![]() ![]() When Obama was inaugurated, he and first lady Michelle Obama stepped out of the armoured presidential limousine and walked a stretch of the parade route. Trump will parade down Pennsylvania Avenue, past a flashy new hotel that bears his name, back to the White House, to rest up and get changed for the evening’s inaugural balls. He may use his presidential authority to issue executive actions even before the night-time balls - as Obama did eight years ago - though Trump hinted in his news conference last week that he may wait until the following Monday, first business day of his presidency, to begin a week-long sprint of policy making. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Park Police and local law enforcement, Johnson said. About 28,000 personnel will be dedicated to security, from agencies including DHS, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. At recent inaugurations, dump trucks and buses have blocked streets just inside the perimeter to protect against truck bombs. Much of downtown Washington will be closed to traffic to maintain tight security for the occasion. About 100 different organizations are planning demonstrations either for or against Trump, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said. local government estimated were at Obama’s first inauguration. Law enforcement officials expect between 700,000 and 900,000 people to attend inauguration events, about half the 1.8 million the Washington D.C. Barrack, the chairman of Colony Capital said that the Republican wants to “heal the wounds” of the election, to reach out to Americans with questions and doubts and “build a bridge and tie them back in.” “His instruction to me was, ‘The campaign is over, I am now president for all the people,’” Tom Barrack, the chairman of Trump’s inaugural committee, said at Trump Tower this week. ![]() Article content Brendan Smialowski / AFP / Getty Images Obama spent months telling voters that Trump was uniquely unqualified to be president, declaring that it would be a personal insult were he elected. It promises to be especially awkward: Trump, the real estate magnate and reality-TV star who never held political office, spent years stoking false doubts about Obama’s legitimacy to hold office. One of the most intriguing aspects of the day will be the limousine ride that Obama and Trump will share on the ride to the Capitol past thousands of onlookers. ![]() Trump’s swearing-in will be “the moment on the head of a pin,” he said. “Everything was going along one way and suddenly there’s a turnaround, and he won. The inauguration is “one of those great turning points” in the nation’s political consciousness, historian William Seale said.
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