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When the Felon begins his swearing in at noon, the wind chill will be 7 Degrees.
Better than that, wind gusts will be 24-26 mph. Will he cement his hair in place, or look like a fool by wearing a baseball cap to the ceremony?

MLAA
(19,055 posts)Ocelot II
(123,950 posts)and so much the better if they're suffering in the cold while they adore him.
MLAA
(19,055 posts)Trueblue1968
(18,434 posts)allegorical oracle
(4,456 posts)MLAA
(19,055 posts)BoRaGard
(4,729 posts)and then whine about how "unfair" everything is?
spooky3
(37,265 posts)for freezing rain too. Hope Biden, Clinton, and Obama don’t show up because of bad weather.
Ocelot II
(123,950 posts)I wouldn't put it past him to wear a red MAGA hat, though. 7F wind chill, 26 MPH winds? Here in MN that's just another normal winter day, but the denizens of DC (and Florida) will find it challenging and miserable and they won't be dressed for it. I won't be watching that shit show, but I hope to see a few clips later of Agent Orange and his entourage shivering and stamping their feet and looking stupid in hats that keep blowing away, and trying to hurry through the ceremonies so they can go inside. Malaria will wear a fugly haute-couture coat intended for 45F or so and she'll be freezing her kidneys off. El Pendejo might be kept a bit warmer by his layers of blubber but OMG what about his hair?
Nanuke
(692 posts)LastDemocratInSC
(3,980 posts)DENVERPOPS
(11,591 posts)that he will at least put his MAGA ball cap on and strut around like a peacock after the swearing in.
I wonder if Vegas is offering betting on whether or not he puts it on, and/or when he puts it on.......
magicarpet
(17,896 posts).... people are saying she has a battery heated bra. This keeps her "kidneys" toasty and warm.
If not properly attended to all that silicone would rapidly freeze solid and then her "kidneys" might well burst. Splattering the inauguration viewing audience with silicone and latex.
Too bad she does not have an over the shoulders wrap around ermine stole, like the British royalty wears. She could wrap that stole around herself tightly and at least contain some of the explosion in the boob blast zone.
Just a thought.
LetMyPeopleVote
(160,893 posts)travelingthrulife
(1,948 posts)Emile
(33,772 posts)brush
(59,419 posts)Last edited Wed Jan 15, 2025, 04:49 PM - Edit history (2)
But you can bet trump isn't gonna leave exposing his bald spots to weather whims.
allegorical oracle
(4,456 posts)question everything
(49,940 posts)America’s ninth president barely lasted a month in office. William Henry Harrison wasn’t assassinated like some of our later entries but died in 1841 of an acute illness originally diagnosed as pneumonia.
The longstanding belief was that Harrison fell ill after delivering a nearly two-hour Inaugural Address in wet, freezing-cold weather without a jacket, hat or gloves.
But in 2014, epidemiologists concluded that Harrison’s chief symptoms—fatigue and severe abdominal distress—pointed to typhoid contracted from tainted drinking water.
Harrison wouldn’t be the last president to fall victim to Washington, D.C.’s lack of a sewage system, but he safely holds the title of the shortest-serving American president.
https://www.history.com/news/us-presidents-shortest-terms-oval-office
SCantiGOP
(14,419 posts)Maybe Trump can beat his record. ☠️
calimary
(85,683 posts)into the White House.
And for all we know, he might be even worse. And under such a scenario, he’d be riding a tidal wave of sympathetic public support - at least for awhile.
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Aristus
(69,523 posts)However, Vance, whatever cache he has among the below-averages, doesn't have whatever poisonous, corrosive, squalid, malevolent charisma that Trump's supporters respond so feverishly to. You're right; he'll probably have a Der Führer ist Todt honeymoon. But I don't see it lasting long. Every thing that Trump does that his worshippers insist is radical and iconoclastic would just look clumsy and odious if Vance did them. I don't predict the rats will stay on the ship for very long.
diane in sf
(4,148 posts)JI7
(91,657 posts)he has no personal appeal and wouldn't get away with the bs Trump does.
meow2u3
(25,117 posts)unless he has something vile and sinister up his sleeve. Well, he IS in the pockets of white South African oligarchs.
