Inside the scramble to move Trump’s inauguration indoors as MAGAworld caught off guard
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Trump confirmed his inauguration was moving inside as temperatures are forecast to plummet to the low 20s. The plans for President-elect Donald Trump’s second inauguration had been in the works for months — but officials are now scrambling to figure out new options as freezing temperatures have forced proceedings to move inside for the first time in 40 years.
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Trump confirmed his inauguration would be moving inside on Friday as temperatures are forecast to plummet to the low 20s and said he didn’t want to see people “hurt or injured” due to the cold. “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,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Dignitaries and guests will also be brought into the Capitol building. “This will be a very beautiful experience for all, and especially for the large TV audience!” he said. Staff had to quickly get to work assembling a new podium inside the Rotunda for the ceremony.
The Joint Congressional Committee, the bipartisan group tasked with planning the event, distributed 220,000 tickets for the inauguration, but ticketholders have been advised the event will now be “commemorative,” according to an email sent on Friday by the House Sergeant at Arms, the Post reports. “The majority of ticketed guests will not be able to attend the ceremonies in person,” the email said.
