Former US President Donald Trump announced that his inauguration ceremony on Monday will be held indoors at the US Capitol Rotunda due to expected freezing temperatures. This marks the first time since Ronald Reagan in 1985 that a president's oath of office will be taken inside the Capitol. Trump said supporters can watch the event on a live feed at Capital One sports arena, where he plans to join them afterward.
File: Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during an election night event at the West Palm Beach Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, on November 6, 2024.
"There is an Arctic blast sweeping the Country," Trump wrote on his app Truth Social."Therefore, I have ordered the Inauguration Address, in addition to prayers and other speeches, to be delivered in the United States Capitol Rotunda." The last time a president took the oath of office indoors was Ronald Reagan in 1985, who also moved the ceremony into the Capitol's ornate Rotunda due to dangerously cold weather.Residents of Canada, US border towns fear Trump creating divisions
However, the Republican, who has built a political brand around his staging of large rallies, said supporters could watch the event on a live feed in Washington's Capital One sports arena -- and that he would go there after.
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