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Inauguration of the President of the United States
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Biden’s featured guests
Lady Gaga sings the national anthem and former Presidents Clinton, Bush and Obama have also come. Photographs of Washington.
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In the family circle: Joe Biden hugs his wife Jill, son Hunter and daughter Ashley after being sworn in.
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Former Presidents George W. Bush (left) and Barack Obama, who have the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, among them. The crossover party is finally back to being something akin to harmony, something purely optical that hasn’t been seen in American politics for a long time.
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Shortly before the swearing in, Lady Gaga sings the national anthem. There is joy and relief in her, like so many who are present outside the Capitol that day.
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Joe Biden is sworn in before Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts Oath of office of the President of the United States. Four years of extreme stress testing of American democracy are officially over.
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Shortly before, Kamala Harris, the first black woman and vice president of the United States, took office.
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Four years ago, the stars had canceled in a row to take on this important part of the ceremony.
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Now there are only a few minutes left until Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th President of the United States.
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The featured guests at the inauguration are traditionally living ex-presidents who, with the exception of 96-year-old Jimmy Carter and Biden’s predecessor Donald Trump, all showed up: Barack Obama with his wife Michelle …
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His predecessor George W. Bush, along with his wife Laura …
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…. as well as his predecessor Bill Clinton. His wife Hillary ran against Donald Trump in the presidential election four years ago, and lost.
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Arrival of President-elect Joe Biden and his wife Jill, as well as Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff in front of the Capitol. They are joined by US Senator Roy Blunt, Republican and Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar.
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President-elect Joe Biden and his wife Jill attend Mass at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle during the inauguration ceremony. Biden’s inauguration as the 46th president of the United States marks the end of President Trump’s term today.
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In fact, he left the White House with his wife Melania on Wednesday morning.
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His latest trip with the presidential planes Marine One (the helicopter) and Air Force One (the plane) takes the future former president to his residence at the Mar-a-Lago golf club in Florida.
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Meanwhile, the final preparations on the stage in front of the Capitol are in full swing.
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Souvenir merchants, who typically do a lot of business the day a new president takes office, will have to give up a large chunk of their regular turnover this year.
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The day of the inauguration has arrived: Donald Trump will leave the White House during the day, his successor Joe Biden and his Vice President Kamala Harris will take office.
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Large crowds generally gather in front of the Washington Monument to witness the inauguration of a president. Due to the corona pandemic, this time there will be no mass audience; instead, thousands of flags are on the National Mall.
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The audience in front of the Capitol will also be significantly smaller than usual.
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Invited guests will be seated at the swearing-in ceremony starting at 11.15 am (5.15 pm CET) with a corresponding safety distance from each other. The National Guard troops are supposed to ensure their safety.
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After the assault on the Capitol by supporters of President-elect Donald Trump, security measures are tightened in Washington. 25,000 soldiers are in the city.
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Singer and actress Jennifer Lopez is scheduled to perform at the opening. The national anthem is sung by his colleague Lady Gaga.
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The night before its inauguration, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris and their spouses remembered the victims of the corona pandemic. More than 400,000 people have died from Covid-19 in the United States.
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