Summary
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.
That’s the problem with surrounding yourself with billionnaire sycophants: there’s only so many billionnaires to create a crowd. But it’s much easier to make it look like a bigger crowd in an enclosed space.
It’s too bad the weather provides a genuine excuse to move the proceedings indoors, because even if it was 70 degrees, he’d still do it and then it would be obvious why.
People are posting pictures of Kennedy’s inauguration, where it was 22F and he wore just a regular suit with no coat.
Edit: pic: https://i.imgur.com/TIIOOAd.jpg
He wasn’t a doddering old man. He was almost half Trump’s age.