Due to freezing temperatures and high winds, it was held inside the United States Capitol rotunda in Washington, D. It was the 60th U. It is also the first presidential inauguration to take place indoors since Ronald Reagan's inauguration in Trump's first inauguration was exactly eight years earlier, in January The event included a swearing-in ceremony, a signing ceremony, an inaugural luncheon, a first honors ceremony , and then a procession and parade at Capital One Arena.
Inaugural balls were held at various venues before and after the inaugural ceremonies. The inauguration marked the formal culmination of the presidential transition of Donald Trump that began when he won the U. Day , which marked the third time an inauguration occurred on the same date as the holiday, following the second inaugurations of Bill Clinton in and Barack Obama in January In May , both houses of Congress appointed a Joint Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies to oversee the construction of the platform and other temporary structures that were expected to be used for the outdoor ceremonies and celebrations.
Construction of the inaugural platform ceremonially began on September 18, , with the driving of the first nail by United States Senator Amy Klobuchar using a nail made from iron ore mined and processed from the Iron Range in Minnesota.
In October , the United States Capitol Police conducted an intelligence assessment that concluded an activist group "with a history of large-scale demonstrations involving illegal activity plans to protest the Inauguration regardless of the outcome" and that other groups protesting the Israel-Hamas war were "nearly certain to target the Inauguration" regardless of the winner in the U. Agencies expected to be involved with planning of the ceremony include the U. Capitol Police, the Washington, D.
Park Police. The committee co-chairs were Steve Witkoff and former U. Various tech companies and their leaders pledged donations and services for the inauguration. Trump's inauguration marked the first time in U. Outgoing U. Bush , and Barack Obama whom Trump first succeeded in attended the inauguration. Former first ladies Hillary Clinton Trump's former opponent in and Laura Bush also attended the inauguration, but former first lady Michelle Obama was absent. Chinese president Xi Jinping was invited to the ceremony, but sent vice president Han Zheng as his special representative instead.
