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Do not fill this in! == Crowd size == <!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:Inauguration crowd size comparison between Trump 2017 and Obama 2009.jpg|thumb|Photographic comparison of crowd size between Trump's 2017 inauguration, left (taken at 12:01 p.m.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-inauguration-image-idUSKBN1572VU|title=Crowd controversy: The making of an Inauguration Day photo|agency=[[Reuters]]|date=January 23, 2017|access-date=July 13, 2017|first=Daniel|last=Trotta|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170626001104/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-inauguration-image-idUSKBN1572VU|archive-date=June 26, 2017}}</ref>), and Barack Obama's first inauguration in 2009, right]] --> {| class="wikitable sortable floatright" style="text-align:right;" |+ '''Attendance at presidential inaugurations per ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]''<ref name="Pretty Average"/>''' |- ! Year || Attendance |- | [[First inauguration of Bill Clinton|Clinton (1993)]] || 800,000 |- | [[Second inauguration of Bill Clinton|Clinton (1997)]] || 250,000 |- | [[First inauguration of George W. Bush|G. W. Bush (2001)]] || 300,000 |- | [[Second inauguration of George W. Bush|G. W. Bush (2005)]] || 400,000 |- | [[First inauguration of Barack Obama|Obama (2009)]] || 1,800,000 |- | [[Second inauguration of Barack Obama|Obama (2013)]] || 1,000,000 |- | Trump (2017) || 600,000 |- |- class="sortbottom" |} Before the event, federal and local agencies had prepared for turnout of between 700,000 and 900,000 people.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newsweek.com/trump-inauguration-numbers-how-many-attended-545467|title=Inauguration and Women's March, By The Numbers|work=[[Newsweek]]|date=January 21, 2017|access-date=January 22, 2017|last=Kutner|first=Max|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170123182234/http://europe.newsweek.com/trump-inauguration-numbers-how-many-attended-545467?rm=eu|archive-date=January 23, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Trump-Inauguration-Crowd-Estimates-410559995.html|title=How Many People Will Attend Trump's Inauguration? Why to Take Turnout Estimates With a Grain of Salt|publisher=NBC|date=January 13, 2017|access-date=January 22, 2017|last=Swalec|first=Andrea|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170122115004/http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Trump-Inauguration-Crowd-Estimates-410559995.html|archive-date=January 22, 2017}}</ref> Trump predicted that there would be "an unbelievable, perhaps record-setting turnout" at his inauguration.<ref>{{cite web|first=Ben|last=Nukols|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170213034009/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/7afad98b7d78423cbb5140fe810e3480/when-it-comes-inaugural-crowds-does-size-matter|archive-date=February 13, 2017|url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/7afad98b7d78423cbb5140fe810e3480/when-it-comes-inaugural-crowds-does-size-matter|title=Inaugural crowds sure to be huge _ but how huge?|access-date=March 16, 2017|date=January 18, 2017|work=The Big Story|publisher=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref> The [[National Park Service]] does not publish crowd estimates about events at the [[National Mall]].<ref>(1) {{cite web|first=Ben|last=Nukols|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170213034009/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/7afad98b7d78423cbb5140fe810e3480/when-it-comes-inaugural-crowds-does-size-matter|archive-date=February 13, 2017|url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/7afad98b7d78423cbb5140fe810e3480/when-it-comes-inaugural-crowds-does-size-matter|title=Inaugural crowds sure to be huge _ but how huge?|access-date=March 16, 2017|date=January 18, 2017|work=The Big Story|publisher=[[Associated Press]]|quote=The agency still estimates crowd size for its own planning purposes, but does not publicly reveal the figures.<br />"No matter what we said or did, no one ever felt we gave a fair estimate," U.S. Park Police Maj. J.J. McLaughlin, who had been in charge of coordinating crowd estimates, said in 1996 when the agency confirmed it would no longer count heads.}}<br />(2) {{cite news|last1=Smith|first1=Leef|last2=Melillo|first2=Wendy|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1996/10/13/if-its-crowd-size-you-want-park-service-says-count-it-out/0ec7dcf4-3206-48ee-b062-1459e4ddc28c/|title=If It's Crowd Size You Want, Park Service Says Count It Out; Congress Told Agency to Stop, Official Says|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|page=A.34|date=October 13, 1996|access-date=March 16, 2017}}</ref> Overhead imagery<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ford |first1=Matt |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/01/inauguration-crowd-size/514058/ |title=Trump's Press Secretary Falsely Claims: 'Largest Audience Ever to Witness an Inauguration, Period' |work=[[The Atlantic]] |date=January 21, 2017 |access-date=January 23, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170122211540/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/01/inauguration-crowd-size/514058/ |archive-date=January 22, 2017 }}</ref> and statistics on public transportation ridership from the [[Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority]] (WMATA), which operates [[Washington Metro|Metrorail]], are therefore used to estimate crowd sizes.