LIVE UPDATE: Donald Trump assumes office as U.S. President

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Donald Trump is currently being inaugurated as the President of the United States of America.
Mr. Trump takes over from President Barrack Obama.
Premium Times brings you important live updates from the inauguration.

Former Presidents Bill Clinton and George Bush are among the thousands of dignitaries attending the event.

Mr. Trump won the November 8, 2016 presidential elections in the country, defeating his major rival, Hilary Clinton.

President Barrack Obama arrived the inauguration with Mr. Trump in a motorcade they rode from the White House to the Capitol.
Vice President Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Mike Pence, alongside their spouses, are also at the inauguration venue.
Former President Bill Clinton (1993-2001) and George Bush (2001-2009) are also present.

The Majority Leader of the United States Senate, Mitch McConnel, and other top members of the U.S. Congress have arrived.
Mr. Trump was just called to the stage and he’s exchanging pleasantries with Mr. Obama for the second time today. They’ve greeted and spent time when the Trumps joined Obamas in the White House hours earlier.

Former Presidents Bill Clinton and George Bush are among the thousands of dignitaries attending the event.

Mr. Trump won the November 8, 2016 presidential elections in the country, defeating his major rival, Hilary Clinton.

President Barrack Obama arrived the inauguration with Mr. Trump in a motorcade they rode from the White House to the Capitol.
Vice President Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Mike Pence, alongside their spouses, are also at the inauguration venue.

Former President Bill Clinton (1993-2001) and George Bush (2001-2009) are also present.
Senator Roy Blunt, a Republican from Missouri, is addressing the huge crowd, which packed from the front of the Capitol Hill to the Lincoln Memorial.

Mr. Blunt walked the audience and millions of television viewers from across the world through a brief history of the United States inauguration.

Cardinal Timothy Dolan of the Diocese of New York, Preachers Samuel Rodriguez of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference and Paula White-Can of New Destiny Christian Centre all led prayers for the new president, his team and the U.S.

About 800,000 people are estimated to be attending the inauguration.



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