El Mimbreno
(794 posts)But doesn't seem to have dementia or cognitive decline. At least as far as I can tell.
LeftInTX
(32,761 posts)róisín_dubh
(11,969 posts)barbtries
(30,281 posts)this history could.
JustAnotherGen
(34,629 posts)At noon on Monday there's going to be one big one in D.C.
I wish the Magas all the best.
carpetbagger
(5,212 posts)We're headed into the septic tank for all kinds of goodies.
Oopsie Daisy
(5,567 posts)(Thanks for the link and the info. Very interesting.)
legallyblondeNYC
(88 posts)Isn't it funny that we both thought of the same story! I posted it below. (Sorry - I didn't read the comments first).
Cheers!
Ping Tung
(1,971 posts)If so, Donnie will get his lawyers to sue him for letting Carter into heaven.
Bird Lady
(1,987 posts)will never get to the place there is a choice where he goes and it is not up.
barbtries
(30,281 posts)I'm officially on board with spending the entire day pretending it isn't happening.
Walleye
(39,229 posts)allegorical oracle
(4,456 posts)barbtries
(30,281 posts)a 77-year-old who never voted at all until TCFSF came along. he'll probably cry with all that pomp and circumstance. will he truly believe that TCFSF believes anything he swears to that day? i don't know, it's hard to imagine anyone believing he intends to fulfill his oath, but with magats who knows.
Happy Hoosier
(8,853 posts)Hopefully the weather will scare away crowds and get the MAGAts who do come hypothermia.
Walleye
(39,229 posts)Happy Hoosier
(8,853 posts)Lie to the marks... never to yourself.
purr-rat beauty
(683 posts)He's also holding a NAZI rally the day before to fluff up his inauguration numbers the next day. I'm guessing the weather won't be much better - looks to be warmer but 65% precipitation, so here's hoping it will be a soggy Sunday.
Wiz Imp
(4,587 posts)milestogo
(20,118 posts)
BadgerMom
(3,171 posts)Then, after they show up in the cold, he’ll stiff ‘em.
milestogo
(20,118 posts)Or in Ketchup packets stolen from KFC.
ProudMNDemocrat
(19,555 posts)Don't MAGAts LOVE Football? The playoffs are on.
Weather can affect crowd sizes and he rambles on for over an hour. Let them freeze.
pandr32
(12,785 posts)yardwork
(66,044 posts)It's no picnic. I doubt he and Melania will walk the route.
I won't be watching.
Walleye
(39,229 posts)CTyankee
(65,906 posts)Is she even going to BE there?
I wonder how much she is charging for attending, if she does. Does she get paid by the hour or is it a "package deal"?
lastlib
(25,633 posts)...and an adjustment to the pre-nup.
ShazzieB
(20,046 posts)CTyankee
(65,906 posts)ShazzieB
(20,046 posts)So maybe they've figured out a way to prevent that!
ProudMNDemocrat
(19,555 posts)No way will tRump and Melania in her Stilettos, walk the parade route.
kimbutgar
(24,673 posts)2naSalit
(96,271 posts)Enough snow to keep them from traveling. I would love to see only about a hundred cultists shivering in knee deep snow.
ProudMNDemocrat
(19,555 posts)Wanna bet many of them will not dress in layers or be fully prepared for the weather.
WinstonSmith4740
(3,262 posts)Is show up.
Evolve Dammit
(20,429 posts)Prairie_Seagull
(4,053 posts)Bring on the cold.
DENVERPOPS
(11,591 posts)According to "Stormy" if it was to get any smaller, it would look like he had TWO belly buttons........
I could go on, but I won't. Regardless, nothing I could say or characterize about them would come close to his and other Republican Politicians despicable comments and the every day drivel they spew, non-stop......
And believe me, knowing a lot (of the minority) of Blue Collar Male Dems, there are a TON of utterly foul/disgusting comments floating around, regarding Trumphumper Men and especially the MAGA loud mouth politician women.......... LOL
surfered
(5,885 posts)Huge, I tell you. No one has ever had a bigger crowd, people are saying…
Sedona
(3,830 posts)
lastlib
(25,633 posts)Let the fat pumpkin freeze.
wolfie001
(4,391 posts)


ShazzieB
(20,046 posts)PCIntern
(27,216 posts)For…for…EVERYTHING.
