Donald Trump drastically scaled back plans for his inauguration as hotel occupancies stalled just days ahead of his return to the White House.The president-elect was infamously touchy about the crowd size at his first inauguration in 2017, and hotel occupancy rates in Washington, D.C., are hovering...

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Donald Trump has scaled back his second inauguration plans, moving the ceremony indoors to the Capitol Rotunda due to bitterly cold weather and lower-than-expected hotel occupancy rates in Washington, D.C.

Attendance for second-term inaugurations typically declines, with hotel occupancy at 74% compared to higher rates in 2017.

  • CitizenKong@lemmy.world
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    14 hours ago

    And only Roosevelt was younger at 42. In comparison, Obama was 47, Bush 54, Clinton 46 and Carter 52.

    The “old fart” trend was started by Trump, who was already the oldest president at the start of his term last time. Then Biden was the oldest and now it’s Trump again.