Trump announced on Friday that his swearing-in will be held in the Capitol Hill rotunda, just like Ronald Reagan in 1985.
Donald Trump’s inauguration will be moved indoors for the first time since 1985 because of the cold weather. The move will see Trump become the first president since Ronald Reagan to be inaugurated indoors.
Ronald Reagan kept formalities brief and stayed warm after parade attendees were warned their flesh would freeze
Washington, D.C., will experience a high of 21 degrees and a low of 11 degrees around noon when the inauguration is set to begin.
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President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony has been moved to the U.S. Capitol rotunda on Monday due to winter weather.
The second inauguration of Ronald Reagan on Jan. 20, 1985, was forced indoors due to intense cold. As USA TODAY noted that day, "The USA's 50th inauguration today moves indoors – a victim of bone-chilling temperatures that threatened 350,000 invited guests and parade watchers."
President-elect Donald Trump will be sworn into office Monday from the Capitol Rotunda as single-digit wind chill is expected.
The National Weather Service is predicting the temperature to be around 22 degrees (minus-6 Celsius) at noon during the swearing-in, the coldest since Reagan’s second inauguration saw temperatures plunge to 7 degrees (minus-14 Celsius). Barack Obama’s 2009 swearing-in was 28 degrees (minus-2 Celsius).
In a post on his social media platform, Truth Social, Trump said he ordered the inauguration to be moved inside. The Joint Congressional Committee on Inauguration Ceremonies said in a statement that they’ll honor his request.
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