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| Donald Trump inauguration: protesters march following swearing-in – live | Donald Trump inauguration: protesters march following swearing-in – live |
| (35 minutes later) | |
| 8.54pm GMT | |
| 20:54 | |
| White House petitioned on taxes and conflicts | |
| The White House’s website has already changed hands and dramatically changed, reflecting its new ownership under Donald J Trump. | |
| You can still find Barack Obama’s White House statements and policies on an archive, ObamaWhiteHouse.gov, but Trump’s new White House site has nothing to say so far about civil rights, LGBT rights, healthcare or climate change. The Human Rights Campaign was quick to denounce Trump’s silence. | |
| “If President Trump truly believes in uniting the country, now is the time to make clear whether he will be an ally to the LGBTQ community in our struggle for full equality,” said HRC President Chad Griffin. “We are prepared to do whatever it takes to protect our community and our progress” | |
| The new White House dot gov only has six “issues” listed so far. A pledge to aggressively pursue natural gas and oil drilling; an “America first” foreign policy; a pledge to restore manufacturing jobs; a pledge to restore the military’s strength; a promise to renegotiate trade deals; and a section about “standing up for our law enforcement community” that speaks vaguely about how Trump does not want “to make life more comfortable for the rioter, the looter, or the violent disrupter”. | |
| Concerned Americans (one might even call them disrupters) have already taken to the White House petition page with two requests to the president: | |
| Updated | |
| at 8.57pm GMT | |
| 8.41pm GMT | |
| 20:41 | |
| Meanwhile, the inaugural parade has crawled to a start. Surrounded by his now permanent retinue of secret service agents, Donald Trump has entered a black SUV limousine in front of the steps of Congress. | |
| The limo, known during Barack Obama’s presidency as the Beast, is getting in place amidst the security and fanfare of the parade vehicles. | |
| 8.34pm GMT | |
| 20:34 | |
| Back out on the streets of Washington, protests appear to have heavily outnumbered Trump supporters, both in people and signage. My colleague David Smith reports that in one spat, two black women screamed “fuck Donald Trump” at four white men in Trump-themed attire. They shouted back an allusion to a billionaire liberal who often appears in online conspiracy theories, “Who’s paying you, George Soros?” | |
| There are several running themes among the signs. | |
| “Trump is the Epitome of the Ugly American” | |
| A cartoon Trump face with swastikas in his eyes, ears and mouth | |
| A Hitler-mustachioed Trump with the words “Grab this” | |
| A sign reading “my pussy is not up for grabs” | |
| Another: “Putin’s Puppet, sexual predator, liar” | |
| “Not Locker Room Talk” | |
| “Fuck Trump & White Supremacy” and “The Emperor Has No Clothes” | |
| “Facts Matter” | |
| “Please Stop Tweeting, You’re Embarrassing Me” – and the Statue of Liberty, hands over her eyes | |
| “Dear Future Generations: We’re Sorry.” | |
| pic.twitter.com/mAlBym9yDG | |
| A lonely Trump supporter complains about the protests: “This is history. It’s not about the man, it’s about the pageantry.” | |
| There are some Trump supporters on this part of Pennsylvania Avenue but they appear heavily outnumbered by protesters pic.twitter.com/mTFpBVuiVV | |
| And my colleague Lauren Gambino, also out on the streets, sees a third display of Americana of a totally different tenor than the Trump supporters and the Trump protesters. | |
| Vendor tells me she's sold more Obama merchandise today than Trump ones. pic.twitter.com/vS0yckoWUr | |
| Updated | |
| at 8.35pm GMT | |
| 8.13pm GMT | 8.13pm GMT |
| 20:13 | 20:13 |
| Trump kept his remarks at the luncheon short, joking that nobody wants to hear him talk anymore. | Trump kept his remarks at the luncheon short, joking that nobody wants to hear him talk anymore. |
| But he did reserve special praise for “my generals”, whom he noticed had been approved of even by Senate Democrats. | But he did reserve special praise for “my generals”, whom he noticed had been approved of even by Senate Democrats. |
| In inaugural lunch, Trump praises his generals on their looks - "right out of central casting" | In inaugural lunch, Trump praises his generals on their looks - "right out of central casting" |
| National security editor Spencer Ackerman wrote up profiles of both those generals, Pentagon chief James “Mad Dog” Mattis and Homeland Security pick John Kelly, shortly after their nominations. Mattis received a waiver from the Senate to serve in government so soon after he retired from active service. | National security editor Spencer Ackerman wrote up profiles of both those generals, Pentagon chief James “Mad Dog” Mattis and Homeland Security pick John Kelly, shortly after their nominations. Mattis received a waiver from the Senate to serve in government so soon after he retired from active service. |
