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Donald Trump, a Republican Party member and business tycoon, took the oath of office as the 47th President of the United States on Monday, marking his historic return to the White House for a second term.
Chief Justice John Roberts gave the oath in the Capitol Rotunda.
Earlier, following a customary tea ceremony at the White House, Trump and outgoing President Joe Biden rode together to the US Capitol for the latter’s oath-taking program, accompanied by their spouses, Kamala Harris and her successor J.D. Vance.
Kamala Harris and her replacement, J.D. Vance, drove separately to the Capitol, as did Jill Biden and Melania Trump.
This is only the second instance of the swearing-in taking place indoors — the last time was in 1985 when President Ronald Reagan took the oath for his second term.
Earlier, Biden welcomed Trump to the White House for a traditional tea ceremony with two words: “Welcome home”, according to media reports.
Guests for the swearing-in had begun arriving at the Capitol Rotunda where the ceremony took place; indoors instead of the traditional venue outside.
This was only the second instance of the swearing-in took place indoors; the last time was in 1985 when President Ronald Reagan took the oath for his second term.
Additionally, Trump is only the second American president to hold the office for two non-consecutive terms. Grover Cleveland toward the close of the 1800s was the first.
Trump’s cabinet nominees, including Marco Rubio, who is anticipated to be approved as secretary of state as early as Monday, attended the swearing-in.
Trump began the inauguration process on Monday by joining J.D. Vance and his wife Usha Vance, some cabinet members, and Melania Trump, the incoming first lady, in a special service at St. John’s Church.
Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta, Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Tim Cook of Apple, Elon Musk of Space X and Tesla, and Sundar Pichai of Google were all present at the swearing-in ceremony.
Former President Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary Clinton, former President George W Bush and his wife Laura Bush, and former President Barack Obama minus his wife Michelle Obama attended the oath-taking ceremony as is the tradition, which was broken by President Trump who skipped Biden’s inauguration in 2021.
Source: IANS
