Troops established a security perimeter around the National Gallery of Art ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday.
In order to ensure security during Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony in Washington this Monday, 8,000 soldiers from the National Guard were mobilized as reinforcements.
A security perimeter around the National Gallery of Art
The inauguration ceremony which usually takes place on the steps of the Capitol will exceptionally be held inside the congressional headquarters building, due to the polar cold which is sweeping the federal capital.
U.S. National Guard troops from Connecticut, Virginia and Pennsylvania established a security perimeter around the city’s National Gallery of Art on January 18, ahead of President Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20.
If Inauguration Day is intended to be a traditional time, marking the swearing-in of a new president, Donald Trump has promised to get to work and sign a series of mandates from the first day of his mandate.
Anti-Trump protests
Earlier Saturday, before Trump arrived in Washington, D.C., thousands of demonstrators took to the streets for women’s rights, racial justice and other causes they say are under threat from the new administration.
A similar, although much larger, protest march took place in 2017, before Trump’s first inauguration.
Protests against the new president are much smaller this time, as many progressive voters experience feelings of exhaustion, disappointment and despair after Vice President Kamala Harris’ defeat in the November election. Many activists share that women’s rights movements seem more fractured after Trump’s victory over Harris.
