Donald Trump will become the 45th president of the United States today. Here’s a detailed look at the schedule of events, the program, and even what’s on the lunch menu, complete with recipes.
Politico Playbook has the rundown:
8:30 Trump and family depart Blair House for St. John's Church ...
9:30 Trump and family depart St. John's for short trip to White House ...
9:35 Obamas welcome the Trumps at the North Portico. They have coffee ...
10:03 Announcements begins at the inauguration platform. Former majority leaders (Dole, Frist and Lott), former speakers (Gingrich and Boehner, joint chiefs, former VPs (Quayle and Cheney) ...
10:25 House leadership arrives from West Terrace ...
10:30 Trump and Obama depart the White House for Capitol Hill ...
10:32 Senators head to platform ...
10:40 Trump, Obama, Pence and Biden arrive ...
10:44 Chief justice announced ...
10:48 Children of former presidents announced ...
10:54 Pence kids come out ...
10:56 Trump kids come out ...
10:59 Michelle Obama and Jill Biden announced ...
11:01 Melania Trump and Karen Pence announced ...
11:03 Obama and Biden announced ...
11:09 Pence announced ...
11:13 Trump announced ...
11:15 Program begins ...
11:35 Justice Thomas administers the oath to Mike Pence ...
11:47 Justice Roberts administers the oath to Trump ...
11:51 Trump speaks. Speech billed for 21 minutes ...
12:28 Obama boards helicopter to Andrews, where he'll fly to Palm Springs, California.
Here’s a look at the complete program for Inauguration Day.
And what’s on the menu:
The Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies even released the recipes should you want to recreate the meal at home.
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