Trump inauguration updates: Trump takes victory lap at at Make America Great Again Rally

There's a full slate of activities this weekend ahead of Monday's swearing-in.

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Last updated: Monday, January 20, 2025 10:44AM GMT
Trump takes victory lap at at Make America Great Again Rally
President-elect Trump took the stage at his rally in Washington, less than a day before he will be sworn in as president.

WASHINGTON -- The inauguration of President-elect Donald J. Trump will take place on Monday, Jan. 20. Trump will take the oath of office as the 47th president of the United States and JD Vance will take the oath of office as vice president.

See the latest Trump inauguration updates here.

This is Trump's second inauguration as president. The first was as the 45th president on Jan. 20, 2017.

On Sunday, he laid a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery and held a "Make America Great Again Victory Rally" in Washington ahead of Monday's swearing-in ceremony, which has now been moved inside to the Capitol Rotunda because of frigid temperatures in the nation's capital.

ABC News' Ivan Pereira, Nadine El-Bawab, and Stacey Dec contributed to this report.

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Jan 19, 2025, 9:59 PM

Schedule of events surrounding Trump's second inauguration

The lineup of official inaugural events surrounding Donald Trump's second inauguration as president has been released. It's unclear how the decision to move Trump's swearing-in indoors to the Capitol Rotunda on Monday might affect the scheduled lineup for the ceremony.

Click here for a full list of events.

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Jan 18, 2025, 7:12 PM

Watch ABC News coverage of Trump inauguration

ABC News will have comprehensive coverage throughout the inaugural events.

Watch a special edition of "Good Morning America" on Monday at 7 a.m. EST, followed by a day-long report beginning at 9 a.m. EST led by "World News Tonight" anchor and managing editor David Muir.

A primetime special anchored by Muir, "The Second Inauguration of Donald J. Trump - An ABC News Special," will air that night at 10 p.m. EST on ABC and the next day on Hulu.

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Jan 19, 2025, 10:29 PM GMT

Trump greeted by roaring rally crowd

At an inauguration eve rally, Trump promised drastic changes over the next four years.

President-elect Donald Trump arrives at a rally ahead of the 60th Presidential Inauguration, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025, in Washington.
President-elect Donald Trump arrives at a rally ahead of the 60th Presidential Inauguration, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025, in Washington.

"Tomorrow at noon, the curtain closes on four long years of American decline, and we begin a brand new day of American strength and prosperity, dignity and pride," he told an estimated 20,000 people at his Make America Great Again Victory Rally in Washington.

In his speech, Trump touched on many of the issues that he campaigned on.

"We're going to end the reign of a failed and corrupt political establishment in Washington, a failed administration. We're not going to take it anymore," he said. "We're going to stop the invasion of our borders. We're going to reclaim our wealth. We're going to unlock the liquid gold that's right under our feet. Liquid gold. We're going to bring back law and order to our cities. We're going to restore patriotism to our schools, get radical left woke ideologies the hell out of our military and out of our government."

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Trump family gins up excitement at rally

As Trump gets closer to speaking, his family members are pumping up the crowd.

Eric Trump, from left, with son Luke, daughter Carolina and wife Lara Trump, and Donald Trump Jr. with daughter Kai Madison Trump, wave at a rally on Jan. 19, 2025, in Washington.
Eric Trump, from left, with son Luke, daughter Carolina and wife Lara Trump, and Donald Trump Jr. with daughter Kai Madison Trump, wave at a rally on Jan. 19, 2025, in Washington.

Trump's son Eric Trump's kids delivered the pledge of allegiance in their parents' arms. Trump's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., said the next four years "is going to be the pièce de resistance."

"Has anyone ever been this excited for Monday morning to roll around?" Trump Jr. said.

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Jan 19, 2025, 9:59 PM GMT

Schedule of events surrounding Trump's second inauguration

The lineup of official inaugural events surrounding Donald Trump's second inauguration as president has been released. It's unclear how the decision to move Trump's swearing-in indoors to the Capitol Rotunda on Monday might affect the scheduled lineup for the ceremony.

Click here for a full list of events.

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'Justice is coming:' Stephen Miller forecasts immigration crackdown

Trump's new deputy chief of policy Stephen Miller cheered an expected immigration crackdown in his remarks at Trump's inauguration eve rally.

President-elect Donald Trump's adviser Stephen Miller, speaks at a rally ahead of the 60th Presidential Inauguration, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025, in Washington.
President-elect Donald Trump's adviser Stephen Miller, speaks at a rally ahead of the 60th Presidential Inauguration, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025, in Washington.

Miller spoke of an executive order "taking America back" through deportation of immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally. He said it would bring justice for those whose loved ones have been killed by those immigrants.

Immigrants in large cities have been bracing for the president-elect's planned "mass deportation program" even as Trump has offered few details of what it will look like.

America has gone through "four years of weakness, four years of humiliation and embarrassment," Miller said. "It's about to be a country that is respected."