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Icy cold threatens: Washington moves Trump’s swearing-in ceremony to the Capitol
Donald Trump begins his second term as US President on Monday. But while the celebrations are taking place in the open air, plans are being changed in Washington.
Due to the icy cold, the inauguration of the future US President Donald Trump will be moved to the Capitol. He didn’t want people to be hurt or harmed in any way, and that’s why he ordered that the inauguration address, prayers and other speeches take place on Monday in the Capitol dome, Trump wrote on his online platform Truth Social . Traditionally, the ceremony takes place on the west side of the Parliament building in the open air.
The inauguration typically draws crowds to the National Mall, the large promenade between the Capitol and the Lincoln Memorial. Trump wrote that a sports arena in downtown Washington would be opened to visitors to watch the inauguration live via broadcast. The traditional parade will also take place there – and he himself will be there after his swearing in, Trump wrote.
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The US capital Washington cannot escape the sub-zero temperatures – on Monday it could be colder than it has been for an inauguration in decades. It’s not expected to be quite as icy as it was at Ronald Reagan’s second inauguration in 1985, when, according to the National Weather Service, it was almost minus 14 degrees at midday. The forecast for Sunday night is currently around minus eight degrees, the maximum temperature on Monday is expected to be around minus six degrees, but it could feel significantly colder.
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Reagan’s second inauguration also had to take place in the Rotunda. The weather service reports his inauguration as the coldest since weather records began in 1871. The weather service specifies seven degrees as the “normal” maximum temperature on Inauguration Day. The normal minimum temperature is minus one degree. At lunchtime it is usually around three degrees.
Trump has repeatedly used cold snaps in the past as an opportunity to mock where global warming has gone.
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Source: Stern
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