Author: ADA
Source: MetaEra
On January 6, local time in the United States, the US Congress counted the electoral votes, officially confirming the election of the former president and Republican presidential candidate Trump as president. What new transformations will the inauguration of this first "crypto president" in history bring to the cryptocurrency industry? This has become a topic of concern for all parties. To welcome the inauguration ceremony on January 20, MetaEra has launched a special topic on the "Trump Inauguration Ceremony", and will provide comprehensive coverage of the 47th US Presidential Inauguration Ceremony. This article, as the first in this special topic, will present to readers the culture of the US presidential election and inauguration ceremony, as well as the general process of this inauguration ceremony.
The United States implements a presidential cabinet system, with a presidential election every four years, and the president can be re-elected once. Whenever a new president is elected, a presidential inauguration ceremony is held. This is a major celebration in American political life. The holding of the US Presidential Inauguration Ceremony marks the beginning of the new term of the US President. In fact, the only requirement for the inauguration ceremony stipulated in the US Constitution is that the new president must take the oath of office before taking office in the Oval Office. However, with the passage of history, the traditional programs of the inauguration ceremony have also gradually expanded, from the initial simple inauguration oath ceremony to the current one-day event that includes parades, speeches and balls.
The 2024 US presidential election will be the 60th (47th) presidential election in US history, using the "Electoral College" electoral system. A candidate only needs to win 270 of the 538 electoral votes (100 Senate seats, 435 House of Representatives seats, and 3 seats for Washington, DC) to be elected president.
On November 5, 2024, the US Republican Party won 51 seats in the Senate, gaining control. In the early morning of November 6, the Republican presidential candidate Trump announced his victory in the 2024 presidential election.
The 47th President of the United States, Donald Trump, was born on June 14, 1946 in New York, USA, with ancestral roots in the Free State of Bavaria, Germany. He graduated from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a German-American Republican politician, entrepreneur, real estate developer, and television personality, and 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 US Capitol in Washington, DC.
First is the morning prayer service. The president-elect will attend a church service, a tradition that has been in place since the inauguration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933.
After the ceremony, the outgoing president will accompany the president-elect to the Capitol for the inauguration ceremony, where they will take the oath of office. Next, the vice president and the president will take the oath of office in turn. The president's inauguration ceremony is usually presided over by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
Finally, there is a parade to celebrate the president's inauguration. After the luncheon, the president's motorcade will travel down Pennsylvania Avenue, accompanied by military honor guards, civilian groups, military bands, and various floats. The president, vice president and guests will stand on the reviewing stand in front of the White House to watch the parade, which is organized by the Presidential Inauguration Committee of the Joint Task Force of the US Armed Forces.
At the inauguration ceremony, the newly elected US president will read the oath of office.
Article 2, Section 1 of the US Constitution stipulates the oath of office for the president as follows: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States." According to tradition, the president-elect reads the oath with his hand on the Bible, but this is not mandatory. Theodore Roosevelt took the oath of office in 1901 without placing his hand on the Bible.
In addition to the president reading the oath, the newly elected vice president and other federal officials will also read the oath, which is as follows: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God."
The entire inauguration ceremony will begin with security checks at 6 am on the 20th, when tens of thousands of people, including foreign delegations and their families, representatives from all US states, business and political leaders, and invited guests, will gather on the Washington Mall.
In the evening, the President's Inaugural Ball will be held at the Washington Convention Center. It is worth noting that during the inauguration ceremony, various themed balls will be held, and the president-elect and his wife do not attend all of them, but only select a few important ones.
There are dress requirements for the balls. Gentlemen are required to wear black ties, tailcoats, and are encouraged to wear boots. Ladies are required to wear long dresses or cocktail dresses.
The ball invites celebrities from all walks of life. Guests at the 2017 inauguration ball included: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, 48th 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 President-elect Trump's family, including Donald Trump Jr.
It is not difficult to see from the guests who attended the previous ball that important figures will also attend Trump's inauguration ball this time.
It is worth noting that during this Trump inauguration ceremony, the US flag will be flown at half-mast, in memory of the late former President Carter. This will be the "first time" that the flag has been lowered to half-mast at a presidential inauguration ceremony due to the death of another president. Trump has also expressed his dissatisfaction with this move on social media.
The next article in this special topic will make predictions about the policies Trump will adopt after taking office, as well as explore the impact on the cryptocurrency industry, so please continue to follow this special topic.
