Stage set for Trump's grand swearing-in ceremony today

Donald Trump, America's 45th president, will take oath as America's 47th president on Monday late morning eastern time (Monday night IST) in Washington DC, sealing one of the most remarkable political comebacks in recent history and inaugurating a term that promises to remake the American state and overturn the international system.

- Prashant Jha

Trump's inauguration, like much of his politics, will depart from the norm. Freezing temperatures in the US capital have forced the transition committee to shift the venue of the oath to inside the US Capitol, and his supporters will no longer congregate at the National Mall, but in the Capitol Arena, a DC stadium.

"The weather forecast for Washington, D.C., with the windchill factor, could take temperatures into severe record lows. There is an Arctic blast sweeping the Country. I don't want to see people hurt, or injured, in any way...Therefore, I have ordered the Inauguration Address, in addition to prayers and other speeches, to be delivered in the United States Capitol Rotunda," Trump had announced on Thursday.