<ref>{{cite news |first=Betsy |last=Klein |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/20/politics/donald-trump-barack-obama-inauguration-crowd-size/ |title=Comparing Donald Trump and Barack Obama's inaugural crowd sizes |work=[[CNN]] |date=January 21, 2017 |access-date=January 29, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129033806/http://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/20/politics/donald-trump-barack-obama-inauguration-crowd-size/ |archive-date=January 29, 2017 }}</ref> The WMATA reported that 193,000 passengers rode the Metro before 11 a.m. on the day of Trump's inauguration, and 570,557 passengers during the entire day, noting that it was lower than the average weekday ridership of 639,000 passengers.<ref name="wp-metro">{{cite news|last1=Lazo|first1=Luz|title=Metro Inauguration Day trips top 500,000, but still lowest since 2005|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dr-gridlock/wp/2017/01/21/metro-inauguration-day-trips-top-500000-but-still-lowest-since-2005/|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=January 22, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170122001936/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dr-gridlock/wp/2017/01/21/metro-inauguration-day-trips-top-500000-but-still-lowest-since-2005/|archive-date=January 22, 2017}}</ref> ''[[USA Today]]'' reported on a "notable number" of empty seats along the parade route.<ref>{{cite web|first=William|last=Cummings|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/01/20/inaugural-parade-crowd-size/96855252/|title=There were a lot of empty seats in the stands along Trump's parade route|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|access-date=January 22, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170122004127/http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/01/20/inaugural-parade-crowd-size/96855252/|archive-date=January 22, 2017}}</ref> [[File:Inauguration of Donald Trump C24oVNRWEAMnIWo.jpg|thumb|Inauguration of Donald Trump]] [[Crowd counting]] experts cited by ''[[The New York Times]]'' estimated that about 160,000 people were in the National Mall areas in the hour leading up to Trump's speech.<ref name="nyt average">{{cite news|last1=Wallace|first1=Tim|last2=Parlapiano|first2=Alicia|title=Crowd Scientists Say Women's March in Washington Had 3 Times More People Than Trump's Inauguration|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/01/22/us/politics/womens-march-trump-crowd-estimates.html|access-date=January 22, 2017|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 22, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170313210125/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/01/22/us/politics/womens-march-trump-crowd-estimates.html|archive-date=March 13, 2017}}</ref> Crowd science professor Keith Still estimated the total attendance at 300,000 to 600,000 people, or one-third the estimated 1.1 million to 1.8 million people that attended [[First inauguration of Barack Obama|Obama's 2009 inauguration]]<ref name="Pretty Average"/><ref>{{cite web|last=Meyer|first=Robinson|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/01/how-will-we-know-trumps-inaugural-crowd-size/513938/|title=How Will We Know Trump's Inaugural Crowd Size?|work=[[The Atlantic]]|date=January 20, 2017|access-date=July 13, 2017|quote=This is how the estimate for the 2009 inauguration was reached. Stephen Doig, a professor at Arizona State University, consulted a satellite image released by the company DigitalGlobe and concluded that about 1.1 million people had watched the ceremonies from the National Mall. But the D.C. government, working off the same satellite image and the reports of federal and municipals employees, arrived at a much larger figure: 1.8 million.|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170224152138/https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/01/how-will-we-know-trumps-inaugural-crowd-size/513938/|archive-date=February 24, 2017}}</ref><ref name="telegraph-crowd">{{cite news|last1=Millward|first1=David|title=Trump inauguration turnout dwarfed by Obama in 2009|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/20/trump-inauguration-turnout-dwarfed-obama-2009/|website=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=January 20, 2017 |access-date=January 22, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170122055227/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/20/trump-inauguration-turnout-dwarfed-obama-2009/|archive-date=January 22, 2017}}</ref> β which set a record for the total number of people in the [[National Mall]] at any one given time,<ref name="Ranked">{{cite news | last1=Gillin | first1=John | title=Inaugural Crowd Sizes Ranked | url=http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2017/jan/20/inaugural-crowd-sizes-ranked/ | date=January 20, 2017 | work=[[PolitiFact.com]] | access-date=January 21, 2017 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170122002158/http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2017/jan/20/inaugural-crowd-sizes-ranked/ | archive-date=January 22, 2017}}</ref> and which marked the inauguration of the nation's first African American president.