Photo Gallery: Crowds gather at Trump inauguration in DC

The crowd cheers
The crowd cheers as Trump is sworn in as the 45th president of the United States on Jan. 20, 2017. (Christen Gall/ MEDILL REPORTS)

by Christen Gall

On January 20, 2017, Donald J. Trump, the real estate tycoon, was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States at the Capitol building in Washington, D.C.  Trump ran as an anti-establishment Republican candidate during the 2016 presidential election winning without political or military experience.  Crowds wearing red hats with Trump’s campaign slogan, “Make America Great,” watched him take the oath of office from the National Mall on a rainy Friday morning.

The crowd cheers as Trump is sworn in as the 45th president of the United States on Jan. 20, 2017. (Christen Gall/ MEDILL REPORTS)