Jan. 17, 2025

What Time Is Trump's Inauguration? The guest list, which celebrities, and the full schedule

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A comprehensive guide to Trump's presidential comeback celebration: featuring performances by Carrie Underwood, The Village People, and Kid Rock, spanning four days of ceremonies and celebrations. Details the complete inaugural schedule, surprise musical guests, and Congress's constitutional authority regarding presidential qualifications. Includes exclusive details about three inaugural balls and the MAGA Victory Rally at Capital One Arena.

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Callaroga Shark Media from Washington, d C.

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Where you obviously searched for what time is Trump's inauguration

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and discover the show This is Ballot, That's Right podcast

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SEO is wonderful. I'm Patrick Gutfield and I have all

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the details about Trump's inauguration, But first I have to

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say the show's catchphrase, Let's hit this.

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Well.

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Buckle up America, because Trump's inauguration lineup is looking like

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a two thousand and seven county fair got mixed up

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with a Mara Lago membership directory. The Trump Vance Inauguration

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kicks off Saturday with a President's reception and fireworks at

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Trump National Golf Club in Virginia, followed by a cabinet

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reception and Vice president's dinner. Sunday starts with a wreathlaying

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ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington.

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The big event that night is the Make.

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America Great Again Victory Rally at Capitol One Arena, featuring

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Kid Rock, The Village People, Billy Ray Cyrus, and Lee Greenwood,

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plus the Liberty University Praise Choir. Trump will speak therein

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later at a candlelight dinner. Inauguration day itself is packed,

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starting with service at Saint John's Church and White House

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tea service, then the main event, the Capital swearing in ceremony,

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which happens at noon. According to the US Constitution's twentieth Amendment,

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the President elect officially becomes the sitting president at precisely

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noon Eastern on January twentieth, whether or not they have taken.

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The oath of office.

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Traditionally, inaugural events are carefully timed to ensure that the

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oath is administered as close to noon as possible, aligning

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with the constitutional.

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Transition of power.

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However, in the rare case of a delay, the new

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president assumes their role at the appointed time regardless, so

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stop rooting for rain. Carrie Underwood will perform A America

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the Beautiful. Christopher Machio handles the national anthem, and Lee

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Greenwood delivers God Bless the USA. All living presidents are

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expected to attend, including Biden, Obama, Bush, and Clinton. After

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the formal Biden Harris farewell, there's the traditional parade down

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Pennsylvania Avenue. The evening features three balls, the Commander in

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Chief Ball with Rascal Flats and Parker McCollum, The Liberty

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Ball featuring Jason Aldean and The Village People, plus a

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mystery guest, and the Starlight Ball with Gavin de Grau.

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Trump will speak at all three.

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The festivities wrap up Tuesday with the National Prayer Service. Okay,

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that's as serious as this podcast is.

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Going to get.

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But hey, I like drive by downloads. Okay, new people,

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here's some jokes. The Village People are performing YMCA, which

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is perfect because, like their hit song, half the country

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is also spelling out why you know what they say?

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Nothing brings America together like watching steptuagenarians do arm movements

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in costume. Carrie Underwood's singing America the Beautiful, joined by

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what appears to be every country music star who's ever

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posed with a.

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Pickup truck on an album cover.

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Billy Ray Cyrus will be there, presumably to make sure

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nobody's having any achy breaky hearts about the transition of power.

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Gavin De Grau is performing at something called the Starlight Ball,

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which I assume is what happens when you let Trump

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name things. After midnight, maybe the macho men can drop by.

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Kid Rock's showing up too, shocking. Absolutely, nobody who's been

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conscious for the past eight years. He'll be at the

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MAGA victory Rally, which is being held at Capitol One Arena,

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a venue that ironically won't accept any of Trump's credit cards.

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You know what's really wild, Lee Greenwood's.

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Performing God Bless the USA with the Marine Corps band.

