JANUARY 17, 2025 — President-elect Donald Trump will be sworn in on Monday, officially becoming the 47th President of the United States during the 60th Presidential Inauguration Ceremony.
Following tradition, Inauguration Day will be packed with ceremonial events from the formal swearing-in taking place in front of the U.S. Capitol to musical performances and the parade to the White House.
Jon Taylor, professor of political science in the UTSA Department of Political Science and Geography, breaks down why this Inauguration Day will be different than past ceremonies, what viewers can expect on Monday, and Trump’s second presidency.
“First of all, it’s the first [Inauguration] since the 1880s in which we have a president elected to nonconsecutive terms as president,” Taylor said, referencing former president Grover Cleveland who served as the 22nd president (1884) and again as the 24th president (1892).
Taylor also notes differences from Trump’s first time in the White House to his upcoming second term.
“Donald Trump’s first term versus Donald Trump’s second term are radically different things,” he said. “The people who were in power with him the first term, including his vice president then, are not there now. This presidency is going to be different in how they operate, especially with the way he campaigned, the promises he made and the issues that came up.”
At noon on Monday, the transition of power from one president to another officially begins. Vice President-elect JD Vance will be sworn into office first, a tradition that keeps the continuity of power in place, Taylor said, and ensures that even for the very short gap in time between the end of Biden’s term and the beginning of Trump’s term, the U.S. is not without a leader.
Taylor also noted, this year, for the first time since 1997, Inauguration Day coincides with Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday honoring the life and birthday of the civil rights leader.
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