United States incoming president, Donald Trump, on Saturday evening, January 18, arrived in the Washington area for a celebration of his return to power ahead of an inauguration ceremony.
Trump flew aboard an Air Force plane sent by outgoing President, Joe Biden, to the Republican’s base in Palm Beach, Florida, where Trump prepared his transition after winning the November 5 election over Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris.
Trump is being accompanied on the flight by his wife, Melania, his last child, Baron, daughter Ivanka and her husband, Jared Kushner.
Upon arrival at Dulles airport in suburban Virginia, Trump traveled to his golf club in Sterling, Virginia, on the outskirts of Washington.
The 78-year-old president-elect is due to hold a rally with supporters inside the Capital One Arena in downtown Washington on Sunday, the eve of his inauguration, as well as a post-inauguration event Monday afternoon.
The bad weather forecast for Monday prompted Trump to move the inauguration ceremonies from the iconic west front of the U.S. Capitol building indoors to the Capitol Rotunda, and the parade down Pennsylvania Avenue to the Capital One Arena.
In the Capitol Rotunda, Trump will be sworn in at 12 p.m. ET (1700 GMT) then deliver an inaugural address, a speech that typically sets the tone for the president’s four-year term.