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That's like getting your wedding DJ to collaborate with the

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New York Philharmonic. The schedule du ends with the National

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Prayer Service, where I assume everyone will be praying for

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their social media managers to make it through the next

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four years. As for me, I host this show so

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things can't get crazy enough for my taste. The Trump

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twenty twenty five inauguration is shaping up to be less

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about dignitaries and more about big names, big egos, and

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apparently big YouTube followings. Among the confirmed attendees are Elon Musk,

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predictably since he's gone from mega donor to government advisor

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and UFC chief. Dana White, Trump's longtime pal and one

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man podcast booking service. White is credited with getting Trump

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on right leaning podcasts, helping the president elect connect with

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the elusive demographic of young men who can name ten

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UFC fighters but not three branches of government. One of

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those podcast hosts, Theovon, is set to attend the ceremony,

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alongside former Fox News anchor and MAGA flagwaiver Mega Kelly

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and then We Hit. Influencer Territory Logan and Jake Paul,

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Bryce Hall, and The Milk Boys, YouTube personalities turned boxers

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turned Trump superfans are also on the guest list. If

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you've managed to avoid their content thus far, congratulations, but

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Google confirms their experts at building online empires and punching

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people in the face, literally not figuratively. In a surprise twist,

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Model and Only Fans star Amber Rose, who made headlines

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for showing up at the Republican National Convention, will also

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be there. Rounding out the celebrity mix is Olympic gold

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medalist and reality TV icon Caitlin Jenner, a vocal Trump

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supporter who's swapped keeping up with the Kardashians for keeping

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up with Maga politics. In true Trump fashion, the two

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thy twenty five inaugural festivities are shaping up to be

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less about tradition and more about spectacle. Forget the usual

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quiet diplomacy of US inaugurations. Mister Trump has thrown the

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doors wide open to his favorite global leaders, tech titans,

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and a symbolic garbage truck.

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Yes really.

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Meanwhile, some usual suspects, like Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenski are

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left watching from the sidelines, angling.

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For an invite.

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Notable attendees reportedly include Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk,

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because nothing says working class hero quite like a billionaire's

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row on the capitol steps.

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Also on the list is Chinese.

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President Shi Jinping, despite the US and China being poised

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for a tariff showdown. For someone who spent his last

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presidency railing against Beijing, inviting she seems about as strategic

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as letting a bulloose in a Maga merchandise tent. But

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the roster doesn't stop there. Trump has extended invitations to

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his ideological allies like Salvadoran president Naibukele and Argentina's President

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Javier Milay, alongside former Brazilian President Jayir Bolsonaro, whose attendance

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depends on whether he can reclaim his passport from Brazilian authorities.

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Mexican President Claudia Sinbaum, however, won't be gracing the event,

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as Trump is too busy threatening twenty five percent tariffs

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on Mexico to bother with pleasantries. And then there's the

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parade forget elegant floats or classic Americana. Trump's infamous Maga

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garbage truck will make a triumphant return.

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For those who missed it.

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This was the Orange Vest moment when Trump channeled his

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inner sanitation worker in Wisconsin, a stunt that apparently resonated

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with voters in swing states. The garbage truck's inclusion in

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the parade serves as a metaphor so unsubtle it might

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as well carry a neon sign that reads We're still

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cleaning up Washington for those of you who still can't

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accept reality. Congress apparently has this little known power that's

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like the political equivalent of checking someone's idea at the club.

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They can actually step in and.

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Say, uh, neither of these people is qualified to run the.

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Country right now. And then this is the wild part.

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They get to either pick someone to be the substitute

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teacher of democracy or they make up the rules for

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finding someone new. It's like the world's most high stakes

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game of tag.

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You're it.

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The temp president would basically be keeping the seat warm

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until either the President elect or a VP elect gets

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their qualifications sorted out. This is one of those bizarre

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political backup plans that sounds like it was written by

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the same people who came up with the rules for monopoly.

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In case of emergency, break glass and grab random qualified adult.

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And just imagine being that interim president. You're basically the

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political equivalent of a substitute teacher. You've got all the power,

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but everyone knows you're not staying long term. Don't get

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too comfortable that oval office chair, buddy, Anyway, that's gonna happen.

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Portions of today's program were made with the help of AI,

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the First Amendment, and Kid Rock