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/photos-president-trumps-inauguration-crowd-vs-president-obamas/ |title=President Trump's inauguration crowd was smaller than Obama's |work=[[CBS News]] |author=Adams, Cydney |access-date=January 22, 2017 |date=January 20, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170122121143/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/photos-president-trumps-inauguration-crowd-vs-president-obamas/ |archive-date=January 22, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-inauguration-attendance_us_588238c7e4b070d8cad20a0d |title=The National Mall Looked Relatively Empty For Donald Trump's Inauguration |work=[[HuffPost]] |access-date=January 22, 2017 |date=January 20, 2017 |author=Reilly, Mollie |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170122124037/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-inauguration-attendance_us_588238c7e4b070d8cad20a0d |archive-date=January 22, 2017 }}</ref> [[CNN]] provided a [[gigapixel image|gigapixel]] [[panorama]] of the area.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gigapixel: The inauguration of Donald Trump|url=http://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2017/01/politics/trump-inauguration-gigapixel/|website=[[CNN]]|access-date=March 22, 2017|date=January 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316034623/http://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2017/01/politics/trump-inauguration-gigapixel/|archive-date=March 16, 2017}}</ref> === Administration response === [[File:Sean Spicer White House statement crowd size 2017-01-21.webm|thumb|thumbtime=34|[[White House Press Secretary]] [[Sean Spicer]] giving Trump administration's statement on crowd size in his January 21 press conference (extract)]] In a press conference on January 21, [[Sean Spicer]], Trump's [[White House Press Secretary|White House press secretary]], stated that the crowd "was the largest audience ever to witness an inauguration, period, both in person and around the globe", and accused the media of reporting false crowd estimates to "lessen the enthusiasm of the inauguration".<ref name="nyt-crowd">{{cite web |first1=Julie |last1=Hirschfeld Davis |first2=Matthew |last2=Rosenberg |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/21/us/politics/trump-white-house-briefing-inauguration-crowd-size.html |title=With False Claims, Trump Attacks Media on Turnout and Intelligence Rift |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=January 21, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314181933/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/21/us/politics/trump-white-house-briefing-inauguration-crowd-size.html |archive-date=March 14, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Chiacu |first1=Doina |last2=Lange |first2=Jason |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-priebus-idUSKBN1560RM |title=White House vows to fight media 'tooth and nail' over Trump coverage |work=[[Reuters]] |date=November 22, 2017 |access-date=January 22, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170122145857/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-priebus-idUSKBN1560RM |archive-date=January 22, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="tpm-spicer">{{cite web|last1=Thompson|first1=Catherine|title=Spicer Assails Media For 'Misrepresenting' Inauguration Crow|url=http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/sean-spicer-assails-media-inauguration-crowd-size|website=[[Talking Points Memo]]|date=January 21, 2017 |access-date=January 22, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170123075209/http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/sean-spicer-assails-media-inauguration-crowd-size|archive-date=January 23, 2017}}</ref> Spicer also stated that 420,000 people rode the Metro on the day of Trump's inauguration, and that only 317,000 rode on the day of Obama's.<ref name="nyt-crowd" /><ref name="tpm-spicer" /> In fact, 570,557 Metro trips were taken on the day of Trump's inauguration, compared to 1.1 million on Obama's 2009 inauguration day and 782,000 on Obama's 2013 inauguration day.<ref name="fortunetransit">{{cite news |last1=Morris |first1=David |url=https://fortune.com/2017/01/22/dc-transit-statistics-inauguration/ |title=D.C. Transit Stats Show Weak Demand During Trump Inauguration |work=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]] |date=January 22, 2017 |access-date=January 23, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170122201524/http://fortune.com/2017/01/22/dc-transit-statistics-inauguration/ |archive-date=January 22, 2017 }}</ref> Ridership at 11 a.m. was 193,000, 513,000 and 317,000 respectively.<ref name="fortunetransit" /> Numerous sources highlighted the fact that Spicer's statements were incorrect, and many accused him of intentionally misstating the figures.<ref name="nyt-crowd" /><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/01/sean-spicer-inauguration-statement-lies |title=Trump Spokesman Sean Spicer's Lecture on Media Accuracy Is Peppered With Lies |magazine=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |date=January 21, 2017 |access-date=January 22, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170122055956/http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/01/sean-spicer-inauguration-statement-lies |archive-date=January 22, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Kessler |first=Glenn |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/01/22/spicer-earns-four-pinocchios-for-a-series-of-false-claims-on-inauguration-crowd-size/ |title=Spicer earns Four Pinocchios for false claims on inauguration crowd size |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=January 22, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170122170413/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/01/22/spicer-earns-four-pinocchios-for-a-series-of-false-claims-on-inauguration-crowd-size/ |archive-date=January 22, 2017 }}</ref> In response, Donald Trump's counselor and spokesperson, [[Kellyanne Conway]], in an interview with NBC's [[Chuck Todd]], stated that Spicer merely presented "[[alternative facts]]".