The US presidential inauguration on January 20 in Washington, D.C. will be the ultimate victory lap for Donald Trump as he returns to the White House. Most recently, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, George W.

Donald Trump's presidential inauguration is scheduled to begin at noon ET. According to the U.S. Constitution's 20th Amendment, each presidential inauguration should take place Jan. 20, unless that date falls on a Sunday. Then, the president takes the oath of office in private Jan. 20, and the public event is moved to Jan. 21.

Every four years America’s President is sworn in on Inauguration Day, whether newly elected or returning to office, in a long-established ceremony held amid pageantry shaped by the incoming leader’s personal flourishes.