WASHINGTON: An unprecedented level of security in the American capital and bone-chilling cold threatens to dampen the festivities surrounding the inauguration of Donald Trump on Monday, but not the enthusiasm among his supporters as thousands of them started landing here from across the country.
Trump, 78, is scheduled to be sworn-in as the 47th President of the United States on Monday, January 20. He will succeed Joe Biden, 82. Because of extreme cold, the inauguration ceremony will take place inside the US capitol Rotunda and not on the traditional West Front of Capitol facing the majestic National Mall and National Monument in front of hundreds and thousands of people.
“The weather forecast for Washington DC, with the windchill factor, could take temperatures into severe record lows. There is an Arctic blast sweeping the country,” Trump said as he announced a change in the swearing-in venue to indoors. As per the latest weather forecast, the temperature in Washington DC on Monday is likely to be around -11 degrees Celsius.