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Last Updated: January 20, 2025, 6:12 AM EST

President-elect Donald Trump laid a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery and then held a "Make America Great Again Victory Rally" in Washington on Sunday ahead of Monday's swearing-in ceremony.

Trump's inauguration has been moved indoors because of frigid temperatures expected in the nation's capital on Monday. Trump said he'll be sworn in and deliver his inauguration address inside the Capitol Rotunda.

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Jan 18, 2025, 1:09 PM EST

Trump warns supporters to stay indoors

Monday's forecast for the inauguration will be the coldest in 40 years, and Trump has warned his supporters to stay indoors.

A woman wears a hat with badges supporting Donald Trump near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Jan. 17, 2025.
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"I don’t want to see people hurt, or injured, in any way. It is dangerous conditions for the tens of thousands of Law Enforcement, First Responders, Police K9s and even horses, and hundreds of thousands of supporters that will be outside for many hours on the 20th," he said Friday in a Truth Social post.

Jan 18, 2025, 1:09 PM EST

Crews scramble for eleventh-hour venue change

Crews inside the Capitol were hard at work Saturday getting chairs, a stage and other furniture set up in the rotunda for an eleventh-hour change of venue.

Officials inspect the construction of a stand in the Rotunda, where President-elect Donald Trump is due to take the oath of office on Monday, at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 17, 2025.
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On Friday, President-elect Donald Trump said the inauguration would move indoors due to freezing weather expected in Washington, D.C.

Workers build a stage in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in Washington, Jan. 17, 2025, for the 60th Presidential Inauguration which was moved indoors because of cold temperatures.
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Officials inspect the construction of a stand in the Rotunda, where President-elect Donald Trump is due to take the oath of office on Monday, at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 17, 2025.
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Due to this change, the "vast majority of ticketed guests will not be able to attend the ceremonies in person," according to the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies. "Those with tickets for the Presidential Platform and members of Congress will be able to attend in person."

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