| 8.05pm GMT | 8.05pm GMT |
| 20:05 | 20:05 |
| Trump asks Clinton to stand up | Trump asks Clinton to stand up |
| President Trump has risen to speak at the Capitol luncheon. | President Trump has risen to speak at the Capitol luncheon. |
| “I was very very honored when I heard that Bill Clinton and secretary Hillary Clinton was coming today. I think it’s very important. And I’d like you to stand up. I’d like you to stand up,” he says. | “I was very very honored when I heard that Bill Clinton and secretary Hillary Clinton was coming today. I think it’s very important. And I’d like you to stand up. I’d like you to stand up,” he says. |
| The Clintons stand. Everybody stands. The crowd claps. | The Clintons stand. Everybody stands. The crowd claps. |
| “And honestly, there’s nothing more I can say, because I have great respect for those two people,” Trump says. | “And honestly, there’s nothing more I can say, because I have great respect for those two people,” Trump says. |
| “Our cabinet is lined up and ready. I know Chuck’s eventually going to approve them... | “Our cabinet is lined up and ready. I know Chuck’s eventually going to approve them... |
| “We all want the same thing. It doesn’t matter whether we’re Democrat or Republican, we’re all going to get along.” | “We all want the same thing. It doesn’t matter whether we’re Democrat or Republican, we’re all going to get along.” |
| That’s it from Trump. The lunch is over. | That’s it from Trump. The lunch is over. |
| Next up: a parade. | Next up: a parade. |
| Updated | |
| at 8.31pm GMT | |
| 8.02pm GMT | 8.02pm GMT |
| 20:02 | 20:02 |
| Calm protesters carrying the new Shepard Fairey posters, and banners saying “build bridges, not walls”, walk near the corner of 17th and I Streets near the White House. | Calm protesters carrying the new Shepard Fairey posters, and banners saying “build bridges, not walls”, walk near the corner of 17th and I Streets near the White House. |
| Protesters marching through Washington DC near the White House pic.twitter.com/tQg6624Ttd | Protesters marching through Washington DC near the White House pic.twitter.com/tQg6624Ttd |
| 8.00pm GMT | 8.00pm GMT |
| 20:00 | 20:00 |
| More than 95 protest-related arrests | More than 95 protest-related arrests |
| Oliver Laughland | Oliver Laughland |
| Washington, DC, police have confirmed to the Guardian that more than 95 people have been arrested today for protest-related activity. Two law enforcement officers were treated for injuries described as minor. | Washington, DC, police have confirmed to the Guardian that more than 95 people have been arrested today for protest-related activity. Two law enforcement officers were treated for injuries described as minor. |
| 7.58pm GMT | 7.58pm GMT |
| 19:58 | 19:58 |
| Truly amazing | Truly amazing |
| With some truly amazing people (@KellyannePolls, #HopeHicks & #SteveBannon) from @TeamTrump on this beautiful #InaugurationDay pic.twitter.com/puYKmlbbyl | With some truly amazing people (@KellyannePolls, #HopeHicks & #SteveBannon) from @TeamTrump on this beautiful #InaugurationDay pic.twitter.com/puYKmlbbyl |
| 7.54pm GMT | 7.54pm GMT |
| 19:54 | 19:54 |
| Amanda Holpuch | Amanda Holpuch |
| Planes, trains and buses full of women are headed to Washington DC ahead of tomorrow’s Women’s March on Washington. | Planes, trains and buses full of women are headed to Washington DC ahead of tomorrow’s Women’s March on Washington. |
| THIS IS WHAT a plane full of women who are ready to resist the Trump agenda LOOKS LIKE pic.twitter.com/jqLPNE9VOh | THIS IS WHAT a plane full of women who are ready to resist the Trump agenda LOOKS LIKE pic.twitter.com/jqLPNE9VOh |
| Friedman added: “shout to the lone dude in 26c.” | Friedman added: “shout to the lone dude in 26c.” |
| @annfriedman @JessicaValenti my flight from SFO yesterday morning was like 75% women and it was amazing. So fired up. | @annfriedman @JessicaValenti my flight from SFO yesterday morning was like 75% women and it was amazing. So fired up. |
| The mostly-female train I was deboarded at Union Station at the same time crowds of Trump supporters are filing in. No one is pleased. | The mostly-female train I was deboarded at Union Station at the same time crowds of Trump supporters are filing in. No one is pleased. |
| At least 1,200 buses have been issued parking permits for Saturday, while only 393 had been issued for Inauguration day, as of last Friday. | At least 1,200 buses have been issued parking permits for Saturday, while only 393 had been issued for Inauguration day, as of last Friday. |
