Unusual Guests: Who Attended Trump's Indoor Inauguration?

In January 2025, Donald Trump became the 47th U. S. president during an indoor ceremony at the U. S. Capitol, with numerous notable figures making an appearance. The event featured a passionate speech from Trump, criticizing the past administration and sharing his vision of a new American "golden age. " The ceremony was moved indoors due to chilly weather in Washington. An interesting dynamic to note was the growing friendship between Trump and Elon Musk, Tesla's CEO. Musk was seen sitting close to Trump, enthusiastically responding when the president mentioned plans to send American astronauts to Mars. Trump's family, including his wife Melania, their son Baron, Donald Trump Jr. , and Ivanka, were present. Attendees also included former U. S. presidents and their spouses: Joe and Jill Biden, Barack and Michelle Obama, Bill and Hillary Clinton, and George Bush and Laura Bush. Former Vice Presidents Kamala Harris, Mike Pence, and Dan Quayle were also in attendance, along with their spouses.

Several billionaires joined the crowd, such as Tim Cook from Apple, Sergey Brin from Alphabet, Shou Zi Chew from TikTok, Sundar Pichai from Google, Jeff Bezos from Amazon, Elon Musk from Tesla, Mark Zuckerberg from Meta, and Bernard Arnault from LVMH, a French luxury brand conglomerate. Foreign leaders were present from various countries, including President Javier Milei from Argentina, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni from Italy, former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Vice President Han Zheng from China, Foreign Affairs Minister Takeshi Iwaya from Japan, External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar from India, Eric Zemmour from France's nationalist Reconquete Party, and Nigel Farage from the UK's anti-immigration Reform Party. Other notable attendees included Trump's lawyer, Alina Habba, Fox News hosts like Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham, former House Speakers Newt Gingrich, John Boehner, and Kevin McCarthy, influencer-boxers Logan and Jake Paul, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, UFC champion Conor McGregor, and politicians from both sides of the aisle, including Democratic Senator John Fetterman, Democratic Mayor Eric Adams, and Republican Governors Ron DeSantis, Brian Kemp, Glenn Youngkin, and Greg Abbott.

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