How Donald Trump's presidential inauguration unfolded as he was sworn in as the 47th President to succeed Joe Biden.

As he sat down to sign a fresh round of executive orders Trump joked with reporters, opining on everything from foreign policy to drones to the way he’s redecorated the Oval Office.

Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Melania Trump holds the Bible during the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, Pool) 2017: Trump delivers the inaugural address for his first term.

Which president had the longest inaugural address? Which has been sworn in the most? Which ended the ceremony’s top-hat tradition? Here are some tidbits you might not know about Inauguration Day.

President-elect Donald Trump selected opera tenor Christopher Macchio to perform the national anthem at the inauguration. Here's a list of some singers at previous presidential inaugurations.

Michelle Obama was the only spouse absent from the service last week at Washington National Cathedral, where her husband and Trump were seated next to each other and chatted and laughed like old friends despite the history of political animosity between the Democratic former president and the returning Republican.

For the second time in two weeks, all current and former presidents are in the same room. Bill Clinton, 78 years old, George W. Bush, 78, and Barack Obama, 63, all filed into the Capitol Rotunda ahead of the ceremony.

The entire "Presidents Club" will be at a U.S. inauguration for the first time since President Obama's first inauguration in 2009.

Inaugural address: The chief justice of the Supreme Court will deliver the oath to Trump, who will subsequently give his inaugural address. Every president since George Washington has delivered an inaugural address, according to the JCCIC.

His first inaugural address focused on “American carnage,” but what will Donald Trump say in his second, Tribune News Service columnist John M. Crisp asks.

There’s not only one Donald Trump in the United States. Nor is there only one William J. Clinton. Plenty of people share names with famous presidents.