Donald Trump takes the oath of office to be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States.
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January 20, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-01-20)
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United States Capitol, Washington, D.C.
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Donald Trump 45th president of the United States — Assuming office John Roberts Chief Justice of the United States — Administering oath Mike Pence 48th vice president of the United States — Assuming office Clarence Thomas Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States — Administering oath
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The inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States marked the commencement of Donald Trump's term as president and Mike Pence's term as vice president.[1] An estimated 300,000 to 600,000[2][3] people attended the public ceremony held on Friday, January 20, 2017, at the West Front of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. The event was the 58th presidential inauguration.[4] Held in Washington, D.C., from January 17 to 21, 2017, inaugural events included concerts, the swearing-in ceremony, a congressional luncheon, parade, inaugural balls, and the interfaith inaugural prayer service. The inauguration was protested worldwide.[5]
Administered by Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts, the presidential oath was taken by Trump as his first task after becoming president at noon, in keeping with Article Two, Section 1, Clause 8 and the 20th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, with the vice presidential oath taken by Pence and administered by Associate Justice Clarence Thomas immediately preceding it.[6] Trump was sworn in with his left hand on a pair of Bibles: his personal copy and the Lincoln Bible.[7][8] At 70 years, 220 days of age on Inauguration Day, Trump was the oldest person to assume the presidency until he was surpassed by Joe Biden four years later, in 2021.
^"58TH INAUGURAL CEREMONIES". United States Senate. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
^Bump, Philip (January 23, 2017). "There's no evidence that Trump's inauguration was the most-watched in history. Period". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on January 24, 2017. Retrieved July 13, 2017. The Times spoke with crowd estimation experts who pegged the number in attendance on Friday at one-third of Obama's 2009 audience, or 600,000 people.
^Frostenson, Sarah (January 24, 2017). "A crowd scientist says Trump's inauguration attendance was pretty average". Vox. Archived from the original on July 28, 2017. Retrieved July 13, 2017. To try to settle the question of how many people attended the inauguration ceremony on the National Mall in Washington, DC, we reached out to Keith Still, a professor of crowd science at Manchester Metropolitan University in the UK. (He analyzed aerial shots of the crowds of both President Obama's 2009 inaugural address and President Trump's for The New York Times.) His conclusion is that the crowd on the Mall on Friday was roughly one-third the size of President Obama's.
^Roberts, Roxanne (January 6, 2017). "What we know about Trump's inauguration so far". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on January 30, 2017.
^"Trump inauguration protests". May 8, 2017. Archived from the original on May 12, 2018. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
^"VP Pence to be sworn in by Clarence Thomas". WPSD-TV. Associated Press. January 13, 2017. Archived from the original on January 15, 2017. Retrieved January 16, 2017.
^Naylor, Brian (January 17, 2017). "Trump Will Be Sworn in With Same Bible As Lincoln And Obama". NPR. NPR. Archived from the original on January 18, 2017. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
^Kim, Eun Kyung, "Inauguration Day: Why were there 2 Bibles? What was in that blue box?" Archived March 19, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, Today, January 20, 2017. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
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