Donald Trump's inauguration

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Donald Trump takes the oath of office on two Bibles: above, Trump 's children's Bible ; below, in red, the " Lincoln Bible ". Wife Melania holds both.

The inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States and 58th swearing a US president, under the headline uniquely American (dt. Uniquely American ) on Friday, 20 January 2017 at the west front of the Capitol in Washington, DC instead of; it marked the beginning of the four-year terms of President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence .

The celebrations in Washington from January 17-21, 2017 included the opening interfaith prayer, several concerts, the swearing-in ceremony, lunch, the parade, and opening balls. The presidential oath was taken from Trump during his oath ceremony on January 20, 2017 by John Roberts , Chairman of the US Supreme Court .

Trump's inauguration was accompanied by protest rallies. Controversy arose between the Trump administration and the media over the number of attendees and viewers of the celebrations.

planning

The inauguration was primarily planned by two committees, the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies and the 2017 Presidential Inaugural Committee. The congress committee began building the opening platform on September 21, 2016, several weeks before the elections scheduled for November 8, 2016.

Trump and Mike Pence were formally elected by the electoral college on December 19, 2016 . The election was officially confirmed by a vote count in a congress session on January 6, 2017.

Joint Congressional Committee

The celebration and opening dinner for President and Vice-President Pence were scheduled by the Joint Congress Committee on Opening Ceremonies. This committee consisted of Senators Mitch McConnell from Kentucky , Roy Blunt from Missouri as chairman, and Chuck Schumer from New York, and Paul Ryan ( Wisconsin ), Kevin McCarthy and Nancy Pelosi (both California ), who represented the House of Representatives. The committee was overseen by the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration .

Military support was coordinated by the Joint Task Force National Capital Region. This provided musical military units, marching bands and gun salutes.

The national anthem of the United States was sung by 16-year-old Jackie Evancho . The Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Missouri State University Choir also performed.

Presidential Inaugural Committee

In connection with the occasion, the 2017 President's Opening Committee prepared further events such as a train ride, concerts, parades, balls and prayer service. The committee chair was Thomas J. Barrack Jr. , a real estate investor; he is the founder, chairman and CEO of Colony Capital . The committee expects to increase the designated budget by $ 70 million. The panel co-chairs were Lewis Eisenberg and Roy Bailey. Members also included casino magnates Sheldon Adelson and his wife Miriam, Steve Wynn and Phil Ruffin , oil entrepreneur Harold Hamm , businesswoman Diane Hendricks , businessman Joe Craft, and Gail Icahn, wife of Carl Icahn , and Woody Johnson , Owner of the New York Jets .

motto

The inauguration program

The motto of the inauguration was uniquely American (“uniquely American”) and, according to the letter of invitation, was intended to honor the unique constitutional striving and express the unity of the American people in the continuum of the republic in the peaceful transfer of power.

Previous events

Chairman's Global Dinner

On Tuesday, January 17, Trump attended the so-called Chairman's Global Dinner , a dinner in Washington, DC. It is used to introduce the new president and his advisors to foreign diplomats. The event took place in the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium. In attendance were Rex Tillerson , then-designated successor to John Kerry as Foreign Secretary , and Rudy Giuliani , former Mayor of New York City , as well as Security Advisor-designate Michael T. Flynn and Israeli Ambassador Ron Dermer . A total of 500 guests attended the dinner, including 200 foreign diplomats.

Wreath laying at Arlington National Cemetery

Upon his return from New York City, Trump and Pence met for lunch on January 19 at Trump's hotel, the Old Post Office Pavilion in Washington. Then Trump, accompanied by his family and Pence, laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery .

procedure

Morning of January 20th

At 8 a.m., Donald and Melania Trump left the President's Guest House to visit St. John's Episcopal Church for the morning service, a tradition of every President since James Madison . Melania Trump wore a sky blue dress with matching gloves. After the service, Trump, Pence, and their families drank tea with outgoing President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle at the south portico of the White House .

Noon on January 20th - swearing in

At 11:55 am, Supreme Court Judge Clarence Thomas took the oath from Mike Pence as the 48th Vice President of the United States. Pence swore by the Ronald Reagan family Bible . Shortly after noon, Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States by John Roberts , chairman of the Supreme Court .

Trump swore by two Bibles his wife Melania kept: the Lincoln Bible , on which Barack Obama had sworn, and his personal children's Bible .

After being sworn in, Trump received the traditional 21-gun salute.

Jackie Evancho , who finished 2nd in America's Got Talent in 2010, then sang the US national anthem . Numerous celebrities had canceled.

