Donald Trump takes the oath of office, while standing with Melania Trump and Barron Trump, during the 2017 Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol. Chief Justice John Roberts administered the oath of office Jan 20, 2017. © Robert Hanashiro / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
(Washington, D.C.) — The Trump inauguration is being called an “attractive potential target” for violent extremists. The FBI, Secret Service, Capitol Police, and local police departments have compiled a threat assessment that lays out various scenarios and the types of people who could make them happen. They note, however, that there are no specific credible threat. The hundreds of thousands attending the ceremonies will faces many layers of security.
It will be bitterly cold for the Monday inauguration The weather forecast calls for high temperatures of only around 20 degrees. Gusty windy are expected too. That could make it feel like it’s in the low teens, by the time President-elect Donald Trump puts his hand on a bible and takes the oath of office.
It will be the coldest inauguration day since former President Ronald Reagan’s second inauguration in 1985.
