Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 47th President of the United States on Monday in Washington DC. Although he and his team had planned an outdoor event, the organizers had to hold it indoor due to extreme cold in the national capital. This will be the first time since 1985 that the swearing-in ceremony of a President will be held indoors. President Ronald Reagan also had to hold the ceremony indoors due to the cold weather.
This is the guest list
The guest list for Donald Trump’s swearing-in ceremony ranges from prominent world leaders to technology giants. India will be represented by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said Jaishankar will also meet with representatives of the incoming Trump administration during his US visit.
The other two Quad nations, Japan and Australia, will be represented at Trump’s swearing-in ceremony. Here the Quad countries will be led by Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and Penny Wong. Argentina’s Presidents Javier Milli and Hungary’s Viktor Orbán, both staunch Trump supporters, are also expected to attend.
Mukesh Ambani will attend with wife Nita Ambani
According to several media reports, Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani may also attend the inauguration ceremony along with his wife Nita Ambani. Chinese President Xi Jinping is not attending despite an invitation, but he will send Vice President Han Zheng to attend the swearing-in ceremony, vowing to “step up dialogue” with the new administration. However, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is likely to be present at the event.
U.K. and Germany are sending their ambassadors to the United States to represent their countries, but the hard-right leaders of both countries, Reform U.K. Nigel Farage of Germany and Tino Krupallas of Alternative for Germany (AfD) are also coming there. French far-right politician Eric Zemmour will also be there, while the country’s President Emmanuel Macron will not attend the event.
European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen will not attend. Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro announced that he has received an invitation to attend Trump’s swearing-in ceremony. But Brazil’s Supreme Court rejected Bolsonaro’s request to temporarily reinstate his passport so he can attend the swearing-in ceremony. His wife Michelle Bolsonaro will attend the swearing-in ceremony in his place.
All living former US Presidents Bill Clinton, George W Bush and Barack Obama will attend the event. Outgoing President Joe Biden will also be present there. Trump was also present at Biden’s swearing-in ceremony four years ago. Both the candidates who lost to Trump in the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton and Vice President Kamala Harris, will also be present.
Several prominent tech sector leaders are planning to attend Trump’s inauguration, the latest sign that the industry is trying to strengthen its ties with the president-elect ahead of his return to the White House. Is. These include Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg and many others. Elon Musk, who will also head the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency, will be present.
OpenAI announced that its CEO Sam Altman plans to attend the swearing-in ceremony along with company president Greg Brockman and chief product officer Kevin Weil. Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi will be present at some of the nearby ceremonies, according to the company. Uber also plans to hold an inauguration event in Washington with Elon Musk’s former social media firm and media company The Free Press. TikTok CEO Xu Jie Chew is expected to attend the inauguration ceremony and be given a prominent position on the stage, as the President-elect’s national security adviser hinted that the incoming administration will take steps to ‘save TikTok from extinction’ could be lifted, even if the US Supreme Court upheld the potential ban. Apple CEO Tim Cook and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai also plan to attend the event.
