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Leading the US President-elect Donald Trump Today, Monday, he was sworn in as President of the United States, beginning his second term amid local and global anticipation due to the scale of change he promised. What is Trump’s program today?

In presidential tradition, Inauguration Day is largely devoted to ritual and protocol, as the president departs Joe Biden The white house He will be replaced by Trump, who pledged on his first presidential day to sign a set of executive orders on topics related to border security, oil and gas production, and others.

When will the inauguration take place?

Trump will be sworn in by Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts at 12 noon EST (17.00 GMT).

Trump was scheduled to be sworn in Capitol buildingBut now he will be inside a compound Congress Because of the extreme cold.

Trump will then deliver his inauguration speech, and he said in previous interviews that his speech will be unifying for Americans, unlike his previous speech in 2017 in which he described America as having witnessed a “massacre.”

For his part, outgoing President Joe Biden said that he plans to attend the ceremony and witness the transfer of power, a courtesy that Trump did not extend to him 4 years ago.

Country music star Carrie Underwood is scheduled to perform at the ceremony.

List of invitees

Trump broke with tradition and invited foreign leaders to the ceremony. Historically, leaders have not attended the inauguration due to security concerns, and have sent diplomats instead.

The President of Argentina said Javier Milliea staunch supporter of Trump, said he would attend, according to media reports.

The Italian Prime Minister also said Georgia Meloni She hopes to attend.

As for the Chinese president Xi Jinping He will not attend, despite receiving the invitation, but will send a senior envoy.

Trump’s advisor will attend Elon Musk CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, WJeff Bezos CEO of the company AmazonandMark Zuckerberg CEO of the company MetaPlatforms.

Review

The temperatures forced organizers to cancel a parade that was scheduled for Pennsylvania Avenue, in which military bands, school bands, floats, and a group of citizens participated.

The show will be held at the Capital One Arena in downtown Washington, which has a capacity of 20,000 seats.

Carrying out presidential duties

During a rally on Sunday, Trump said he would sign a set of executive actions on Monday covering a variety of issues, from ending government programs aimed at ensuring diversity in the workplace to securing the southern border with Mexico.

A source familiar with the planning said Trump is preparing to sign more than 200 executive actions on the first day.

The measures will focus largely on border security. Among these measures are directives to designate drug cartels as “foreign terrorist organizations,” declare a state of emergency on the US-Mexico border, and move forward with the reinstatement of the “Remain in Mexico” policy that forces non-Mexican asylum seekers to wait in Mexico for their US court dates.

Trump is expected to sign orders giving immigration officers more powers to arrest immigrants without criminal records, send more troops to the US-Mexico border and rebuild the border wall.

The orders will also include a campaign to increase fossil fuel production.

Trump said that he would issue a wave of pardons for defendants convicted of participating in the attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, in addition to suspending the implementation of a law prohibiting the platform. Tik Tok In the country.

Parties and gatherings

At least 18 inauguration parties are expected to be held across Washington, 3 of which are official and Trump is expected to attend.

Yesterday, Trump held a “Make America Great Again”-style rally at the Capital One Center. This was Trump’s first rally in the District of Columbia since the attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.

On Monday, Zuckerberg will co-host a reception for billionaire Republican donors alongside casino owner Maryam Adelson and Houston Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta, whom Trump chose as US ambassador to Italy.

As for Harold Hamm, an oil and gas tycoon and a major donor to Trump, he will host an inauguration viewing party on Monday on the roof of the historic Hay Adams Hotel near the White House.

Who covers the costs?

The official events are being funded by Trump’s inauguration committee, which is headed by longtime Trump allies: Steve Witkoff, the real estate developer whom Trump chose to be his Middle East envoy, and Kelly Loeffler, a former US senator and Trump’s nominee to head the Small Business Administration.

The committee will be responsible for covering the costs of everything except the swearing-in ceremony at the Capitol, which is covered by taxpayers.

Bezos and Zuckerberg pledged to donate $1 million each to the committee, as did Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, and Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI. Uber and its CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi, donated $1 million each.

Trump raised $106.7 million for his inauguration celebrations in 2017. His committee raised more than $170 million this time, according to media reports.