<ref>{{cite web |last=Jaffe |first=Alexandra |url=http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/wh-spokesman-gave-alternative-facts-inauguration-crowd-n710466 |title=Kellyanne Conway: WH Spokesman Gave 'Alternative Facts' on Inauguration Crowd |work=[[NBC News]] |access-date=January 22, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170122161236/http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/wh-spokesman-gave-alternative-facts-inauguration-crowd-n710466 |archive-date=January 22, 2017 }}</ref> Todd responded by saying "alternative facts are not facts. They're falsehoods."<ref>{{cite web |last=Blake |first=Aaron |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/01/22/kellyanne-conway-says-donald-trumps-team-has-alternate-facts-which-pretty-much-says-it-all/ |title=Kellyanne Conway says Donald Trump's team has 'alternative facts.' Which pretty much says it all. |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=January 22, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202053741/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/01/22/kellyanne-conway-says-donald-trumps-team-has-alternate-facts-which-pretty-much-says-it-all/ |archive-date=February 2, 2017 }}</ref> On January 23, Spicer admitted his error concerning WMATA ridership levels, stating that he was relying on statistics given to him, but he stood by his claim that the inauguration was the most-viewed, stating he also included online viewership in addition to in-person and television in his estimates.<ref>{{cite web | last1=Grynbaum | first1=Michael M. | title=Sean Spicer, Trump's Press Secretary, Reboots His Relationship With the Press | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/23/business/media/sean-spicer-trump-press-secretary.html | date=January 23, 2017 | work=[[The New York Times]] | access-date=January 24, 2017 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170124080831/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/23/business/media/sean-spicer-trump-press-secretary.html | archive-date=January 24, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last1=Berger | first1=Judson | title=Spicer Changes Up Format at WH Briefings, Moves to Hit Reset with Press | url=http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/23/spicer-changes-up-format-at-wh-briefings-moves-to-hit-reset-with-press.html | date=January 23, 2017 | publisher=[[Fox News Channel]] | access-date=January 24, 2017 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170124004825/http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/23/spicer-changes-up-format-at-wh-briefings-moves-to-hit-reset-with-press.html | archive-date=January 24, 2017}}</ref> Spicer's claim of the largest audience ever was still shown inaccurate as Nielsen reported 30.6 million viewers across 12 networks while Obama had 37.8 million and Ronald Reagan 41.8 million.<ref name="Tampa Bay Times">{{cite web|last1=Qiu|first1=Linda|title=Donald Trump had biggest inaugural crowd ever? Metrics don't show it|url=http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/jan/21/sean-spicer/trump-had-biggest-inaugural-crowd-ever-metrics-don/ |website=[[PolitiFact]]|publisher=Tampa Bay Times|access-date=February 7, 2017 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205200625/http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/jan/21/sean-spicer/trump-had-biggest-inaugural-crowd-ever-metrics-don/|archive-date=February 5, 2017}}</ref> As for online viewership, Spicer himself cited a figure of 16.9 million livestreams provided by CNN. However, CNN served nearly 27 million streams in 2009 for Obama's inauguration.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sutter |first1=John |title=Online inauguration videos set records |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/01/21/inauguration.online.video/ |website=[[CNN]]|access-date=June 27, 2021}}</ref> CNN reported in 2009 that 7.7 million people watched the inauguration online, while nearly 27 million watched streaming video of any sort on CNN's website on that day.<ref name="CNN 2009">{{cite web|title=Online inauguration videos set records|url=https://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/01/21/inauguration.online.video/|publisher=[[CNN]]|author=John D. Sutter|date=January 21, 2009|access-date=March 23, 2020|archive-date=March 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323062031/https://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/01/21/inauguration.online.video/|url-status=live}}</ref> NBC's livestream on YouTube of Trump's inauguration in 2017 accumulated over 8 million views within a day.