To kick off the ceremony and herald the second inauguration as president, Donald Trump will be returning to Washington on Saturday. The official swearing-in ceremony will take place at 12 pm on January 20. Trump will be sworn in as the 47th president of the United States.
The oath of office will be administered by Chief Justice John Roberts.
Also, with the Arctic air expected to leave Washington in sub-freezing temperatures, the organisers have decided to move the swearing-in ceremony inside the Capitol Rotunda.
Several important personalities including tech giants, celebrities, and political leaders are set to attend Trump’s second inauguration.
Trump inauguration guest list: Who will attend
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Tech giants including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Google's Sundar Pichai, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, Tesla CEO Elon Musk and TikTok CEO Shou Chew will be attending the presidential inauguration on Monday.
Also, former US presidents, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama will be attending.
Trump mega-donor Miriam Adelson, Tilman Fertitta, a television personality and billionaire owner of the Houston Rockets basketball team, businessman Todd Ricketts are among others.
Celebrities including Carrie Underwood, classical singer Christopher Macchio will be performing at the inauguration events. The disco band Village People, who had supported Kamala Harris’s presidential bid, will be also be performing.
Wrestler Logan Paul, Jake--who recently beat Mike Tyson, Dana White, the CEO of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Hulk Hogan and actor Jon Voight are expected to make appearances.
China's vice-president Han Zheng, Argentina's populist leader Javier Milei, Italy Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Nigel Farage, Britan's champion of Brexit and the leader of the anti-immigration Reform party, Tom van Grieken of Belgium's far-right Vlaams Belang and Mateusz Morawiecki of Poland’s national-conservative Law and Justice party (PiS) will be attending the ceremony.