President-elect Donald Trump will take the oath of office to officially begin his second term in the White House.
The inauguration marks the official handover of presidential power, with executive authority passing from the hands of the Biden administration to the Trump administration. The Twentieth Amendment states that the president's four-year term ends at noon on January 20, and the president-elect takes the oath of office shortly thereafter.
The inauguration ceremonies for the president-elect and vice president-elect are planned by the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies. This year, it is being led by Senator Amy Klobuchar, Democrat of Minnesota.
The inauguration ceremony is scheduled to begin after 6:30 p.m. Bulgarian time.
The inauguration ceremony will begin with a musical prelude performed by the combined University of Nebraska-Lincoln Choir and the U.S. Marine Corps Band "The President's Own".
Klobuchar will give the call to order, and Timothy Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop of New York, and the Rev. Franklin Graham will deliver the invocation. Christopher Macchio, an opera singer known as the Tenor of America, will sing "O America." Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh will then administer the vice presidential oath of office to J.D. Vance. Trump nominated Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court in 2018 following the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy.
Country singer Carrie Underwood, joined by the Armed Forces Chorus and the U.S. Naval Academy Choir, will perform "America the Beautiful." Following their performance, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts will administer the presidential oath of office to Trump.
The U.S. Naval Academy Choir will return to sing "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," after which Trump will deliver his inaugural address.
The ceremony will conclude with a benediction by Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman, president of Yeshiva University; Imam Hussam Al-Hussaini of the Karbalaa Islamic Education Center; Pastor Lorenzo Sewell of 180 Church in Detroit; the Rev. Father Frank Mann of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn; and the national anthem sung by Macchio. | BGNES
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