Trump Takes Office As US President
92- 20.01.2025, 19:45
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Live broadcast.
US President-elect Donald Trump takes office on January 20, 2025.
The Voice of America is broadcasting the inauguration ceremony of the 47th President of the United States of America live from Washington.
Donald Trump and the outgoing head of the US administration Joe Biden arrived at the Capitol, where Trump will be sworn in.
Both leaders arrived with their spouses.
Trump's children also arrived for the ceremony: daughters Ivanka and Tiffany, as well as sons Donald Trump Jr., Eric and Barron.
Usually, the inauguration of the US president takes place on the steps near the US Capitol — a large podium is set up there, where high-ranking guests sit and the President himself speaks. Spectators take their seats in Union Square, as well as in the square all the way to the George Washington Monument (almost 2 km). However, this time Trump decided to move the ceremony to the Capitol Hall due to the abnormal cold snap. According to the forecast, on the day of the inauguration in Washington, the temperature is expected to be from minus 4 to minus 14 degrees. The organizers were caught off guard, The Washington Post wrote. In the footage published from the preparation of the ceremony, it is visible how they managed to put seats for spectators in Union Square.