Donald Trump inauguration: events to begin ahead of Friday swearing in

Interestingly, there was only one woman who has taken the role: federal district judge Sarah T Hughes, who was called upon to swear in Lyndon B Johnson in 1963 in the minutes after the assassination of John F Kennedy.

He went on to describe Trump as “part P.T. Barnum” and predicted he would be one of the country’s most accomplished presidents.

“We’re going to do things that haven’t been done for our country for many, many decades”. And because he was speaking to diplomats, he singled out his pick for secretary of state, former ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson.

A pheasant that bears a striking resemblance to US President-elect Donald Trump attracts visitors to a safari park in China. “He’s led this charmed life”. His tendency to feed off crowds and stray from prepared remarks could mean the country is in for many more surprises. “It’s tough dealing with these politicians, right?” “We also have great performances”.

President-elect Donald Trump says he was elected to the White House because people wanted “real change”.

However, some protests are set to descending on Washington over the Inauguration weekend. “It’s something very special”, Trump told the crowd at the conclusion of the “Make America Great Again” concert. Welcome Celebration – took place at Washington’s Lincoln Memorial, where country stars Lee Greenwood and Toby Keith and rock band 3 Doors Down were among the headline acts.

Although President-elect Donald Trump is reportedly micromanaging his own inauguration, it seems like the event is going to be quite underwhelming in terms of its actual popularity.

Members of Congress, Supreme Court justices, members of the transition team, family members and other invited guests can attend, with some sitting on the inaugural platform where the President takes the oath office.

“I’m hoping to see a solid showing of statesmanship”, said Aaron Strickland, of Raleigh.

“So we all know what this is about, and it’s a statement about that incident and how you can’t touch that”.

Admit it: for some you, there’s still a sense of disbelief that this is actually going down. As the president-elect left NY behind, the capital braced for an onslaught of inaugural crowds and demonstrators numbering in the hundreds of thousands. About 300,000 people attended the inauguration for George W. Bush in 2001, and an estimated 400,000 people were recorded for his 2005 inauguration. “We need unity more than ever, and I think he understands that”.