| I'm on a bus full of women from OK heading 2 DC. #PussyGatsGalore. We met a bus from NM and they shared hats. We have some 2 share 2! https://t.co/OzjAq06E3U | I'm on a bus full of women from OK heading 2 DC. #PussyGatsGalore. We met a bus from NM and they shared hats. We have some 2 share 2! https://t.co/OzjAq06E3U |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 7.58pm GMT | at 7.58pm GMT |
| 7.50pm GMT | 7.50pm GMT |
| 19:50 | 19:50 |
| The chant in the street has become “who do you protect? who do you serve?” The protest crowd has visibly changed to include many non-black-clad protesters. | The chant in the street has become “who do you protect? who do you serve?” The protest crowd has visibly changed to include many non-black-clad protesters. |
| “You don’t understand the constitution!” one protester yells. “Look at yourselves!” | “You don’t understand the constitution!” one protester yells. “Look at yourselves!” |
| Another chant: | Another chant: |
| “Who do you protect? Who do you serve?” | “Who do you protect? Who do you serve?” |
| 7.46pm GMT | 7.46pm GMT |
| 19:46 | 19:46 |
| 'American carnage': Trump's vision casts shadow over day of pageantry | 'American carnage': Trump's vision casts shadow over day of pageantry |
| Ed Pilkington | Ed Pilkington |
| At the stroke of noon, as is the American way, power passed from one man to another man. And with that passing of the baton from Barack Obama to Donald Trump, made manifest in a 35-word oath, the country was changed beyond recognition as the new president offered a dark vision of his nation and the world. | At the stroke of noon, as is the American way, power passed from one man to another man. And with that passing of the baton from Barack Obama to Donald Trump, made manifest in a 35-word oath, the country was changed beyond recognition as the new president offered a dark vision of his nation and the world. |
| The new 45th president of the United States coined the sinister phrase “American carnage” to vividly conjure an image of inner cities he said were afflicted by crime, a political elite that had forgotten ordinary people, and a landscape of rusted factories like tombstones. | The new 45th president of the United States coined the sinister phrase “American carnage” to vividly conjure an image of inner cities he said were afflicted by crime, a political elite that had forgotten ordinary people, and a landscape of rusted factories like tombstones. |
| And with Hillary Clinton watching only a few painful feet away, Trump left no one in any doubt that he intends to unleash what he called a new vision of “America first” on the world, delivering a brutal and unrepentant speech that made little attempt to soothe the world or begin the healing of an agitated and anxious nation. | And with Hillary Clinton watching only a few painful feet away, Trump left no one in any doubt that he intends to unleash what he called a new vision of “America first” on the world, delivering a brutal and unrepentant speech that made little attempt to soothe the world or begin the healing of an agitated and anxious nation. |
| Trump delivered a 16-minute inaugural speech that more closely resembled his thunderous addresses from the campaign trail than the oratorical heights of his predecessors, berating the Washington elites of both parties for ignoring the American people and allowing inner cities to fester in “crime and gangs and drugs”. | Trump delivered a 16-minute inaugural speech that more closely resembled his thunderous addresses from the campaign trail than the oratorical heights of his predecessors, berating the Washington elites of both parties for ignoring the American people and allowing inner cities to fester in “crime and gangs and drugs”. |
| “The American carnage stops right here, right now,” he said. “From this day forward a new vision will govern our land. From this day forward it’s going to be only America first. America first.” | “The American carnage stops right here, right now,” he said. “From this day forward a new vision will govern our land. From this day forward it’s going to be only America first. America first.” |
| Read further: | Read further: |
| 7.44pm GMT | 7.44pm GMT |
| 19:44 | 19:44 |
| Hillary Clinton stands stoic | Hillary Clinton stands stoic |
| Amanda Holpuch | Amanda Holpuch |
| If she was thinking it should have been her, she certainly didn’t show it. | If she was thinking it should have been her, she certainly didn’t show it. |
| Hillary Clinton stood stoic on Friday as the man she defeated by 2.9m votes took the oath of office. She was steadfast, just as she had been in the presidential debates where the soon-to-be victor, Donald J Trump, threatened repeatedly to jail her. | Hillary Clinton stood stoic on Friday as the man she defeated by 2.9m votes took the oath of office. She was steadfast, just as she had been in the presidential debates where the soon-to-be victor, Donald J Trump, threatened repeatedly to jail her. |
