Here are some of Trump's remarks from that post-concert appearance last night:
"I think a lot of us knew the first week of the campaign. But that last month of the campaign, we knew that something special was happening."
"So this journey began 18 months ago. I had something to do with it, but you had much more to do with it than I did. I am the messenger. I am just the messenger. (A person from the audience calling: 'We love you!') And we were tired -- and I love you. Believe me, I love you. We all got tired of seeing what was happening. And we wanted change, but we wanted real change. And I look so forward to tomorrow (January 20). We are going to see something that is going to be so amazing. So many people have poured into Washington, D.C."
"It is a movement that began, it is a movement that started, and it is a movement like we have never seen anywhere in the world, they say. There has never been a movement like this. And it is something very, very special. And we are going to unify our country. And our phrase [is] -- you all know it, half of you are wearing the hat [with the slogan] -- 'make America great again.' But we are going to make America great for all of our people -- everybody."
(via AP)
Trump Thanks Supporters At Preinaugural Concert
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump paid tribute last night to voters who helped elect him. Standing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Trump called his election "something special" that was being talked about "all over the world."
Three U.S. ex-presidents will attend the inauguration, two Democrats and a Republican. They are 39th President Jimmy Carter (1977-81), 42nd President Bill Clinton (1993-2001), and 43rd President George W. Bush (2001-09).
A fourth, 41st President George H.W. Bush (1989-93), fell ill this month and wrote a warm letter to Trump excusing himself. (Reports early on January 20 said the 92-year-old Bush Senior remains in intensive care in a Houston, Texas, hospital where doctors are treating him for pneumonia. He has also suffered from vascular Parkinsonism.)
Trump's rival in the presidential race, former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, will also be in attendance in Washington.
Here's a nice map of the Inaugural Parade route, courtesy of local officials, from the U.S. Capitol to the White House.
Inauguration Week Costs Expected To Be Around $200 Million
Officials planning the inauguration events have been cited as saying the costs could top $200 million.
But the price tag is spread over federal, state, and local governments, as well as private donors via the Presidential Inaugural Committee, which comprises Trump supporters and longtime donors.
The New York Times reported that "Mr. Trump’s inaugural committee has proved to be a juggernaut, raising $100 million from a mix of corporations, wealthy individuals and smaller-scale supporters willing to chip in a few bucks. It has easily surpassed the record of $53 million set by the Obama team in 2009."
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser predicted the local portion of the inauguration bill would likely surpass $30 million.
U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond, in Davos for the World Economic Summit, cites Trump administration as "an even bigger piece of uncertainty for the European Union" than the Brexit vote.
From Reuters:
Donald Trump's presidency is likely to create bigger uncertainty for the European Union than Britain's decision to leave the bloc, Britain's finance minister Philip Hammond said on Friday.
"Brexit has introduced uncertainty. I think the change of administration in the U.S. has introduced an even bigger piece of uncertainty for the European Union," Hammond said in a panel discussion about the EU in the Swiss resort of Davos.
Hammond, a former foreign minister, said EU countries varied widely in how big a security threat they saw from Russia.
"Anything that changes the settled status quo of a Europe that lives with Russia as a neighbour, but lives under a protective U.S. security umbrella as it does ... will play into the dynamics of the European Union," Hammond said.
Click on the headline or photo to see what's on the schedule for today, with times.
Trump Inauguration Schedule Of Events
Trump delivered remarks at a nationally broadcast free concert outside the Lincoln Memorial in Washington on the eve of the inauguration.
Here is our coverage of that address and the atmosphere in Washington ahead of today's events:
Trump Vows Unity While Readying Plans To Roll Back Obama's Programs
WASHINGTON -- U.S. President-elect Donald Trump pledged to unify what he called a divided nation and to radically change the political atmosphere in Washington as he arrived in the capital for his January 20 inauguration.
While speaking of unity on the eve on his inauguration, Trump was readying a raft of dramatic measures to roll back policies of his predecessor, Barack Obama, through a series of executive orders targeting Obama's climate-change regulations, immigration liberalization moves, international trade agreements, and restrictions on energy development.
"We're going to unify our country," Trump told a cheering crowd of thousands in front of Washington's Lincoln Memorial after a concert that ended in a burst of fireworks.
"We're going to do things that haven't been done for our country for many, many decades," he said. "It's going to change, I promise you."
As thousands of Trump supporters filtered into Washington to participate in gala inaugural events and thousands of opponents came to protest his ascendance, Trump paid thanks to the millions who voted for him and made his upset election possible.
"It's a movement like we've never seen anywhere in the world," he said. "You're not forgotten any more... We're going to get it turned around. We're going to bring our jobs back."
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