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Written by Steve Holland and Tim Reid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump will take the victory lap on Sunday with a campaign-style rally in Washington, DC, a day before he is sworn in for a second term four years after losing the White House. to Joe Biden.
Trump’s “Make America Great Again Victory Rally” – scheduled for 3pm ET (1900 GMT) during the celebration. Capital One (NYSE:) Arena – marks his first major speech in Washington since urging his supporters to march on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, to protest his defeat.
Thousands of people stormed the building in an unsuccessful attempt to prevent Congress from confirming the results. Trump has vowed to pardon more than 1,500 people charged in connection with the attack.
His convention remarks, along with his commencement speech on Monday, may provide a preview of the tone he plans to adopt in the first days of his second term in office. In recent weeks, Trump has angered foreign allies by talking loudly about taking Greenland and the Panama Canal and turning Canada into an American state.
The meeting is likely to be similar to the open-air speeches that have been a staple of Trump since his first campaign for the White House in 2016.
The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, who has been a close friend of Trump since he spent more than 250 billion to boost his campaign, is scheduled to speak at the event, as well and Vice President-elect JD Vance, CEO of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Dana White, conservationist Charlie Kirk and fellow commentator Megyn Kelly.
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew also plans to attend the meeting, amid doubts about whether Trump will take steps to free the app from the US ban that will take effect on Sunday. Chew is expected to join other tech executives at Trump’s inauguration on Monday.
Singer and rapper Kid Rock, disco group The Village People, singer Billy Ray Cyrus and singer Lee Greenwood are all scheduled to perform at the concert.
President Joe Biden will now take his final trip as president on Sunday to Charleston, South Carolina, to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which is on Monday, the White House said. He will attend services and speak about the Lord’s legacy at the Royal Missionary Baptist Church.
Earlier on Sunday, Trump will participate in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. In the evening, he will speak to well-heeled supporters at a dinner in Washington.
The inauguration is scheduled for noon ET (1600 GMT) on Monday, when Trump will take the presidential oath inside the rotunda of the Capitol building, after cold weather prompted organizers to move the ceremony indoors. About 25,000 law enforcement officers will be there to provide security.
