Trump inauguration moved inside by freezing weather as protests begin: Live updates

Eric Garcia writes about how Trump’s rhetoric on immigration was seen as racist and coarse. Now, it’s the consensus.

“I will be, probably, at the end of the week,” Trump said, with his second inauguration just two days away.

“I was going to go, actually yesterday,” the president-elect added, “but I thought it would be better if I went as president. It’s a little bit more appropriate, I suspect.”

Wildfires ravaged suburban Los Angeles for days, destroying homes and businesses, displacing residents, and leaving at least 25 people dead.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, invited Trump to come to his state to view the destruction last week as Trump unleashed an escalating series of attacks on social media against him, outgoing President Joe Biden, and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass.

The 50-year-old artist will join the Village People and country star Jason Aldean as the entertainment for the night.

Kaleigh Werner reports.

The raids will begin the day after the Republican is inaugurated, The Wall Street Journal reports.

Josh Marcus reports.

In a phone interview with NBC News’s Meet the Press moderator Kristen Welker on Saturday, President-elect Donald Trump said he would “most likely” give TikTok a 90-day reprieve from a potential ban in the U.S. after he takes office on Monday.

Trump said he hadn’t made a final decision but was considering a 90-day extension of the Sunday deadline for TikTok’s China-based parent company to sell to a non-Chinese-buyer or face a U.S. ban.

“I think that would be, certainly, an option that we look at. The 90-day extension is something that will be most likely done, because it’s appropriate. You know, it’s appropriate. We have to look at it carefully. It’s a very big situation,” Trump said.

“If I decide to do that, I’ll probably announce it on Monday,” he said.

Kelly Rissman writes:

The inaugural Women’s March at the time was the largest single-day protest in U.S. history. Many sported pink knit “pussyhats,” a reference to Trump’s own words in the 2005 Access Hollywood tape, in which he bragged about “grabbing [women] by the pussy.”

“We are the popular vote!” some chanted, a reminder that he hadn’t captured the hearts of the majority of Americans, having lost the popular vote to Hillary Clinton by nearly 3 million votes.

“Welcome to your first day, we will not go away!” other marchers promised.

Now that Trump is returning to the White House, so are the protestors. They want to show they have not gone away — even if their numbers are smaller.

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Trump also said that Capital One Arena would “host the Presidential Parade.” Trump said he would “join the crowd” at Capital One after he takes the oath.

The parade is managed by the Joint Task Force-National Capital Region, which is trying to figure out what changes need to be made and how the parade will go on.

Normally, thousands of people line the route from the Capitol to the White House, which the president typically traverses following the swearing-in ceremony. Marching bands and other participants from around the country come to Washington to participate, so presumably they will also be part of the newly arranged indoor festivities.

The Shade Room has posted footage of Snoop Dogg performing at the Crypto Ball, which was held to celebrate Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration.

Snoop is seen performing his classic track “Nuthin’ but a G Thang” at the event in Washington, D.C., hosted by David Sacks, the former PayPal COO and the incoming White House AI and cryptocurrency czar.

Fans on social media were shocked by Snoop’s past criticism of Trump, but the rapper publicly changed his view of the incoming president some time ago.

In an interview with The Sunday Times in January 2024, citing Trump’s pardoning of Michael Harris, co-founder of Snoop’s first label, Death Row, for drug offenses, he said, “I have nothing but love and respect for Donald Trump.”

Ramaswamy — who was reportedly considering a run for J.D. Vance’s open U.S. Senate seat, with Trump’s encouragement — is expected to announce a campaign to replace the state’s term-limited Republican Governor Mike DeWine, according to The Washington Post.

Alex Woodward reports.