Inauguration Day is both tradition and ceremony; Donald Trump will officially take over Executive control of the country amid highly choreographed ceremonies on Jan. 20. It starts in the morning when the current president — President Joe Biden, in this case — welcomes the incoming president at the White House.

Musk, the owner of car manufacturer Tesla and social media platform X, has been tapped by Trump to lead the proposed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), with biotech entrepreneur and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, after vocally supporting and financially backing his campaign for president.

The gatherings unfolded uneventfully, unlike four years ago when alternate electors for Trump convened in seven states that he lost.

A fake Truth Social post circulated as Trump told a crowd at AmericaFest: "He’s not going to be president, that I can tell you."

President-elect Donald Trump appeared in Arizona to speak at Turning Point USA's AmericaFest at the Phoenix Convention Center. Trump responded to a new attack from Democrats, saying that billionaire Elon Musk,

President-elect Donald Trump laughed off liberal angst over tech mogul Elon Musk’s growing political influence and affirmed that the space and Tesla guru won’t be president. Last week, after Musk helped gin up political opposition to a government funding measure,