Donald Trump swears 47th US President: All the ritual of inauguration

The long-awaited day has arrived. At noon at 12:00 (local time) the planet will stand against televisions, mobiles and laptops to watch the elected president, who returns to the White House, four years after his defeat in the 2020 election when he left without surrendering power to Joe Biden, who had then won the election. Donald Trump takes second-time four-year term – as he had again served as president of the US during the period 2016-2020 – and its inauguration is expected to take place with temperatures in Washington being below zero. CORVERSE The day of inauguration, i.e. the ceremony of taking office of the President of the United States, takes place every four years and attracts global interest and takes place in a festive climate whether it is the inauguration of a re-elected president or a newly elected president. The day begins with a service at St John Cathedral, Washington. Early this afternoon (Greece time) the Trump couple will have tea in the White House together with the Biden couple. At 19:00, Greece time, the inauguration ceremony will begin in front of the Capitol. Traditionally, it is done outdoors on the west side of the federal Capitol. Now, of course, the weather decided to play its own special role. Friday and not, as usual, on his steps, which will first happen for 40 years. And that’s because the temperature in Washington is expected at minus 10 degrees and with a chance of snow! CORVERSE Local authorities are waiting for a crowd of 200,000 people – mainly supporters of the elected president, but also of some of his opponents calling for protests. Security services are on general alert, as the toxic political atmosphere of recent years in the US but both attempts to kill the Republican politician during the election period make the official ceremony of January 20 high risk. In addition to the US capital police force and the Capitol Guard, forces have been recruited by the police of others States, the FBI, the National Guard and the army. A total of about 25,000 policemen and soldiers will be on their feet to prevent any incident. The security perimeter has been placed 48 kilometers of bars, record number. Who’s going to the inauguration? Trump’s inauguration will be attended by Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, as will former presidents Bill Clinton, George Bush and Barack Obama (the first two accompanied by their wives, while she will not attend). The “present” will also give several major entrepreneurs who strongly support Trump or have approached him lately. In the first category belongs Amazon founder and owner of the Washington Post Jeff Bezos, of course there will be Elon Musk, the richest man in the world and… Minister of the new government (co-president will be called the “bad languages”), while in the second Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, Sam Altman, the largest name in Artificial Intelligence and Su Zi Chiu, CEO of . Everyone will have positions between the highest VIPs, next to Donald Trump’s family and former presidents. Overall the commission for the inauguration ceremony raised contributions of $170 million from the business world.