I’m telling you all here that the Deity is going to bring fire and brimstone upon the wicked. Woe be he who has transgressed the Laws of God and mankind. Already the plague of fires is the warning and soon, on the 20th of the First month, cue the plague of unremitting cold and ice which will descend upon the Capitol. The hordes will flee the evildoer en masse. Justice of the All-Powerful awaits no man’s execution of same. Wait and see my friends…
Traildogbob
(10,866 posts)The wind is why he will not go to Cali. That head nest will need extra very flammable hair glue to not expose his hairless spots. With sparks flying that thing would blow up into a fire tornado in seconds, and threaten another catastrophic out break of wild land fires.
At least I hope the weather would keep the crowd so small he walks off in a ranting fit about it. Then stroke out with disabilities he would have for two decades of misery, so we can all watch.
SCantiGOP
(14,419 posts)when Michael Jackson’s hair caught on fire while filming a Pepsi commercial. He had so much crap on his hair the hot lights caused a few flames.
Would love to see the Orange Blob burn to a cinder.
milestogo
(20,118 posts)When I took chem lab in college, I remember them telling us not to use conditioner on our hair because it would make it easier to ignite. Hairspray is really bad.
DENVERPOPS
(11,591 posts)could you imagine one of those DC-10's dropping a 10,000 gallon load of that Red Slurry on the inauguration podium to put out his hair if it caught fire? Now that would make for a great political cartoon.........
Traildogbob
(10,866 posts)Maybe a Canadian Air tanker could take a side trip back to Canada from Cali for just a little gift from Trudeau.
DENVERPOPS
(11,591 posts)but load up with something other than the classical slurry or water..........
You can bet the FAA, ATC, and SS have a seriously huge "NO FLY" zone over the entire air space around DC for this event.......
Of course, none of those groups ever talk about the time a private single engine plane crashed his plane into the Clinton Whitehouse...
electric_blue68
(20,603 posts)milestogo
(20,118 posts)DENVERPOPS
(11,591 posts)every morning??????
milestogo
(20,118 posts)Magoo48
(6,142 posts)SCantiGOP
(14,419 posts)A big slur on a 78 year old man wearing a baseball cap with a business suit cause he is to vain to acknowledge that he is basically bald.
😩
Magoo48
(6,142 posts)
Talitha
(7,520 posts)As long as he's comfortable, the world can just fuck off.
calimary
(85,683 posts)“As long as he's comfortable, the world can just fuck off.”
MiHale
(11,444 posts)Here’s hoping.
🙏🤞
MiHale
(11,444 posts)I volunteer to staple them nasty, unruly hairs right to his head. Could work…right?
Joinfortmill
(17,704 posts)Blue Owl
(55,782 posts)FSogol
(47,260 posts)Real men don't wear coats!
The Roux Comes First
(1,662 posts)TommieMommy
(1,738 posts)Wiz Imp
(4,587 posts)In fact, I see some forecasts calling for a 1% chance of precipitation on Monday while others have the chance of snow at 30%. However, it is pretty much guaranteed to be colder than normal for DC (Normal Jan 20 high temp is 45). In 2009 for Obama the noon temp was 28 degrees which is currently the coldest inauguration since Reagan's in 1985 with a noon temperature of 7 degrees.
Cant imagine a very big crowd (despite their claims of 250,000 tickets being requested). The hotels in the area are reported to be waaayyy below capacity meaning not a lot of people are traveling much of a distance to DC for it.
question everything
(49,940 posts)Cha
(309,221 posts)coincidence.
doc03
(37,634 posts)Willam Henry Harrison and die in a month.
Katcat
(453 posts)The orange toid will change it to inside.
Dee0909
(16 posts)I do not intend to watch the criminal get sworn in. I am disappointed and disgusted that Joe Biden is going to act like this is perfectly normal when it is not.This man is a criminal and should not be allowed to be in the White House. Hooray for Michelle Obama. This is not business as usual. This will not help our Democracy. He is going to destroy our Democracy. Why don't they understand this?
I hope it snows a foot on Monday in Washington D C
AverageOldGuy
(2,513 posts)While there are slightly different forecasts for Inauguration Day in DC, the consensus is high around 27 deg, winds 10, gusting to 20+, which puts the wind chill in the mid- to low-teens.
