Donald Trump arrives at church with Melania, Barron and Ivanka to kick off historic second inauguration

Donald Trump kicked disconnected the ceremonies for his historical 2nd inauguration alongside woman Melania, lad Barron and his household astatine a religion work conscionable hours earlier his swearing-in.

The president-elect took the beforehand enactment of St. John’s Episcopal Church - conscionable a artifact distant from the White House - and smiled to his Vice President J.D. Vance, who was sat alongside woman Usha.

The president-elect, wearing a suit and acheronian reddish tie, shook his fist to photographers arsenic helium stepped retired of the crowd. Melania, successful a navy bluish suit and matching chapeau with achromatic trim, was astatine his side.  Their lad Barron walked with them.

The Trump household joined them wrong the religion - Ivanka and Jared Kushner and their kids; Don Jr., his ex-wife Vanessa and their kids; Tiffany Trump and hubby Michael Boulos; and Eric and Lara Trump and their 2 children.

Incoming Vice President J.D. Vance and his woman Usha sat successful the beforehand pew with Donald, Melania and Barron.

Also successful the religion were Rupert Murdoch, Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Cook, Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez, erstwhile UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Marco Rubio, Tulsi Gabbard and Argentinian President Javier Milei.

After the religion ceremony, Donald and Melania volition marque the abbreviated travel to the White House to person beverage with President Joe Biden and archetypal woman Jill Biden. 

The 2 couples volition past thrust unneurotic to Capitol Hill for Trump's swearing-in arsenic president.

The ceremonial has been moved wrong the Capitol rotunda owed to the below-freezing upwind and acold winds successful Washington D.C. Much of the crushed is frozen and icy from Sunday's rainfall and snowfall fall.

Biden and Trump haven't spoken since soon aft the election, erstwhile Biden welcomed the president-elect to the Oval Office.

Trump, successful the interim, has blasted the outgoing president for being 'sneaky' during the modulation process by mounting up a bid of roadblocks designed to hinder his archetypal days successful office.

Biden, for his part, started disconnected the greeting with a bid of preemptive pardons for those who mightiness look Trump retribution: General Mark Milley, Dr. Anthony Fauci, erstwhile Rep. Liz Cheney.

He got a last information briefing arsenic commandant successful chief. After Trump is sworn in, the Bidens volition committee Marine One astatine the Capitol and caput to Joint Base Andrews, wherever Biden volition springiness farewell remarks. The mates past heads to California for immoderate clip with family. 

Trump has been successful Washington D.C. since Saturday, celebrating his 2nd word successful office. He and his supporters celebrated with fireworks astatine his Trump Golf Club successful Sterling, Va.

On Sunday, helium addressed supporters astatine a rally astatine the Capitol One Arena. And past helium joined supporters astatine a candlelight dinner. 

When Trump returns to the White House connected Monday afternoon, it volition beryllium arsenic president of the United States.

He plans an contiguous blitz of enforcement orders, designed to overturn galore Biden initiatives. He'll person a crackdown connected amerciable immigration, enactment tariffs connected trading partners and pardon supporters who were prosecuted for storming the Capitol connected Jan. 6, 2021.