President-elect Donald Trump pumps his
fist as he arrives for his Presidential Inauguration at the U.S.
Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017
President-elect Donald Trump flashes a
thumbs up during the 58th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol
in Washington, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017
President-elect Donald Trump kisses
his wife Melania Trump before the 58th Presidential Inauguration at the
U.S. Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017
Melania Trump arrives for the Presidential Inauguration of Donald Trump at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2017
Melania Trump (R) embraces Barron
Trump on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2017 in
Washington, DC. In today's inauguration ceremony Donald J. Trump becomes
the 45th president of the United States
President Obama and Donald Trump are pictured above leaving the White House Friday morning on their way to the Inauguration
Mrs Obama and future first lady Melania were seen leaving the White House after tea
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 20: Donald
Trump's children Ivanka Trump (L), Tiffany Trump, Donald Trump Jr, and
Eric Trump arrive on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20,
2017 in Washington, DC. In today's inauguration ceremony Donald J. Trump
becomes the 45th president of the United States.
US First Lady Michelle Obama (L) and
Dr. Jill Biden arrive for the Presidential Inauguration of Donald Trump
at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, January 20, 2017
Former Democratic presidential
nominee Hillary Clinton greets Michelle Obama as former President Bill
Clinton and former President George W. Bush look on at the West Front of
the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2017 in Washington, DC. In today's
inauguration ceremony Donald J. Trump becomes the 45th president of the
United States
President-elect Donald Trump's
children, from left, Tiffany, Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump arrive
for the 58th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol for
President-elect Donald Trump in Washington, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017
Ivanka Trump arrives on Capitol Hill
in Washington, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017, for the presidential inauguration
of her father Donald Trump
Donald Trump, Jr., and Ivanka Trump
arrive for the Presidential Inauguration of their father Donald Trump at
the US Capitol in Washington, DC, January 20, 2017
Tiffany Trump (L) and Eric Trump
arrive on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2017 in
Washington, DC. In today's inauguration ceremony Donald J. Trump becomes
the 45th president of the United States
The Obamas welcomed the Trumps to the White House Friday morning, ahead of the swearing-in ceremony
As is tradition,
the current president and first lady welcome the president-elect and his
wife to the White House for a pre-Inauguration tea
Mrs Trump brought a large gift from Tiffany's which she then handed over to Mrs Obama. It's unclear what was in the box
President Obama asked how Mr Trump was doing and shook his hand. Their wives then hugged
Before Mr Trump arrived at the White
House, the Obama shared a sweet kiss - one of their last moments as
president and first lady
Trump's youngest son Barron (right),
who was missing at the activities earlier in the day, showed up at the
Capitol for his father's swearing in
Jared Kushner and a guest attend the
inauguration ceremonies to swear in Donald Trump as the 45th president
of the United States at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January
20, 2017
epa05735079 Donald Trump, Jr. (C) and
his wife Vanessa Trump (2-L) arrive on the West Front of the US Capitol
for the inauguration ceremony of Donald J. Trump taking the oath of
office to be sworn in as the 45th President of the United States in
Washington, DC, USA, 20 January 2017. Trump won the 08 November 2016
election to become the next US President. Others are not identified
Donald Trump Jr and his wife are seen with two of their children heading to the Inauguration Friday morning
Hillary Clinton, Trump's rival in the
election, is attending today's ceremony as the wife of former President
Bill CLinton. As is tradition, all living presidents attend the
Inauguration of a new president
Clinton's all-white outfit may have
been a subtle nod to the Suffragettes. If she had won the election, she
would have been the first female president
Former President George W. Bush and
his wife Laura arrive at the Capitol Building on Friday. President Bush
told reporters that his parents, former President George H.W. Bush and
first lady Barbara Bush, are doing better at the hospital
Former President Jimmy Carter and his
wife Rosalyn arrive for the 58th Presidential Inauguration for
President-elect Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Friday,
Jan. 20, 2017
Senator Bernie Sanders, left, who lost
the Democratic nomination arrives at the Capitol on Friday. He's
pictured next to Arizona Senator John McCain, who ran a failed campaign
against President Obama in 2008. McCain has now become a main opponent
of Trump, despite being a senior member of the president's party
Senator Elizabeth Warren (in a pink
scarf) arrives at the Capitol Building. Warren is a liberal voice in the
Democratic party and a front runner for the 2020 ticket
L-R(FRONT) US Chief Justice John
Roberts, Justice Anthony Kennedy and Justice Clarence Thomas, Back L-R:
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Justice Sonia Sotomayor and Justice Stephen
Bryer on the platform of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on January
20, 2017, before the swearing-in ceremony of US President-elect Donald
Trump.
Donald Trump didn't let the threat of
Washington, D.C. rain showers spoil his inauguration, the
long-time-coming culmination of an improbable political revolution that
shows no sign of letting up.
The brash
billionaire capped off a three-day parade of dinners, speeches, prayers
and a concert with pomp and circumstance in front of the U.S. capitol as
hundreds of thousands of Americans who he has said were 'forgotten'
during the Obama years cheered him on.
The
45th president's hated 'dishonest media' watched as storm clouds
threatened, along with four former presidents, most of the U.S. Congress
and a sea of 'Make America Great Again' devotees.
The
sea of faces on the National Mall was dotted with red caps, Trump's
signature campaign items bearing that slogan, itself an artifact from
Ronald Reagan's 1980 campaign.
As a
U.S. Marine Corps band played Sousa marches, chants of 'U.S.A.!' broke
out. Cheers erupted when the standing-room crowd stretching more than a
mile to the west.
And as giant TV
screens flashed mobs of Americans their first glimpse of the new
president behind the scenes, a rock concert-like whoop went up. Before
he was introduced, screams of 'Trump! Trump! Trump!' reverberated on a
scale even he has never seen or heard.