| She was not rattled as chants of “lock her up” emanated from the crowd below the inauguration podium, and betrayed no emotion as Trump, who defeated her with an electoral college win, declared an end to the era of politicians who were “all talk and no action”. | She was not rattled as chants of “lock her up” emanated from the crowd below the inauguration podium, and betrayed no emotion as Trump, who defeated her with an electoral college win, declared an end to the era of politicians who were “all talk and no action”. |
| The seating arrangements kept Clinton off camera through most of the ceremony, when the focus was instead on Trump, across the aisle, and Barack Obama, who sat one row ahead of her, to the right. | The seating arrangements kept Clinton off camera through most of the ceremony, when the focus was instead on Trump, across the aisle, and Barack Obama, who sat one row ahead of her, to the right. |
| Read further: | Read further: |
| 7.43pm GMT | 7.43pm GMT |
| 19:43 | 19:43 |
| “Stingball grenades” | “Stingball grenades” |
| Update: cop says the devices making those loud booms are called stingball grenades | Update: cop says the devices making those loud booms are called stingball grenades |
| 7.39pm GMT | 7.39pm GMT |
| 19:39 | 19:39 |
| “Not mayhem in the streets”: | “Not mayhem in the streets”: |
| To be clear, confrontations w/police are in narrow set of blocks downtown. Not mayhem in the streets. Nothing on CapHill #Inauguration | To be clear, confrontations w/police are in narrow set of blocks downtown. Not mayhem in the streets. Nothing on CapHill #Inauguration |
| but that one is happening: | but that one is happening: |
| Fire on K Street growing pic.twitter.com/6rmruyjhVz | Fire on K Street growing pic.twitter.com/6rmruyjhVz |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 7.40pm GMT | at 7.40pm GMT |
| 7.38pm GMT | 7.38pm GMT |
| 19:38 | 19:38 |
| There’s a pretty good fire going now in a pile of trash cans surrounded by protesters and a lot of cameras. | There’s a pretty good fire going now in a pile of trash cans surrounded by protesters and a lot of cameras. |
| 7.30pm GMT | 7.30pm GMT |
| 19:30 | 19:30 |
| One flash-bang device after another now. The clash between protesters – it’s unclear how many protesters are sticking with this stage of the clashes – and police – there are hundreds of police – feels a bit hotter. Live stream here. | One flash-bang device after another now. The clash between protesters – it’s unclear how many protesters are sticking with this stage of the clashes – and police – there are hundreds of police – feels a bit hotter. Live stream here. |
| “Go back to East Germany!” one protester yells. | “Go back to East Germany!” one protester yells. |
| “You’re gonna feel great under Trump, boys,” yells another. “Fascists!” | “You’re gonna feel great under Trump, boys,” yells another. “Fascists!” |
| 7.19pm GMT | 7.19pm GMT |
| 19:19 | 19:19 |
| What’s next for the Obamas? Follow the Obama foundation YouTube channel to find out. The first video is already up: | What’s next for the Obamas? Follow the Obama foundation YouTube channel to find out. The first video is already up: |
| 7.18pm GMT | 7.18pm GMT |
| 19:18 | 19:18 |
| Lauren Gambino | Lauren Gambino |
| Amanda Salvage had some advice for the new president: | Amanda Salvage had some advice for the new president: |
| “Stimulate the economy. Create new jobs and stay off Twitter.” | “Stimulate the economy. Create new jobs and stay off Twitter.” |
| Salvage, who wore a transparent poncho over a chic blue coat, said she was pleasantly surprised by how calm the event was. Given the tense atmosphere in the rest of the city, she expected more disruptions. | Salvage, who wore a transparent poncho over a chic blue coat, said she was pleasantly surprised by how calm the event was. Given the tense atmosphere in the rest of the city, she expected more disruptions. |
| In the end, only a handful of protesters managed to enter the event and their impact was relatively small. Salvage is optimistic that Trump will be able to bring the divided nation together. | In the end, only a handful of protesters managed to enter the event and their impact was relatively small. Salvage is optimistic that Trump will be able to bring the divided nation together. |
| “I’m hopeful, I really am,” she said. | “I’m hopeful, I really am,” she said. |
| 7.16pm GMT | 7.16pm GMT |
| 19:16 | 19:16 |
| Here’s our coverage of the Washington, DC, street protests, with new files coming soon: | Here’s our coverage of the Washington, DC, street protests, with new files coming soon: |