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Trump inauguration updates: Trump takes victory lap at at Make America Great Again Rally

There's a full slate of activities this weekend ahead of Monday's swearing-in.

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Last updated: Monday, January 20, 2025 10:44AM GMT
Trump takes victory lap at at Make America Great Again Rally
President-elect Trump took the stage at his rally in Washington, less than a day before he will be sworn in as president.

WASHINGTON -- The inauguration of President-elect Donald J. Trump will take place on Monday, Jan. 20. Trump will take the oath of office as the 47th president of the United States and JD Vance will take the oath of office as vice president.

See the latest Trump inauguration updates here.

This is Trump's second inauguration as president. The first was as the 45th president on Jan. 20, 2017.

On Sunday, he laid a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery and held a "Make America Great Again Victory Rally" in Washington ahead of Monday's swearing-in ceremony, which has now been moved inside to the Capitol Rotunda because of frigid temperatures in the nation's capital.

ABC News' Ivan Pereira, Nadine El-Bawab, and Stacey Dec contributed to this report.

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Jan 19, 2025, 9:59 PM

Schedule of events surrounding Trump's second inauguration

The lineup of official inaugural events surrounding Donald Trump's second inauguration as president has been released. It's unclear how the decision to move Trump's swearing-in indoors to the Capitol Rotunda on Monday might affect the scheduled lineup for the ceremony.

Click here for a full list of events.

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Jan 18, 2025, 7:12 PM

Watch ABC News coverage of Trump inauguration

ABC News will have comprehensive coverage throughout the inaugural events.

Watch a special edition of "Good Morning America" on Monday at 7 a.m. EST, followed by a day-long report beginning at 9 a.m. EST led by "World News Tonight" anchor and managing editor David Muir.

A primetime special anchored by Muir, "The Second Inauguration of Donald J. Trump - An ABC News Special," will air that night at 10 p.m. EST on ABC and the next day on Hulu.

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Jan 20, 2025, 10:45 AM GMT

A look at the Trump and Vance inaugural portraits

The official portraits of President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance were released earlier this week by the Trump transition team.

"And they go hard," a press release from the transition said about the portraits.

Trump and Vance will be sworn in on Monday, Jan. 20.

President Joe Biden will be in attendance as his successor is sworn in, resuming a tradition of American democracy that Trump himself sidestepped in 2021.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will also be in attendance.

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Jan 20, 2025, 10:45 AM GMT

Trump plane takes off

The Special Air Mission plane carrying President-elect Donald Trump and his family has taken off from Florida and is en route to Washington, D.C., for the inauguration events.

A U.S. government airplane carrying President-elect Donald Trump takes off from Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, Jan. 18, 2025.
A U.S. government airplane carrying President-elect Donald Trump takes off from Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, Jan. 18, 2025.

He is expected to land at Washington Dulles International Airport later this evening.

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Jan 20, 2025, 10:45 AM GMT

Inauguration security team updates security perimeter

The Presidential Inauguration Security Team said Saturday that it has updated a lot of the security perimeter that was in place for the inauguration.

The focus will now be on the U.S. Capitol and Capital One Arena.

The screens on the mall have been removed, so there will be no way to view the swearing-in ceremony from the mall.

It also said there will be no parade on Pennsylvania Avenue. Rather, there will be a "standard motorcade" from Capital One Arena to the White House.

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Jan 20, 2025, 10:45 AM GMT

Trump, family board plane to DC

President-elect Donald Trump, his wife, Melania Trump, and their son Barron boarded the Special Air Mission plane that will take them to Washington, D.C.

President-elect Donald Trump, with Melania and Barron, waves as they board an Air Force Special Mission airplane on Jan. 18, 2025 in West Palm Beach, Fla., enroute to Washington.
President-elect Donald Trump, with Melania and Barron, waves as they board an Air Force Special Mission airplane on Jan. 18, 2025 in West Palm Beach, Fla., enroute to Washington.

The president-elect did not walk by the press area on the tarmac but gave a wave as he entered the plane.

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