Donald Trump’s inauguration will be moved indoors for the first time since 1985 because of the cold weather. The move will see Trump become the first president since Ronald Reagan to be inaugurated indoors.
The decision to move Monday’s event indoors marks the first time in 40 years that such a change has been made.
President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday that he will move the inauguration ceremony indoors as Washington, DC prepares for record low temperatures. The ceremony will now take place inside the Capitol rotunda.
The second inauguration of Ronald Reagan on Jan. 20, 1985, was forced indoors due to intense cold. As USA TODAY noted that day, "The USA's 50th inauguration today moves indoors – a victim of bone-chilling temperatures that threatened 350,000 invited guests and parade watchers."
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President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony has been moved to the U.S. Capitol rotunda on Monday due to winter weather.