The French media commented that Biden’s inauguration will be the least attended, most guarded military and the coldest presidential inauguration in the history of the United States.
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden will be sworn in on January 20, amid unprecedented security measures. The French media commented that Biden’s inauguration will be the least attended, the most guarded military, the coldest presidential inauguration in the history of the United States.
Before and after the inauguration, as many as 25,000 National Guard troops will be stationed in Washington, D.C. The entire capital is currently under heavy security, as if it were a war zone. The Capitol, the Supreme Court and other buildings are surrounded by high iron fences and barbed wire, and guarded by National Guardsmen with firearms.
The surrounding roads were set up with concrete barricades and guarded by military vehicles. Authorities have also set up checkpoints and increased law enforcement manpower, including hundreds of agents, bomb disposal experts, and bomb-detecting dogs, making the atmosphere in Washington particularly tense.
Washington is on high alert, as if it were a war zone.
The scale of Biden’s inauguration has been significantly reduced, and the U.S. Presidential Inauguration Committee recently urged the public not to attend the ceremony on the grounds of epidemic, and the celebration will be held on the Internet. The inauguration committee expects that only about 2,000 invited guests will attend Biden’s inauguration ceremony this year.
In previous US presidential inaugurations, the green grass of the National Mall in Washington would be crowded with spectators. But this year, millions of people flocked to Washington to celebrate the inauguration of the new president will not appear, but instead, more than 20,000 National Guard troops are spread across the streets of Washington.
The National Guard is on the streets of Washington.
The U.S. National Park Service (National Park Service) has issued a statement on the 15th to close the National Mall between the Capitol and the Lincoln Memorial from now on, at least until January 21.
On the 20th, the green space of the National Mall will be filled with 200,000 flags in place of the crowds of spectators. Stores, roadways, parking lots and subways will be temporarily closed until the ceremony is over.
The green space on the National Mall will be filled with 200,000 flags to replace the crowds of spectators.
According to the report, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a warning about potential armed protests in Washington and all 50 states, and the impact of the Chinese Communist virus epidemic, there will be few people on the streets of Washington on the 20th.
Now Washington is like a bird of prey, the morning of the 18th, Biden was sworn in rehearsal in the Capitol, when smoke suddenly appeared nearby, the Capitol immediately entered a brief state of lockdown in response to “external security threats”. Participants in the rehearsal were immediately evacuated and stayed in a sheltered area.
Afterwards, Fox News reported that smoke from a fire at a homeless camp near the Capitol triggered the emergency. Vito Maggiolo of the Washington, D.C., fire department said the fire was “very, very small” and “almost seemed like it didn’t happen.
Trump (Trump) recently made it clear that he would not attend Biden’s inauguration, and he plans to leave Washington in the morning of the 20th, he will be the fourth U.S. president in history not to attend the inauguration of his successor.
Vice President Pence has confirmed that he will attend the ceremony, Clinton, George W. Bush, Obama and other three former U.S. presidents will also attend the ceremony, but the 96-year-old former President Carter will be absent to consider the impact of the epidemic.
The outside world believes that Biden’s inauguration ceremony is one of the most unusual inauguration ceremonies in the history of the United States.
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