White supremacist taking oath on MLK Day: Donald Trump inauguration on this special day, chatter grows online, but did he have any other opinion?

Donald Trump has now entered into a fresh wave of controversy looking at the fact that his gala inauguration ceremony, that will be attended by numerous powerful leaders from across the world, actually falls on MLK Day 2025. It is quite a thing to digest, looking at the fact that Trump and Martin Luther King Jr.'s ideologies and fundamentals are quite the opposite.

Did Donald Trump deliberately choose MLK Day for his inauguration?

This particular talk about MLK Day falling on Trump's inauguration has created a social media storm, with may claiming that Trump deliberately chose this day to make things controversial. However, it is a fact that Trump Constitutionally, had no say over the particular date, as the terms of the reigning President and VP 'shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3rd day of January', according to the 20th Amendment of the US Constitution.

This means, to ensure the continuity of the government, the inauguration of the new President, which in this case is Trump, has to happen on the day Biden's term ends, which will be on January 20. This tradition has been going on for not less than 88 years, according to a NY Mag report.

FAQs:

Is the presidential inauguration always held on MLK Day?
The federal holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr. takes place on the third Monday of January each year, which may or may not always fall on the Presidential inauguration day.

Has Donald Trump won the US Presidential elections?
Yes, Donald Trump is the new US President-elect, and will be taking up charge from January, 2025 after the inauguration ceremony, based on his massive win in the US Presidential elections 2024.