Trump promises blizzard of executive orders on first day of presidency

The rally took place at the Capital One Arena in downtown Washington DC, which has a capacity of around 20,000.

It began with a performance by Kid Rock and featured speeches from TV personality Megyn Kelly, actor Jon Voight and Trump senior adviser Stephen Miller.

Grammy-winning country music singer Lee Greenwood also performed ‘God Bless the USA’, which has become an anthem for the Trump campaign.

Greenwood – a personal friend and business partner of the president-elect has performed live for 10 presidents, twice for Trump, including during his 2016 inauguration.

“To include God first in the message in the song, I believe that resonated more with that president than any president prior,” he told the BBC World Service’s Newshour programme.

Elon Musk also gave a brief speech after Trump touted his creation of DOGE, an advisory agency dubbed the Department of Government Efficiency that Mr Musk is set to run with Vivek Ramaswamy.

Trump’s family also joined him on stage, including Donald Trump Jr., Eric and Lara Trump.

Trump supporters – wearing red Make America Great Again hats and other pro-Trump apparel – have flooded the nation’s capital this weekend despite bitter cold temperatures and snow on Sunday.

The poor weather conditions caused the relocation of the inauguration ceremony, making it a less public event with reduced access. Trump will be sworn into office in the Rotunda of the US Capitol on Monday.

Franklin Graham – the son of famous evangelist Billy Graham – will give the invocation during Monday’s inauguration ceremony.

“I think President Trump is a much different man than he was in 2017,” he told the BBC Radio 4’s Sunday. “I think God has strengthened him and he’s come through this a much stronger man and he’s going to be a much better president for all these hardships he’s gone through.”

During the official inauguration, Trump and Vice-President-elect JD Vance will both recite the oath of office with their hand placed on a Bible.

Trump will then deliver his inaugural address where he will set out his goals for the next four years. The theme of his speech will reportedly be unity, strength and ‘fairness’.