WASHINGTON: Due to extreme weather, Monday’s inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump will be held inside the Capitol rather than outside. This is the first time in 40 years that US presidential inaugural rituals will be held indoors.
“The country is experiencing an Arctic blast. On his Truth Social platform on Friday, Trump stated, “I don’t want to see people hurt, or injured in any way.”
“Therefore, I have ordered the Inauguration Address, in addition to prayers and other speeches, to be delivered in the United States Capitol Rotunda,” Trump stated.
The second swearing-in of former Republican President Ronald Reagan in 1985 was the last occasion an inauguration was relocated inside due to the extreme cold, when the afternoon wind chill reached temperatures of