1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:03,240 Speaker 1: Donald Trump is taking right the keys to the White 2 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:06,320 Speaker 1: House tomorrow, So his inauguration kicks off at six o'clock 3 00:00:06,320 --> 00:00:11,280 Speaker 1: tomorrow morning, New Zealand time, six am. Breakfast entertainment, breakfast entertainment. 4 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:14,680 Speaker 1: Instead of an outdoor of n though, the ceremony will 5 00:00:14,720 --> 00:00:17,520 Speaker 1: be held indoors at the Capitol with all living former 6 00:00:17,560 --> 00:00:21,920 Speaker 1: presidents and numerous world leaders in attendance. And also watching 7 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:24,119 Speaker 1: on will be our US correspondent Son and Matt, who's 8 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:24,840 Speaker 1: back with me now. 9 00:00:24,880 --> 00:00:27,680 Speaker 2: Good evening, Simon, Good evening to you, Andrew. 10 00:00:27,880 --> 00:00:30,080 Speaker 1: So it's pretty cold. It's the first time indoors since 11 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:30,639 Speaker 1: eighty five. 12 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:36,040 Speaker 2: Yes, absolutely, and it's been a mad scramble here in Washington, 13 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:39,599 Speaker 2: DC over the weekend to change all the arrangements. Speakers. 14 00:00:39,720 --> 00:00:44,960 Speaker 2: Of course, everything's ready for the President elect, President Donald Trump, 15 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:47,120 Speaker 2: as he will be on the stroke of midday here 16 00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:50,279 Speaker 2: on Monday to take the oath of office up on 17 00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:53,559 Speaker 2: Capitol Hill in the outdoors in time. On a tradition, 18 00:00:54,520 --> 00:00:59,200 Speaker 2: we are not going to break minus five degrees celsius 19 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:02,240 Speaker 2: on Monday day here in Washington, d C. They made 20 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:06,200 Speaker 2: the decision on Friday to move everything indoors, so there 21 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:11,480 Speaker 2: are now two central locations the Rotunda of Congress inside 22 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:15,600 Speaker 2: the Congressional Building where Donald Trump will take the oath 23 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:20,119 Speaker 2: of office. That is the same rotunda that his own 24 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:25,240 Speaker 2: supporters ransacked back on January sixth of twenty twenty one. 25 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:29,959 Speaker 2: And then the second location is the Arena, the Capital 26 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:33,800 Speaker 2: One Arena in the Chinatown district of Washington, d C. 27 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:38,479 Speaker 2: Where Donald Trump actually addressed a pre inauguration rally on 28 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:43,160 Speaker 2: Sunday evening. Instead of a capacity of two hundred thousand 29 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:46,640 Speaker 2: people able to watch everything from the National Mall, it's 30 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:50,000 Speaker 2: going to be taking place inside the Rotunda on Capitol Hill, 31 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:53,120 Speaker 2: which can accommodate about one thousand people, and then at 32 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:56,160 Speaker 2: the Capital One Arena, which has a seating capacity of 33 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:57,600 Speaker 2: twenty thousands. 34 00:01:57,640 --> 00:02:01,360 Speaker 1: Michelle Obama is not attended, despite the fact her husband 35 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 1: is as a former president. Is that spiked or was 36 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:05,120 Speaker 1: she just busy? 37 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:10,160 Speaker 2: I think it might be a bit of both. You'll 38 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 2: remember that Michelle Obama also did not attend Jimmy Carter's 39 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:19,440 Speaker 2: funeral a few days ago. With regard to both appointments, 40 00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:23,920 Speaker 2: she says that she's got scheduling difficulties. She's in Hawaii, 41 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:27,000 Speaker 2: and frankly, who wouldn't want to be in Hawaii, given 42 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:29,200 Speaker 2: the state of the weather here in Washington, d C. 43 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:32,320 Speaker 2: But I think it's not so much the climactic conditions 44 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:34,520 Speaker 2: that have kept her away from both of those events, 45 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:38,240 Speaker 2: but the inevitability of her having to rub shoulders with 46 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:39,639 Speaker 2: the Trumps at them. 47 00:02:39,919 --> 00:02:42,840 Speaker 1: So what about Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg? Will they 48 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:43,200 Speaker 1: be there? 49 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:46,680 Speaker 2: Yes, they absolutely will be there, and in fact, they 50 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:51,000 Speaker 2: are already adhering themselves to the President Elect's side. Elon 51 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:54,519 Speaker 2: Musk was called upon by Donald Trump to speak briefly 52 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:58,560 Speaker 2: at the pre inauguration rally that was held on Sunday 53 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:02,800 Speaker 2: evening here, and he insisted head of that as the 54 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:06,880 Speaker 2: head of this new Department of Government Efficiency, which is 55 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:10,160 Speaker 2: not really a government department, it doesn't exist as a ministry, 56 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:12,920 Speaker 2: but he said that he was absolutely determined to go 57 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:17,720 Speaker 2: about his task of eliminating federal government waste wherever he 58 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:21,880 Speaker 2: can find it. Mark Zuckerberg has already arrived in town. 59 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:26,400 Speaker 2: He's been attending a variety of inaugural events over the weekend. 60 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:30,079 Speaker 2: Jeff Bezos is also coming here, of course, the Amazon founder. 61 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:34,680 Speaker 2: And you know, I think Donald Trump is really resplendent 62 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:38,120 Speaker 2: in the fact that the three of them, who at 63 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:42,000 Speaker 2: all in varying degrees, expressed hostility to Donald Trump in 64 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:46,000 Speaker 2: the past, have like so many other people, since November 65 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:49,760 Speaker 2: and the election win, bent to the knee to Donald Trump, 66 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:52,800 Speaker 2: pledged fealty to him. And that's one of the reasons 67 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:55,760 Speaker 2: why Donald Trump has returned to Washington, d C. With 68 00:03:56,240 --> 00:03:59,680 Speaker 2: First Lady Milania Trump absolutely thinking that they are in 69 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:02,480 Speaker 2: the bird seat, I mean will when he's sworn in. 70 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 2: He will immediately become the most powerful president this country 71 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:12,240 Speaker 2: has ever had. Not simply because he controls the White House, 72 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:16,000 Speaker 2: Republicans control the House of Representatives and the Senate, and 73 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:20,080 Speaker 2: of course Republican nominated Supreme Court justices are in a 74 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:23,600 Speaker 2: six ' to three majority at the Court, but also 75 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:27,960 Speaker 2: because of that immunity decision by the Supreme Court which 76 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:31,719 Speaker 2: says that no fitting or former president can be prosecuted 77 00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:36,039 Speaker 2: for any actions that they take in line with their 78 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:40,760 Speaker 2: official duties. It gives him sweeping amounts of power. And 79 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:44,880 Speaker 2: he made it absolutely clear in that inauguration Eve rally 80 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:49,520 Speaker 2: that he is going to deliver to his supporters the 81 00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:52,320 Speaker 2: central planks of policy that he promised he was going 82 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:54,160 Speaker 2: to deliver during the election campaign. 83 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:56,360 Speaker 1: So I'm a Marx. Thank you this as a fascinating 84 00:04:56,360 --> 00:04:59,000 Speaker 1: against it. Of course, as I say, the inauguration is 85 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:00,680 Speaker 1: at six a m. Tomorrow morning. 86 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:04,880 Speaker 2: For more from Hither Duplessy Allen Drive, listen live to 87 00:05:04,960 --> 00:05:08,000 Speaker 2: News Talks at B from four pm weekdays, or follow 88 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:09,760 Speaker 2: the podcast on iHeartRadio