What time is Trump’s inauguration and what happens when he becomes president?

Inauguration day will include a formal swearing-in ceremony, musical performances and a number of formal balls

WASHNGTON, U.S: President-elect Donald Trump will move back into the White House later on Monday after he officially becomes the 47th president of the United States.

Inauguration day will include a formal swearing-in ceremony, musical performances and a number of formal balls.

But freezing temperatures have prompted events to be moved indoors, with Trump and Vice-President-elect JD Vance set to take the oath of office in the US Capitol Rotunda building.

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What is the inauguration?

This is the formal ceremony that marks the end of one president’s time in office and the start of the successor’s administration.

It includes the president-elect reciting the oath of office: “I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

Though he won the election in November, Trump will officially become the 47th president once he says those words. He previously served as the 45th president between 2017 and 2021.

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Vance will also take an oath of office before he formally becomes vice-president.

What happens during inauguration day, and when?

Trump’s second inauguration day begins with a service at St John’s Church, Lafayette Square, a historic Washington DC church, followed by tea at the White House.

Musical performances and opening remarks are set to begin at 09:30 EST (14:30 GMT).

That will be followed by the swearing-in of Trump and Vance inside the Capitol’s rotunda at the precise time of 11:47 EST (16:47 GMT). Each man will place their hand on a book – usually, but not always, a Bible – and recite the oath of office.

This year, Trump will use a personal Bible given to him by his mother in 1955 and the historic Lincoln Bible, a velvet-bound volume used at President Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration in 1861.

The Trump Vance Inaugural Committee has said that Vance will also swear on a personal Bible, a family copy that belonged to his maternal great-grandmother.