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Trumps travel in a limousine to lead an inaugural parade to the White House.
Trumps travel in a limousine to lead an inaugural parade to the White House.

Trump Inauguration Live Blog

Final Synopsis

-- Seventy-year-old Donald J. Trump, a Republican, has been sworn in as the United States' 45th president, along with Vice President Mike Pence.

-- In his inaugural speech, Trump vowed that America will "not seek to impose our way of life on anyone but rather let it shine as an example for everyone to follow." He also pledged that "a new vision will govern our land: From this day forward, it's going to be only America First." Trump also promised: "We will reinforce old alliances and form new ones – and unite the civilized world against radical Islamic terrorism, which we will eradicate completely from the face of the Earth."

-- Trump also decried an "establishment" that "protected itself, but not the citizens of our country," and he said, "That all changes -- starting right here, and right now, because this moment is your moment: it belongs to you."

-- World leaders have been congratulating President Trump on his January 20 inauguration, expressing a desire to work with his administration while some Western leaders have been urging continued U.S. cooperation on mutual security.

-- Trump and the new first lady rode a limousine that inched to the White House in the midst of a ceremonial parade, red and blue lights flashing as security agents walked slowly beside the vehicle and onlookers watched from the sidewalks.

-- Security was tight as thousands of people protested in Washington. Police said 95 protesters were arrested. Police had used pepper spray and stun grenades to push back demonstrators. Police said protesters damaged vehicles, destroyed property and set small fires.

-- Trump's administration said that defeating Islamic State "and other radical Islamic terror groups" will be the highest priority of an "America first" foreign policy centered on "peace through strength."

* NOTE: Times are stated according to local time in Washington DC (GMT/UTC -5)

BuzzFeed's Zoe Tillman on clashes between protesters and the police.

Newspaper boxes have been vandalized outside AP's Washington offices.

A window of a Bank of America branch in Washington has been smashed. A witness told Reuters that black-clad activists were responsible.

The motorcade with U.S. president and president-elect and their wives is on its way to the Capitol Building.

CNN split-screen showed ex-President Bill Clinton and his wife, former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, entering at the Capitol, at the moment that Trump and Obama emerged from the White House.

Hillary Clinton was the Democratic nominee who lost a bitter presidential race to Trump, winning the popular vote but losing the all-important Electoral College vote.

Trump and Obama have emerged from their White House meeting, and are getting into the presidential limousine to ride to the Capitol together.

AFP from Washington: Stones thrown, windows smashed at anti-Trump protest

BLACK-CLAD ACTIVISTS SMASH WINDOW OF BANK OF AMERICA BRANCH IN MARCH IN WASHINGTON PROTESTING TRUMP INAUGURATION -REUTERS WITNESS

COMING UP: Both President-elect Trump and Vice President-elect Pence will be sworn in in a ceremony on a platform at the west front of the U.S. Capitol Building, with U.S. and foreign dignitaries in attendance and tens of thousands of spectators.

Once the ceremony begins, in less than an hour according to the schedule (around 11:30 a.m. local time), before the swearing-in there will be brief appearances by invited guests including remarks and prayers from religious leaders as well as musical performances by the U.S. Marine band.

The vice president-elect, former Indiana Governor Mike Pence, will be sworn in by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas before the president takes his oath.

The president-elect, Donald J. Trump, will be sworn in by the chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, John Roberts Jr.

A view of the crowds gathering at the Capitol for Trump's inauguration.

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