Summary
Donald Trump has scaled back his second inauguration plans, moving the ceremony indoors to the Capitol Rotunda due to bitterly cold weather and lower-than-expected hotel occupancy rates in Washington, D.C.
Attendance for second-term inaugurations typically declines, with hotel occupancy at 74% compared to higher rates in 2017.
That’s the problem with surrounding yourself with billionnaire sycophants: there’s only so many billionnaires to create a crowd. But it’s much easier to make it look like a bigger crowd in an enclosed space.
It’s too bad the weather provides a genuine excuse to move the proceedings indoors, because even if it was 70 degrees, he’d still do it and then it would be obvious why.
People are posting pictures of Kennedy’s inauguration, where it was 22F and he wore just a regular suit with no coat.
Edit: pic: https://i.imgur.com/TIIOOAd.jpg
He wasn’t a doddering old man. He was almost half Trump’s age.
Kennedy was a lot younger at his inauguration (43) than Trump is now (78).
And only Roosevelt was younger at 42. In comparison, Obama was 47, Bush 54, Clinton 46 and Carter 52.
The “old fart” trend was started by Trump, who was already the oldest president at the start of his term last time. Then Biden was the oldest and now it’s Trump again.
Diapers insulate well though.
Not wet ones
Yeah and also, the King of Kauai will be in attendance this time. Hawaiians aren’t used to the cold, and Trump wouldn’t want to jeopardize the health of one of his megarich buddies.