Inauguration plans of Donald Trump

The inauguration is being planned primarily by two committees: the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies and the 2017 Presidential Inaugural Committee. Although the election was scheduled for November 8, 2016, the congressional committee began construction of the inaugural platform on September 21, 2016.Trump and his running mate, Mike Pence, were formally elected by the Electoral College when it met on December 19, 2016.The win was officially certified by an electoral votetally by a joint session of Congress on January 6, 2017.

The inauguration theme is "Uniquely American", a phrase that highlights the inaugural ceremony as "a uniquely American expression of our Constitutional system. The theme also stresses the peaceful transition of power, and that the American people are "united behind an enduring republic.

Joint Congressional Committee

The swearing-in ceremony and the inaugural luncheon for President-elect Trump and Vice President-elect Pence are being planned by the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, a committee composed of United States Senators Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, committee chair Roy Blunt of Missouri and Chuck Schumer of New York, and United States Representatives Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, Kevin McCarthy ofCalifornia and Nancy Pelosi of California.The committee is overseen by the U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration.

Military support to the 58th inauguration was coordinated by Joint Task Force National Capital Region, providing musical military units, marching bands, color guards, ushers, firing details, and salute batteries.

The national anthem of the United States is set to be sung by teenage American recording artist Jackie Evancho.The Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Missouri State University Chorale will also perform. The Rockettes will also perform, although three of the dance group have opted not to.

Presidential Inaugural Committee

The 2017 Presidential Inaugural Committee will organize several other inauguration‑related events at the direction of the President‑elect and Vice President‑elect of the United States, such as the train ride, concerts, parade, balls and prayer service. The chairman of the committee is Thomas J. Barrack Jr., a real estate investor and the founder, chairman and chief executive officerof Colony Capital. The committee is expecting to raise $70 million. The co-chairs of the committee are Lewis M. Eisenberg and Roy Bailey. Committee members include casino magnates Sheldon Adelson and his wife, Miriam, Steve Wynn and Phil Ruffin, oil entrepreneur Harold Hamm, businesswoman Diane Hendricks, coal businessman Joe Craft, Gail Icahn, wife of Carl Icahn, and Woody Johnson, owner of the New York Jets.

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