I'm 2.5 hour drive out of DC where Potomac River joins Chesapeake Bay and it's colder than a well-digger's ass here. My daughter lives on Capitol Hill, a stone's throw away from the Inauguration Site (and, yes, she's thinking about it) she assures me anyone on the platform will freeze on Monday.
I hauled out my telescope last night when the temp here was 30 with no wind and I could stand it for about 15 minutes and I was done for.
I'm hoping T.... catches pneumonia and doesn't live more than a few hours.
legallyblondeNYC
(88 posts)In 1841, President William Henry Harrison died after only 32 days in office. As I recall from history class, the president wanted to look strong and manly, so despite the cold wind, he refused to wear a winter coat and hat. Then he gave the longest inaugural speech in history — about 2 hours they say. (This is about 3.5x longer than Biden).
Shortly thereafter, he came down with pneumonia and died.
LeftInTX
(32,761 posts)The prevailing theory at the time was that his illness had been caused by the bad weather at his inauguration three weeks earlier.[126] Jane McHugh and Philip A. Mackowiak did an analysis in Clinical Infectious Diseases (2014), examining Miller's notes and records showing that the White House water supply was downstream of public sewage, and they concluded that he likely died of septic shock due to "enteric fever" (typhoid or paratyphoid fever).[127][128]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Harrison
We like to think his inauguration brought him down, but it sounds like a Mar 24th rainstorm and possibly sewage was the problem.
Of course, we would like this to happen to Trump, but let's face it, it's 2025!
legallyblondeNYC
(88 posts)was a bit off in his storytelling. ....
Yeah, I like the original version better.... But this updated story does show us the importance of infrastructure.
LeftInTX
(32,761 posts)elleng
(139,034 posts)SCantiGOP
(14,419 posts)Now 6 degrees at noon instead of 7.
Keep those negative vibes coming.
samplegirl
(12,832 posts)About him going in no matter what!
That the man who preached the Bible and live the Bible couldn't even have the flag fly half mast in his honor is taking the oath and putting his had on the Bible one he will probably sign sell makes me sick that our country could re-elect a name calling moron again! I hope God won't let him reign long!
DownriverDem
(6,790 posts)Won't watch him ever.
LetMyPeopleVote
(160,893 posts)Incoming presidents do not generally want to be seen as rewarding the hyper-wealthy with special political perks. Team Trump apparently doesn’t much care.
https://bsky.app/profile/joehick58.bsky.social/post/3lfsoyd6bzc2c
Link to tweet
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/musk-bezos-zuckerberg-receive-key-perk-inauguration-day-rcna187793
Their sycophantic efforts have apparently not gone unnoticed. NBC News reported:
Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg will attend President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration Monday, according to an official involved with planning the event. They will have a prominent spot at the ceremony, seated together on the platform with other notable guests, including Trump’s Cabinet nominees and elected officials.
Around the same time as the NBC News report was published, Musk confirmed online that he will, in fact, have a prominent spot at Monday’s inauguration......
As for the larger context, the latest column from The New York Times’ Ezra Klein about the president-elect and his “alliance of oligarchs” continues to ring true.
Trump is now flanked by an alliance of oligarchs led by Elon Musk. The billionaire owners of The Washington Post and The Los Angeles Times killed presidential endorsements of Kamala Harris, ABC News (owned by Disney) gave Trump’s “future presidential foundation and museum” $15 million to settle a defamation lawsuit Trump brought, Mark Zuckerberg is refocusing Meta platforms around “free expression” and his company against D.E.I., and Amazon reportedly paid $40 million for Melania Trump’s documentary about herself. Tim Cook, Sundar Pichai and a slew of other chief executives have recently traveled to Mar-a-Lago to dine with Trump. This differs from 2017, when Trump was treated as an aberration to be endured or a malignancy to reject. The billionaires see that the rules have changed. They are signaling their willingness to abide by them.
By playing by these new rules, Musk, Bezos and Zuckerberg will receive a special reward on Monday. What additional rewards should they expect in the coming weeks, months and years? Watch this space.
If we are lucky, TFG will give a two hour speech. Hopefully these assholes will all freeze during this event.