By Geller Report | Created at 2025-01-17 18:42:04 | Updated at 2025-01-17 23:22:33
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The official line is due to extreme cold. it’s always cold in DC in January. My take is extreme threat level not extreme weather.
President-elect Trump on Truth Social:
January 20th cannot come fast enough! Everybody, even those that initially opposed a Victory by President Donald J. Trump and the Trump Administration, just want it to happen. It is my obligation to protect the People of our Country but, before we even begin, we have to think of the Inauguration itself. The weather forecast for Washington, D.C., with the windchill factor, could take temperatures into severe record lows. There is an Arctic blast sweeping the Country. I don’t want to see people hurt, or injured, in any way. It is dangerous conditions for the tens of thousands of Law Enforcement, First Responders, Police K9s and even horses, and hundreds of thousands of supporters that will be outside for many hours on the 20th (In any event, if you decide to come, dress warmly!).
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Therefore, I have ordered the Inauguration Address, in addition to prayers and other speeches, to be delivered in the United States Capitol Rotunda, as was used by Ronald Reagan in 1985, also because of very cold weather. The various Dignitaries and Guests will be brought into the Capitol. This will be a very beautiful experience for all, and especially for the large TV audience!
We will open Capital One Arena on Monday for LIVE viewing of this Historic event, and to host the Presidential Parade. I will join the crowd at Capital One, after my Swearing In.
All other events will remain the same, including the Victory Rally at Capital One Arena, on Sunday at 3 P.M. (Doors open at 1 P.M.—Please arrive early!), and all three Inaugural Balls on Monday evening.
Everyone will be safe, everyone will be happy, and we will, together, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
Donald Trump Truth Social 11:55 AM EST 01/17/25
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Extremely cold weather will force Trump’s inauguration inside for first time in 40 years
By Samuel Chamberlain and Diana Glebova, NY Jan. 17, 2025:
Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 47th president inside the Capitol Rotunda on Monday, when a polar vortex is forecast to grip the nation’s capital.
The president-elect announced the change of plans in a noontime Truth Social post Friday, writing in part: “There is an Arctic blast sweeping the Country. I don’t want to see people hurt, or injured, in any way. It is dangerous conditions for the tens of thousands of Law Enforcement, First Responders, Police K9s and even horses, and hundreds of thousands of supporters that will be outside for many hours on the 20th (In any event, if you decide to come, dress warmly!).
“Therefore, I have ordered the Inauguration Address, in addition to prayers and other speeches, to be delivered in the United States Capitol Rotunda, as was used by Ronald Reagan in 1985, also because of very cold weather.”
The flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter lies in state at the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, in Washington. 4
Trump will be sworn in as the 47th president inside the Capitol Rotunda. AP
The Monday forecast for DC calls for high temperatures of 22 degrees Fahrenheit, with an overnight low of 7 degrees.
That’s downright balmy compared to Reagan’s second inauguration, which was also held in the Rotunda as the noon temperature reached 7 degrees, with the afternoon wind chill making it feel between negative-10 and negative-20 degrees.
Since that day in 1985, the temperature for a presidential swearing-in has only fallen below freezing once: in 2009, when Barack Obama took the oath of office in 28-degree weather.
The incoming president’s team had been blasting out invitations for supporters to come to the National Mall to see the outdoor ceremony, which often draws thousands of attendees stretching as far back as the Lincoln Memorial.
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