Inaugural Address

Trump during his inaugural address
Video of Trump's inaugural address
Donald and Melania Trump in the White House parade

Trump's subsequent inaugural speech was reminiscent of his election campaign speeches in style and content: While previous inaugural speeches were always characterized by conciliatory tones, Trump's speech was understood as a declaration of war on all opponents. Trump said the Washington establishment had usurped power and was now returning it to the people. The state of the United States was miserable, "the wealth, strength and confidence of the country have disappeared behind the horizon". Now a new vision will rule the country; he would "make America strong, rich, proud and safe again". From now on it will only be called " America First ".

After his inaugural address, Trump had lunch at the Capitol. At 2:45 p.m. the parade to the White House began.

Supporting program

The organizers of Trump's inauguration attempted to engage a number of well-known artists for the event. For example, inquiries were made to Celine Dion , Elton John and Andrea Bocelli . There were largely cancellations from the international stars, which were justified by scheduling difficulties or the open statement that they did not want to appear for Trump.

Finally, Sam Moore from the soul duo Sam & Dave and The Piano Guys performed at the Welcome Concert on Thursday . On Friday night, Tony Orlando and Texan musician Josh Weathers played at the Armed Services Ball . That evening, Trump and his wife attended three balls in Washington: the Freedom Ball and Liberty Ball , both held at the Washington Convention Center , and the Armed Services Ball ( Military Ball ) at the National Building Museum . Vice President Mike Pence and his wife Karen also attended the three balls.

reception

Historian Timothy Naftali commented on Trump's inaugural address that he “did not quote any of his predecessors”; the speech had the effect of “like a complete break with the past, like after day one of the French Revolution.” The theologian Ulrich Berges saw no references to the New Testament in Trump's speech , but instead borrowed a lot from the Old Testament Deuteronomists - especially with the history of the Exodus of the people of Israel from Egypt and the promise of a new land alludes to the speech on a "national God" and combines a prophetic idea of ​​salvation with a missionary sense of mission.

Protests and demonstrations

Numerous well-known musicians such as Kiss , Celine Dion , Elton John or Dire Straits rejected the invitation from Donald Trump, at the ceremony to occur for the inauguration. During the election campaign, musicians and bands such as the singer Adele , the bands Aerosmith or Rolling Stones and Neil Young sometimes had a court forbidden from using their songs at Trump's election campaign events. On January 13th, John Lewis , Democratic MP in the House of Representatives, announced that he would not be attending the Trump inauguration. He considers the Trump presidency to be illegitimate ("I don't see Trump as a legitimate president"), since Trump was elected president with the support of Russia . After this announcement, Trump insulted Lewis (a longtime leader of the civil rights movement ; he gave a speech at the legendary March on Washington for Work and Freedom in 1963) via Twitter. Trump wrote that Lewis should pay more attention to his constituency in the state of Georgia , "which is in dire condition" and "contaminated with crime". After Trump's tweet, another 66 Democratic MPs canceled their attendance at the celebrations.

Protests, some of which were violent, took place in downtown Washington during the inauguration. Around 400 to 500 masked participants of an unauthorized event marched through the city. Some threw stones and smashed shop windows; six police officers were slightly injured. The police arrested 217 people. The police used tear gas . Protest rallies were also held in other cities in the USA at the same time.

The day after the inauguration, the Women's March on Washington took place at the same location with around 500,000 participants. Most media assume that the number of participants at this protest event was higher than at Trump's inauguration.

Participation and audience numbers

After the inauguration, there was heated controversy over attendance and attendance. The media consistently reported that significantly fewer attendees attended Trump's inauguration than Barack Obama's in 2009. At the time, around 1.8 million people attended the ceremony. In his first press conference as press secretary for the White House , Sean Spicer presented completely different, unproven or demonstrably false data. Among other things, he claimed: “It was the largest audience that has ever attended a swearing-in ceremony, both locally and worldwide. Period. ”Spicer also claimed that 420,000 people used the Washington Metro on the day of inauguration and four years ago, when Obama's second inauguration, there were only 317,000 passengers. The Washington Post , on the other hand, published the information from the Washington public transport company, according to which 571,000 people at Trump and 782,000 four years earlier used the metro.

Trump's adviser Kellyanne Conway defended Spicer's controversial statements as " alternative facts " to Chuck Todd . Todd replied, “Alternative facts are not facts. They are untruths. "

Trump himself assumed that 1.5 million viewers were present at his inauguration; The day after, he called the Washington Park Administration for additional photos as evidence of the number of spectators he estimated - they had received a tweet on the afternoon of Trump's inauguration after they had distributed comparative photos of Barack Obama's inauguration in 2009. In 2018, it was announced that the morning after his inauguration, Trump hired the National Park Service photographer of the ceremony to crop the photos so that they no longer showed empty spaces.

Investigations

In 2018, criminal investigations into the finances of the inauguration began after evidence of misconduct was found in the house search by Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen . In particular, the federal attorney's office in the Southern District of New York is investigating whether donations were improperly received from abroad or misused.

Web links

Individual evidence

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