Australia Foreign Minister Penny Wong. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will represent India at the event.
The inaugural ceremonies will begin with a musical prelude performed by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Combined Choirs and “The President’s Own” US Marine Band, followed by an invocation delivered by Timothy Cardinal Dolan, the archbishop of New York, and Rev Franklin Graham, as reported by CBS News.
