Donald Trump Inauguration 2025 Highlights - Clintons booed, lone Obama and other viral moments
Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 47th US president in an indoor ceremony at the US Capitol, attended by notable global and business leaders. Mike Pence and the Clintons faced boos from the crowd, while CEOs of major companies had better seats t...
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Trump Inauguration: Clintons, Bush among former Prez to arrive, Obama comes without Michelle
Donald Trump today sworn in as the 47th US presi dent in a indoor event at the US Capitol. The event saw whos who of many world and business leaders. Here are the highlights of the Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony.
- Pence and the Clintons get booed in arena: The crowd in the arena is not discriminate with their cheers — anything from a man holding a “Joe Biden You’re Fired” sign to a shot of Rudy Giuliani has inspired enthusiastic applause — but a rare boo erupted from the crowd at the sigh of Mike Pence walking into the rotunda. Soon after a much larger boo came for the Clintons, reported AP.
- Barack Obama arrives at the inauguration ceremony alone, without Michelle.
- CEOs have better seats than Trump’s Cabinet members: The CEOs of Meta, X, and Amazon sat in front of the president-elect’s entire Cabinet — a nod to the importance Trump has given the heads of some of the most powerful companies and social media platforms over his agency heads.
- No gift for Jill Biden: A gift exchange isn’t part of the official program on Inauguration Day but Mrs. Trump showed up in 2017 carrying a familiar blue box from Tiffany and handed it to then-first lady Michelle Obama, reported AP.
- Donald Trump had an awkward moment when he leaned in to kiss Melania but appeared to be blocked by the brim of her hat.
- Like Michelle Obama, former Vice President Mike Pence's wife, former second lady Karen, also did not attend the the Trump inauguration. Karen Pence snubbed the Trumps earlier this month at former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral, where she ignored Melania Trump’s efforts to shake her hand.
- It was a very short speech by Trump’s standards. His 2024 campaign rally speeches often went on for more than an hour.
- Trump takes oath with his hand at his side, not atop the Bible: It’s traditional to use a Bible during the presidential oath of office, but it is not required. Only the oath is mandated by the Constitution. Theodore Roosevelt didn’t use a Bible when he was sworn in following the assassination of William McKinley in 1901. John Quincy Adams used a law text for his 1825 inauguration. And, sworn in aboard Air Force One after John Kennedy’s assassination in 1963, Lyndon B. Johnson used a Catholic missal.
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- Biden and Trump share a limo: Both men shared the same vehicle, along with Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, chair of the bipartisan Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies. Biden and Trump have been the bitterest of rivals for years. But the outgoing and incoming president taking the same vehicle to the inauguration ceremony keeps with political traditions.
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Trump Inauguration: Clintons, Bush among former Prez to arrive, Obama comes without Michelle
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