President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance were sworn in on Monday in a ceremony full of meaningful symbols and hidden details.
Here’s what you may have missed during the event.
First Lady Melania Trump wore a navy coat and skirt by American designer Adam Lippes.
“The tradition of the presidential inauguration embodies the beauty of American democracy and today we had the honor to dress our first lady, Mrs. Melania Trump,” Lippes said in a statement to Vogue. “Mrs. Trump’s outfit was created by some of America’s finest craftsmen and I take great pride in showing such work to the world.”
Melania Trump also wore a wide-brimmed hat by Eric Javits.
Jill Biden wore purple, a color that symbolizes bipartisan unity.
Jill Biden’s purple ensemble was designed by Ralph Lauren.
Tech billionaires — including Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai, and Elon Musk — were given priority seating over members of Trump’s cabinet.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Apple CEO Tim Cook, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and Google CEO Sundar Pichai were seated in the Capitol Rotunda in front of incoming members of Trump’s cabinet. Other politicians, such as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, watched the inauguration from an overflow room.
President Donald Trump took the oath of office on two Bibles, one that his mother gave him in 1955 and one that belonged to President Abraham Lincoln.
He used the same two Bibles during his first inauguration in 2017.
Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, whom Usha Vance clerked for, administered Vice President JD Vance’s oath of office.
JD Vance and Usha Vance met at Yale Law School.
Usha Vance clerked for Kavanaugh in the US Court of Appeals; she also clerked for Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts. She worked as a litigator at Munger, Tolles & Olson and quit her job when JD Vance was chosen as Trump’s running mate.
Vance was sworn in on a Bible that belonged to his maternal great-grandmother.
Vance received the Bible as a gift from his Mamaw, Bonnie Blanton Vance, when he left for his service in the Marine Corps.
Carrie Underwood sang “America the Beautiful” a cappella when the music didn’t play due to technical difficulties.
In a previous statement to Business Insider, the “American Idol” alum said she was “honored” and “humbled” to sing at the event.
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