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On the ground: Sights and sounds of Inauguration Day 2025

By Matt Kaufax

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With no outdoor inauguration parade, a wave of Trump supporters and characters instead marched through the streets of D.C. on Inauguration Day.

All of the inauguration festivities for the 47th President Donald Trump were moved indoors at the last minute, forcing crowds to brave freezing temperatures, heightened security and general confusion just to be a part of the action.

WTOP’s Matt Kaufax was on the ground in Downtown D.C. to capture the sights and sounds of Inauguration Day, which included a massive pile of baggage left at the security checkpoint heading into Capital One Arena.

Check out his video to find out what Trump supporters, locals and business owners had to say about the atmosphere in D.C. as President Trump was sworn in for a second term.

Trump overturned decades of US trade policy in 2025. See the impact of his tariffs, in four charts

By The Associated Press
Since returning to the White House in January, President Donald Trump has overturned decades of U.S. trade policy — building a wall of tariffs around what used to be a wide open economy. His double-digit taxes on imports from almost every country have disrupted global commerce and strained the budgets of consumers and businesses worldwide. They have also raised tens of billions of dollars for the U.S. Treasury. Trump has argued that his steep new import taxes are necessary to bring back wealth that was “stolen” from the U.S. He says they will narrow America's decades-old trade deficit and bring manufacturing back to the country. But upending the global supply chain has proven costly for households facing rising prices. The taxes are paid by importers who typically attempt to pass along the higher costs to their customers. That includes businesses and ultimately, U.S. households. And the erratic way the president rolled out his tariffs — announcing them, then suspending or altering them before conjuring up new ones — made 2025 one of the most turbulent economic years in recent memory.
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