President-elect Donald Trump said his inaugural ceremony Monday will be moved indoors due to the extreme cold set to grip Washington, D.C.
“There is an Arctic blast sweeping the Country. I don’t want to see people hurt, or injured, in any way,” Trump said in a Truth Social post on Friday.
“Therefore, I have ordered the Inauguration Address, in addition to prayers and other speeches, to be delivered in the United States Capitol Rotunda,” he wrote.
Trump’s post included screenshots from the National Weather Service forecasting “dangerously cold wind chills” between 6 and 10 degrees Fahrenheit around midday Monday.
The last inauguration to be held indoors was in 1985 when President Ronald Reagan was sworn in for a second term in the Rotunda due to bitterly cold temperatures.
The Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, which is in charge of the inaugural events at the Capitol complex, said it will honor Trump’s request to …