Donald Trump oath ceremony Highlights: Donald Trump faces lawsuit minutes into new presidency term

US President Donald Trump and vice president-elect during the 60th presidential inauguration in the rotunda of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025

Donald Trump oath ceremony Highlights: Donald Trump was sworn in for a historic second term as the 47th US President on Monday. Vice president JD Vance also took oath. Trump, who has promised a new "golden age" for America, took oath at an indoor ceremony at the rotunda of the US Capitol building.

Ahead of the inauguration, Biden and First Lady Jill Biden hosted Trump and his wife, Melania, for "tea and coffee" at the White House before they all travelled together to the Capitol.

External affairs minister S Jaishankar represented India at the swearing-in ceremony of US President-elect Donald Trump. He carried a letter from Prime Minister Narendra Modi for US President Donald Trump.

More about Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony:

-Donald Trump made history by replacing Biden as the oldest president to be sworn in.

-He is also just the second president in US history to return to power after being voted out, after Grover Cleveland in 1893.

-Ahead of his swearing-in ceremony, Trump promised to sign around 100 executive orders within hours of taking office.

-These include declaring a national emergency on the southern US border with Mexico, and undoing the Biden administration's directives on diversity and oil drilling.

-Among the guests who attended Trump's inauguration ceremony were all living former US presidents – Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama, as will their wives, except for Michelle Obama.

-Hillary Clinton, whom Trump beat in the 2016 presidential election, and vice president Kamala Harris, whom he beat in the November election, were there.

-Freezing weather has forced the 78-year-old's inauguration at the US Capitol indoors, but the first hours of the most extraordinary comeback in American politics will be a blaze of activity.

-Ahead of Trump's swearing-in, Bitcoin hit a new record high on Monday, crossing over $109,000. This also comes with both Trump and his wife Melania launching cryptocurrencies or 'meme coins' named after themselves: $TRUMP and $MELANIA.