Trump Visits Arlington National Cemetery On Eve Of Inauguration

President-elect Donald Trump visited Arlington National Cemetery on Sunday on the eve of his second inauguration.

Trump’s visit to Arlington marks the first time he has visited the solemn site since he attended a wreath-laying ceremony in honor of the 13 service members who died during the withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021.

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Trump visited the cemetery to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. After leaving Arlington, Trump is scheduled to rally with supporters at Capital One Arena. Later Sunday evening, Trump is expected to speak at a candlelight dinner.

Trump returned to Washington, D.C., on Saturday after a round of golf at his club in Sterling, Virginia. The president-elect spent the night at the Blair House, the official guest residence of the U.S. president on Pennsylvania Avenue, in line with tradition.

The festivities and ceremony will continue tomorrow on Inauguration Day. Trump will be sworn into office in the Capitol building after frigid temperatures expected in the nation’s capital pushed the ceremony indoors. The traditional parade was canceled.

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Trump’s aides are considering instead to have the president-elect make his first official actions of his second term, signing a slate of executive orders, from a stage in Capital One Arena, according to The New York Times.

One of those orders will be a stay on a ban of the Chinese-owned social media app TikTok from the U.S. Trump has sworn to hold off banning the app temporarily to give TikTok’s parent company Bytedance time to sell the platform to comply with legislation targeting the app’s Chinese ownership.

“I’m asking companies not to let TikTok stay dark! I will issue an executive order on Monday to extend the period of time before the law’s prohibitions take effect, so that we can make a deal to protect our national security. The order will also confirm that there will be no liability for any company that helped keep TikTok from going dark before my order,” Trump announced in a post on Truth Social on Sunday.