Inauguration of Donald Trump

=== Post-ceremony events ===
After the inaugural ceremony, President Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and Second Lady Karen Pence escorted former president Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama to a departure ceremony on the east side of the U.S. Capitol. The Trumps exchanged remarks and bid farewell to the Obamas at the base of the helicopter that would transport them to [[Joint Base Andrews]], and then returned to the steps of the Capitol building where they waved as the Obamas' helicopter took off. Meanwhile, the Bidens took a limousine to [[Union Station (Washington, D.C.)|Union Station]] where they boarded a train for [[Wilmington, Delaware]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Fishman|first=Margie|date=January 20, 2017|title=Joe Biden leaves D.C. on -- what else? -- Amtrak|work=The (Wilmington, Del.) News Journal|url=https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/politics/2017/01/20/biden-returns-delaware-amtrak-inauguration/96840088/|access-date=June 26, 2021}}</ref> Before the luncheon and in keeping with tradition, President Trump signed his first presidential orders in the [[President's Room]] at the Capitol,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/2017/live-updates/politics/live-coverage-of-trumps-inauguration/trump-signs-documents-to-formalize-his-new-role/ |title=Trump signs documents to formalize his new role |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=January 23, 2017 |date=January 20, 2017 |author=Hedgpeth, Dana |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170120205105/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/2017/live-updates/politics/live-coverage-of-trumps-inauguration/trump-signs-documents-to-formalize-his-new-role/ |archive-date=January 20, 2017 }}</ref> and then signed the guest book for the luncheon.

[[File:58th Presidential Inauguration Marianique Santos 21.jpg|left|thumb|President and Mrs. Trump bidding farewell to former president and Mrs. Obama on the East Front of the U.S. Capitol]]
Next, Trump signed orders to officially present the nominations for his [[United States Cabinet|Cabinet]] and several sub‑Cabinet officials to the [[United States Senate|Senate]] for [[List of positions filled by presidential appointment with Senate confirmation|confirmation]].<ref name="signing">{{cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/20/politics/donald-trump-first-law-actions/ |title=President Donald Trump signs first bill into law |author=Kopan, Tal |work=[[CNN]]|access-date=January 23, 2017 |date=January 20, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170123063737/http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/20/politics/donald-trump-first-law-actions |archive-date=January 23, 2017 }}</ref> His first bill that he signed into law was a waiver of the [[National Security Act of 1947]] granted to him that allowed the nomination of retired general [[James Mattis]] to be nominated for the position of [[United States Secretary of Defense|United States secretary of defense]].<ref name="dlamothe1">{{cite news|last1=Lamothe|first1=Dan|title=Trump has chosen retired Marine Gen. James Mattis for secretary of defense|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-has-chosen-retired-marine-gen-james-mattis-for-secretary-of-defense/2016/12/01/6c6b3b74-aff9-11e6-be1c-8cec35b1ad25_story.html|access-date=December 1, 2016|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=December 1, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201214008/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-has-chosen-retired-marine-gen-james-mattis-for-secretary-of-defense/2016/12/01/6c6b3b74-aff9-11e6-be1c-8cec35b1ad25_story.html|archive-date=December 1, 2016}}</ref> The National Security Act of 1947 requires a seven-year waiting period before retired military personnel can assume the role of Secretary of Defense.<ref name="dlamothe1" /> Mattis became only the second secretary of defense to receive such a waiver, following [[George Marshall]], who served under President [[Harry S. Truman]].<ref name="dlamothe1" /> Following in tradition, Trump used various commemorative pens to sign the Cabinet nominations, and distributed them among the lawmakers and guests that had gathered. The pens are traditionally given as a gift to politicians or individuals touched by the action, or were instrumental in its implementation.<ref name="signing" />

Trump also signed a proclamation declaring his inauguration a National Day of Patriotic Devotion.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/01/what-does-trumps-day-of-patriotic-devotion-really-mean/514196/|title=What Does Trump's 'Day of Patriotic Devotion' Really Mean?|first=Andrew|last=McGill|work=[[The Atlantic]]|publisher=[[Atlantic Media]]|date=January 23, 2017|access-date=February 6, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207113125/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/01/what-does-trumps-day-of-patriotic-devotion-really-mean/514196/|archive-date=February 7, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/23/trump-declares-national-day-of-patriotic-devotionbut-you-already-missed-it.html|title=Trump declares National Day of Patriotic Devotion...but you already missed it|first=Christine|last=Wang|work=[[CNBC]]|publisher=[[NBCUniversal]]|location=[[Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey]]|date=January 23, 2017|access-date=February 6, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206024918/http://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/23/trump-declares-national-day-of-patriotic-devotionbut-you-already-missed-it.html|archive-date=February 6, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/01/24/2017-01798/national-day-of-patriotic-devotion|title=National Day of Patriotic Devotion, 2017 Proclamation|work=[[Federal Register]]|publisher=[[National Archives and Records Administration]]|location=[[Washington, D.C.]]|language=en|date=January 20, 2017|access-date=February 6, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202031259/https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/01/24/2017-01798/national-day-of-patriotic-devotion|archive-date=February 2, 2017}}</ref> In this he followed Barack Obama, who [[First inauguration of Barack Obama#Post-ceremony traditions|declared his]] a National Day of Renewal and Reconciliation,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/01/23/trump-names-his-inauguration-day-a-national-day-of-patriotic-devotion/|title=Trump names his Inauguration Day a 'National Day of Patriotic Devotion'|first=Amy|last=Phillip|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|location=[[Washington, D.C.]]|date=January 23, 2017|access-date=February 6, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208061646/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/01/23/trump-names-his-inauguration-day-a-national-day-of-patriotic-devotion/|archive-date=February 8, 2017}}</ref> and previous declarations of periods of patriotism by such former presidents as [[Jimmy Carter]] and [[Ronald Reagan]].<ref name="timesign">{{cite magazine |url=http://time.com/4641112/trump-patriotism-day-history/ |title=Donald Trump's National Celebration of Patriotism Won't Be the First |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |access-date=January 23, 2017 |date=January 20, 2017 |author=Rothman, Lily |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170123061525/http://time.com/4641112/trump-patriotism-day-history/ |archive-date=January 23, 2017 }}</ref>

Trump was accompanied at the signing ceremony by his wife, and children, and several of his grandchildren, as well as the chairs of the Joint Congressional Inauguration Committee, including senators Roy Blunt, Mitch McConnell and Chuck Schumer, and Congressional leaders Paul Ryan, Kevin McCarthy and Nancy Pelosi.<ref name="timesign" /> During the ceremony, the lawmakers joked with President Trump, he handed pens to participants (e.g. [[Elaine Chao]]'s nomination pen to [[Nancy Pelosi]], Trump stating, because "they were both women") and then traded pens in an offer to give, not as an ask to receive ([[Nancy Pelosi]] gave Elaine Chao's nomination pen to Chao's husband, [[Mitch McConnell]]).<ref name="timesign" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UXYMPTdC40|title=Donald Trump inauguration day|last=[[The Guardian|Guardian Wires]]|date=January 21, 2017|access-date=February 2, 2017|via=YouTube|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202150430/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UXYMPTdC40|archive-date=February 2, 2017}} ([[Press pool|Press]] [[Pool feed]])</ref> The Trumps and Pences then attended an inaugural luncheon at the U.S. Capitol before traveling from there to the presidential reviewing stand at the White House to watch the parade.<ref name="menu" /><ref name="parade" />
[[File:Trump first day as President.jpg|thumb|President Trump signing his first official orders as president, including nominating his Cabinet]]