Inauguration of Donald Trump

== Context ==
The inauguration marked the formal culmination of the [[presidential transition of Donald Trump]] that began when he won the U.S. [[2016 United States presidential election|presidential election]] on [[Election Day (United States)|November 9, 2016]], and became the [[President-elect of the United States|president-elect]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/09/us/politics/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-president.html |title=Donald Trump Is Elected President in Stunning Repudiation of the Establishment |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=January 21, 2017 |date=November 9, 2016 |author=Flegenheimer, Matt |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170121005319/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/09/us/politics/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-president.html |archive-date=January 21, 2017 }}</ref> Trump and his running mate, Mike Pence, were formally elected by the [[Electoral College (United States)|Electoral College]] on December 19, 2016.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/19/electoral-college-votes-donald-trump-electors|title=Electoral college formally elects Donald Trump as president|last=Jacobs|first=Ben|date=December 19, 2016|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|access-date=December 19, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161219234640/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/19/electoral-college-votes-donald-trump-electors|archive-date=December 19, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/19/us/politics/electoral-college-vote.html|title=Donald Trump Completes Final Lap, Electoral College, to White House|first=Richard|last=Pérez-Peña|date=December 19, 2016|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|issn=0362-4331|access-date=December 19, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161219123229/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/19/us/politics/electoral-college-vote.html|archive-date=December 19, 2016}}</ref> The [[2017 United States Electoral College vote count|victory was certified]] by an [[Electoral College (United States)|electoral vote]] tally by a [[Joint session of the United States Congress|joint session of Congress]] on January 6, 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-electoral-college-vote-certified-by-congress/|title=Congress certifies Trump's election victory|work=[[CBS News]]|access-date=January 16, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108163749/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-electoral-college-vote-certified-by-congress/|archive-date=January 8, 2017}}</ref>