MAGA garbage truck takes part in Trump’s inauguration parade
Loadmaster Vice President Andrew Brisson shares details about the garbage truck featured in President-elect Donald Trump’s viral campaign moment and its role in the inaugural parade on ‘Fox & Friends.’
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On January 20, 2025, at 12:00 noon, Donald J. Trump will be sworn in as the 47th President of the United States. He will be only the second president to serve non-consecutive terms, with Grover Cleveland being the first. Cleveland’s fate was the result of the public’s buyer’s remorse. He was first elected in 1884 and was defeated in 1888 by Benjamin Harrison, whose economic policies proved to be a disaster. Harrison was so weak that Cleveland saw an opportunity to win back the White House. In 1892 he was re-elected.
On Monday, Trump will repeat Cleveland’s rare act as he shows up for the inauguration on one of the coldest days of the year in Washington, DC. Trump announced that the ceremony would take place moved indoors to the Capitol Rotundawith live viewing for up to 20,000 people at the Capital One Arena. Although more than 200,000 people have tickets for the inauguration, most of them will be watching on screens along with the rest of America. Only a handful of times has harsh weather forced ceremonies to take place indoors, most recently during Ronald Reagan’s second inauguration in 1985, when the temperature reached seven degrees in the afternoon.
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Inauguration Day is the performance of a constitutionally mandated ritual, our way of fulfilling the promise of democracy every four years. Its traditions, largely devoid of politics, are loved by the public regardless of who lays hands on the Bible. Every four years, this occasion is a festive recognition of what unites us. Americans tend to put aside their differences and focus on our sustainable democracy. Hard feelings may linger after the election, but the opening celebration transcends these divisions, if only for a day.
John F. Kennedy’s inauguration speech provided a memorable quote as President-elect Trump prepares to take the oath of office for the second time.
It begins in the late morning, when it is tradition for the incoming president and his wife to be welcomed to the White House for tea with the outgoing president and his wife. The Bidens will host the Trumps on January 20. This tea, another example of the peaceful transfer of power, can be tricky when winners and losers come together in those final moments. The Trumps skipped it altogether in 2021, but photos of various transitions show plenty of stiff smiles. Everyone studies the photos for body language clues, but the bottom line is that this happens most of the time. Americans like to see leaders of different parties get along, even superficially. Note the explosive reactions in the press and on social media Trump and Obama smile and chat at Jimmy Carter’s funeral.
It is also traditional for the outgoing and incoming presidents to ride to the Capitol together. Trump and Obama drove together on Trump’s first inauguration day in 2017. It is unknown whether Biden and Trump will share a car this time.
The inauguration ceremony itself will follow tradition, with all four living presidents – Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Joe Biden – attending. Occupying places of honor alongside Cabinet officials and high-ranking guests will be some new faces for the occasion: a collection of the country’s most powerful technology leaders, including Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Cook and TikTok CEO Shou Zi Kauwen.
Everyone is looking forward to the inauguration speech, which will set the tone for the new government. Over the centuries, signature lines have become memorable, long after a president has come and gone. What makes a statement memorable is how well it reflects the enduring spirit of America. For example, Thomas Jefferson’s statement that “any difference of opinion is not a difference of principle.” Or Abraham Lincoln in 1865, when the Civil War was in its final, bloodiest period, when he offered this remarkable olive branch: “With malice toward none, with charity toward all, with steadfastness in what is good, as God shows us good , let us strive to finish the work we are doing, to bind up the wounds of the nation, to care for him who will have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all that a just and sustainable can achieve and cherish peace among us and with all nations.”
Facing a nation shattered by the Great Depression, Franklin Roosevelt attempted to forge a new resolve in these words: “Let me, then, first of all, assert my firm conviction that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself –nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror that paralyzes the necessary efforts to turn retreat into progress.’ John F. Kennedy uttered what was perhaps the most famous opening line of all: “Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country. your country.”
Technology leaders including Elon Musk, Shou Zi Chew, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg will attend Trump’s inauguration on Monday. (ETIENNE LAURENTBAY ISMOYOMARK RALSTONANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP/Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
In Reagan’s first inaugural address, he laid out the guiding principle of American greatness in the world: “Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.”
Reports of the Trump transition indicate that Trump will set a positive tone for his second inauguration, and if he does, he will receive a positive public response. On this holy day, Americans want their leaders to speak about what is right with America.
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There will be a parade following the ceremony, which has also been moved to the Capital One Arena. The inaugural parade, which has been a custom since the country’s early days, is an opportunity to combine the celebration with a showcase of the best of American life, with marching bands, floats and exhibits representing the states. American sacrifice and courage will be on display in military units, police and fire departments.
This year’s parade will also feature first responders from Butler County, Pennsylvania, the site of an assassination attempt on Donald Trump in July. They will pay tribute to Buffalo Township’s fallen fire chief Corey Comperatorewho was shot that day.
Finally, it is common for the outgoing president to leave a personal note for his successor in a drawer of the Oval Office desk. The tradition started with Ronald Reagan, who left a personal letter for George HW Bush. Bush then did the same for Bill Clinton, writing, “Your success is now our country’s success. I’m rooting hard for you.”
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When President Trump entered the White House for his first term, he found a note written by Barak Obama: “Millions have pinned their hopes on you, and all of us, regardless of party, must hope for greater prosperity and security during your term of office.”
Trump left a note for Joe Biden in 2021, which Biden said was “a very generous letter.” Now Joe Biden will leave a note for Trump. And the great cycle of American life continues.
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