President-elect Donald Trump has opted for an indoor inauguration ceremony due to severe cold weather in Washington, D.C. This marks the first time in 40 years that the event will not take place outdoors.
President-elect Donald Trump has made the unprecedented decision to hold his inauguration ceremony indoors on Monday due to the frigid weather forecast for Washington, D.C. This marks the first time in 40 years that the inauguration will not take place outdoors on the steps of the US Capitol and the National Mall. Instead, Trump will be sworn in inside the Capitol Rotunda, a venue last used for an inauguration by Ronald Reagan in 1985, also due to inclement weather conditions.
The forecast predicts an overnight low of minus 12 degrees Celsius and a daytime high of minus 5 degrees Celsius, though conditions are expected to be sunny and dry. Taking into account the windchill factor, Trump tweeted that temperatures could approach record lows. He expressed concern for the safety of the tens of thousands of law enforcement personnel, first responders, police K-9 units and horses, as well as the hundreds of thousands of supporters who would be outside for extended periods. Trump stated that the inauguration ceremony would be televised from Capital One Arena in Washington, where he was also scheduled to hold a rally on Sunday. Following the swearing-in, he would proceed to the arena. Preparations for the event were already underway at the National Mall, with seating arrangements being set up outside the Capitol and roadblocks in place. This is a significant security and logistical operation. Although the forecast temperatures are well below average for Washington, presidents have been inaugurated on the Capitol steps in frigid conditions previously. In 2009, during Barack Obama's first inauguration, the temperature reached a high of minus 2 degrees Celsius. Former Obama adviser David Axelrod suggested on X that Trump's age and potential fear of small crowds might be contributing factors to the decision to move the ceremony indoors.
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