WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said his inauguration on Monday will be held inside the U.S. Capitol rather than outdoors because of severe cold.
“The weather forecast for Washington, D.C., with the windchill factor, could take temperatures into severe record lows. There is an Arctic blast sweeping the Country. I don’t want to see people hurt, or injured, in any way,” Trump said on his Truth Social platform 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,” Trump added.
Trump referred to the last time an inauguration was moved indoors because of the cold – former Republican President Ronald Reagan’s second swearing-in in 1985.
Trump said supporters can view the ceremony on screens inside the Capital One Arena, a sports venue in downtown Washington that holds 20,000 people.
(Reporting by Tim Reid and Doina Chiacu; Editing by Caitlin Webber and Howard Goller)
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