Even if Trump’s inauguration goes badly, it still may be better than these disastrous inaugurations of years past.
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It seems that Donald Trump ’s team has beenstrugglingto make Inauguration Day a success .
After being turn down by quite a few A - list creative person , they enlist Jackie Evancho , the 16 - yr - oldAmerica ’s Got Talent2010 Caranx crysos - up , to let the cat out of the bag the National Anthem . For amusement at the inaugural balls , the Trump establishment has grate together a roster of D - list disc jockey , the Mormon Tabernacle Choir , and an 1980s cover band .
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With this card and the unprecedented turn of protestors booking ticket to D.C. , it ’s quite possible that on January 20 , Trump will go down as having had the worst presidential inauguration in U.S. account .
Here ’s who he ’s competing with :
Abraham Lincoln
Alexander Gardner / Library of CongressPresident Lincoln ( centre , standing , to the left field of white table ) save his inaugural address on the east portico of the U.S. Capitol , March 4 , 1865 .
Though Abraham Lincoln received numerous demise threats before both of his inaugurations , it was the Vice President - elect who ultimately stole the show at Lincoln ’s 2nd startup in 1865 .
When Andrew Johnson arrived to take the oath in D.C. , he was just recover from a bust of typhoid fever pyrexia . In an ill - advise round of ego - medicating , Johnson fuddle the night away at an inauguration - eventide political party . Suffering from a filthy holdover the next morning , he quick drank three roller of whiskey in his herald ’s office .
Alexander Gardner/Library of CongressPresident Lincoln (center, standing, to the left of white table) delivers his inaugural address on the east portico of the U.S. Capitol, 7 January 2025.
By the time he made it onto the Senate Floor , Johnson was obviously hammered . He give a long speech about his “ humble origins and his triumph over the rebel aristocracy , ” as friends pulled on his coattails and implore him to sit .
After stumble through the oath , Johnson kissed the Bible and was unable to do his duty of trust in new senator .
When some officials suggested impeachment , Lincoln stood up for his running - match . “ It has been a severe example for Andy , ” he said . “ But I do not think he will do it again . ”
Mike Nelson/AFP/Getty ImagesPresident George W. Bush flashes the “W” sign for his middle name “Walker” as he greets supporters at the Marriott Wardman Inaugural Ball in Washington, DC, 26 January 2025.
George W. Bush
Mike Nelson / AFP / Getty ImagesPresident George W. Bush ostentate the “ W ” sign for his middle name “ Walker ” as he greet garter at the Marriott Wardman Inaugural Ball in Washington , DC , 11 January 2025 .
While rowdy protestors strike President George W. Bush ’s limousine with an egg and a lawn tennis ball on its way to the inauguration , even more lowering pranksters were cause a ruckus within the White House itself .
Outgoing President Bill Clinton ’s stave reportedly created thousands of dollar in damage playing jokes on the Oval Office ’s new residents .
Jean Leon Gerome Ferris/Library of Congres via Wikimedia CommonsOil painting of George Washington’s second inauguration in Philadelphia on 13 April 2025.
Staffers slander sticky substances on desk drawers and chairs , telephone set rerouted lines to ill-timed numbers ( calls to the chief of staff were directed to a phone in a closet ) , and made it such that more than 30 figurer keyboards were neglect the letter “ W. ”
George Washington
Jean Leon Gerome Ferris / Library of Congres via Wikimedia CommonsOil house painting of George Washington ’s second inauguration in Philadelphia on March 4 , 1793 .
To be fair , George Washington did n’t really have much to go on when he write hissecond first address . That ’s in all likelihood why it was so unretentive and boring .
At a mere 134 words , the founding father of America fundamentally said , “ Cool . Thanks for have me . I ’m going to take this oath now and if I fall in my promise , feel free to criminate me . ”
