Trump: “On Day 1 of the Trump presidency, I will restore the travel ban, suspend refugee admissions, stop the resettlement and keep the terrorists the hell out of our country.” (July 27, 2024; campaign rally in St. Cloud, Minnesota)

The president-elect is annoyed that flags will be half-staff for Jimmy Carter and angry that the Senate won’t have his Cabinet in place.

This year the inauguration will occur on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday, at the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. The inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump is scheduled for Monday, Jan. 20.

Tyler VanAkin was pictured on election day at an Atlanta airport as the final winner of the contest run by Musk’s pro-Trump campaign group, which offered $1mn prizes to registered voters in swing states who signed a petition “in support of the constitution”.

Remember when Elon Musk vowed to uncover ways to cut “at least $2 trillion” from the federal budget? The DOGE leader is already abandoning his goal.

Musk's Tesla stake rose by $111 billion — 65% — last year. All but $2 billion of Musk’s Tesla gain and about 98% of what other Tesla shareholders gained came after Election Day, when Musk began hanging out extensively with Donald Trump and started calling himself Trump’s “first buddy.