Article author: Ada
Source: MetaEra
On January 6, local time in the United States, the U.S. Congress counted the electoral votes and officially confirmed that former President and Republican presidential candidate Trump was elected president. What new changes will the inauguration of the first "crypto president" in history bring to the cryptocurrency industry? This has become a topic of concern to all parties. In order to welcome the upcoming inauguration ceremony on January 20, MetaEra has opened a special topic "Trump Inauguration Ceremony", which will cover the 47th U.S. Presidential Inauguration Ceremony throughout. This article, as the first article in this special topic, will show readers the culture of the U.S. presidential election and inauguration ceremony, as well as the general process of this inauguration ceremony.
The United States has a presidential cabinet system. The president is elected every four years and can be re-elected once. Every time a new president is elected, a presidential inauguration ceremony is held. This is a major celebration in American political life. The holding of the inauguration ceremony of the President of the United States marks the beginning of the term of office of the new President of the United States. In fact, the only requirement stipulated in the U.S. Constitution for the inauguration ceremony is that the new president must take an oath before entering the presidential office to take office. However, as history goes by, the traditional items of the inauguration ceremony have gradually expanded. It has developed from a simple swearing-in ceremony at the beginning to a one-day event including parades, speeches and dances.
The 2024 US presidential election is the 60th (47th) presidential election in US history. It adopts the electoral college system. A candidate only needs to obtain 270 of the 538 electoral votes (100 senators, 435 representatives, and 3 representatives of the District of Columbia) to be elected president. The general election will be held on November 5, 2024, and the elected president and vice president will take office on January 20, 2025.
On November 5, 2024, the Republican Party of the United States won 51 seats in the Senate and won control. In the early morning of November 6, the Republican presidential candidate Trump announced his victory in the 2024 presidential election.
Donald Trump, the 47th President of the United States, was born on June 14, 1946 in New York, USA. His ancestral home is in the Free State of Bavaria, Germany. He graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is a German-American Republican politician, entrepreneur, real estate businessman, and television personality. He served as the 45th President of the United States (January 20, 2017-January 20, 2021). Trump officially accepted the Republican presidential nomination in July 2024.
According to past practice, the inauguration ceremony of the 47th President of the United States will be held on January 20, 2025 (daytime) at the Capitol in Washington, D.C.
The president-elect attends a church service, a tradition first introduced by President Franklin Roosevelt in 1933, when he took office.
After the ceremony, the outgoing president accompanies the president-elect to the Capitol Hill to attend the inauguration ceremony and take the oath of office. Next, the vice president and the president will be sworn in. The president's swearing-in ceremony is usually presided over by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
Finally, there was a parade to celebrate the inauguration of the president. After the luncheon, the presidential motorcade drove along Pennsylvania Avenue, accompanied by the three-service honor guard, civilian groups, military bands and various floats. The president, vice president and guests went up to the viewing platform in front of the White House to watch the parade, which was prepared by the Presidential Inaugural Committee of the United States Armed Forces Joint Task Force.
At the inauguration ceremony, the president-elect of the United States will recite the oath of office.
Article 2, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution states that the oath of office taken by the president is as follows: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States." Traditionally, the president-elect recites the oath with his hand on the Bible, but this is not a requirement. Theodore Roosevelt did not recite the oath with his hand on the Bible when he was sworn in in 1901.
In addition to the oath read by the president, the vice president-elect and other federal officials will also read the oath, which reads as follows: "I do solemnly swear that I am determined to maintain and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic. I will be loyal to the Constitution and abide by it. I voluntarily assume this obligation without reservation and will never shirk it. I will faithfully and diligently perform the duties of the office I am about to assume. May God help me."
The entire inauguration ceremony will begin security checks at 6 a.m. on the 20th. By then, more than 100,000 people will gather in Washington Square, including representatives of foreign missions and their families, representatives from various U.S. states, business leaders, and invited VIPs.
In the evening, the President's inaugural ball will be held at the Washington Convention Center. It should be noted that during the inauguration ceremony, various themed balls will be held, and the President-elect and his wife will not attend all of them, but only select some important balls to attend.
The ball has dress requirements for both men and women. Men are required to wear black tie and tuxedos, and boots are encouraged. Ladies are required to wear long skirts or cocktail dresses.
The ball invited celebrities from all walks of life. The guests attending the 2017 inauguration ball included:
The 69th U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, the 48th U.S. Governor of Texas Greg Abbott, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, Attorney General Ken Paxton, Senators Cornyn and Cruz, members of the Texas congressional delegation, actor Jon Voight, Duck Commander founder Willie Robertson, and members of the President-elect Trump family, including Donald Trump Jr.
It is not difficult to see from the guests who attended the last ball that important figures will also attend Trump’s inaugural ball this time.
It is worth noting that during Trump's inauguration, the US flag will be lowered to half-mast, a move aimed at commemorating the late former President Jimmy Carter. This will be the "first time" that the flag has been lowered to half-mast at a presidential inauguration due to the death of another president. Trump also expressed his dissatisfaction with this move in a post on social media.
Next, this special article will also make predictions about the policies that Trump will adopt after taking office, and explore the impact it will have on the cryptocurrency industry. Readers are requested to continue to pay attention to this special topic.