<ref name="NBC YT1">{{cite news|title=The 58th Presidential Inauguration of Donald J. Trump - LIVE Friday, January 20, 2017 {{pipe}} NBC News|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prd2RfhF1tM|date=January 20, 2017|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170120083821/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prd2RfhF1tM|archive-date = January 20, 2017}}</ref><ref name="NBC YT2">{{cite news|title=The 58th Presidential Inauguration of Donald J. Trump (Full Video) {{pipe}} NBC News |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prd2RfhF1tM|date=January 21, 2017|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170121084559/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prd2RfhF1tM|archive-date = January 21, 2017}}</ref> The incoming administration briefly shut down the [[United States Department of the Interior|Interior Department]]'s Twitter accounts.<ref name="ReinTwitter" /> The [[National Park Service]]'s official Twitter account had re-tweeted two Tweets on "omissions on policy areas" on the White House website and Trump's and Obama's crowd sizes.<ref name="ReinTwitter">{{cite news |first=Lisa |last=Rein |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/01/20/interior-department-banned-from-twitter-after-retweet-of-smaller-than-usual-trump-inauguration-crowd/ |title=Interior Department reactivates Twitter accounts after shutdown following inauguration |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=January 21, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170123052729/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/01/20/interior-department-banned-from-twitter-after-retweet-of-smaller-than-usual-trump-inauguration-crowd/ |archive-date=January 23, 2017 }}</ref> An NPS spokesman issued an apology for "mistaken RTs".<ref name="ReinTwitter" /> On the morning following the inauguration, Trump telephoned acting [[National Park Service]] director Michael T. Reynolds and personally directed him to produce additional aerial photographs of the Inauguration Day crowds.<ref name="TumultyEilperin">Karen Tumulty & Juliet Eilperin, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-pressured-park-service-to-back-up-his-claims-about-inauguration-crowd/2017/01/26/12a38cb8-e3fc-11e6-ba11-63c4b4fb5a63_story.html Trump pressured Park Service to find proof for his claims about inauguration crowd] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131020024/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-pressured-park-service-to-back-up-his-claims-about-inauguration-crowd/2017/01/26/12a38cb8-e3fc-11e6-ba11-63c4b4fb5a63_story.html |date=January 31, 2017 }}, ''[[The Washington Post]]'' (January 26, 2017).</ref><ref>Michael D. Shear & Maggie Haberman, [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/26/us/politics/trump-inauguration-crowd-size-park-chief.html Trump Called National Park Chief Over Twitter Post on Inaugural Crowd] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131110038/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/26/us/politics/trump-inauguration-crowd-size-park-chief.html |date=January 31, 2017 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'' (January 26, 2017).</ref> Reynolds and the Park Service complied with the directive; the additional photos, however, "did not prove Trump's contention that the crowd size was upward of 1 million."<ref name="TumultyEilperin"/> In September 2018, documents released from a Freedom of Information Act request showed that Reynolds and the National Park Service cropped photos of the inauguration, at the direction of the President, in an attempt to make the crowd size seem larger.<ref name="guardian2" /> === Edited photos === In September 2018, a government photographer admitted that he, at Trump's request,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/06/donald-trump-inauguration-crowd-size-photos-edited|title=Trump inauguration crowd photos were edited after he intervened|first=Jon|last=Swaine|newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=September 6, 2018|via=www.theguardian.com|access-date=September 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906224633/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/06/donald-trump-inauguration-crowd-size-photos-edited|archive-date=September 6, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> edited pictures of the inauguration to make the crowd appear larger: "The photographer cropped out empty space 'where the crowd ended' for a new set of pictures requested by Trump on the first morning of his presidency, after he was angered by images showing his audience was smaller than Barack Obama's in 2009."<ref name="guardian2">{{cite news |last1=Swaine |first1=Jon |title=Trump inauguration crowd photos were edited after he intervened |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/06/donald-trump-inauguration-crowd-size-photos-edited |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=September 6, 2018 |language=en |access-date=September 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906224633/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/06/donald-trump-inauguration-crowd-size-photos-edited |archive-date=September 6, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Wallace |first1=Gregory |title=National Park Service edited inauguration photos after Trump, Spicer calls |url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/07/politics/trump-inauguration-photos/index.html |work=[[CNN]]|access-date=September 8, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180908012915/https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/07/politics/trump-inauguration-photos/index.html |archive-date=September 8, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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