A Guide to Who Is (and Isn’t) Attending Trump’s Inauguration – Rolling Stone

                        By  <a class="c-link  lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-color-brand-primary-dark:hover lrv-u-text-decoration-underline:hover lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase" href="https://www.rollingstone.com/author/ryan-bort/"            >   Ryan Bort</a>                       <br>    <a  href="https://www.rollingstone.com/t/donald-trump/"  id="auto-tag_donald-trump"  data-tag="donald-trump"  >Donald Trump</a> will be inaugurated as the 47th president of the United States on Monday. The event has become an easy way for the rich and powerful to curry favor with the incoming administration. Trump&rsquo;s inaugural committee has raised around $200 million since he won the election, <a  href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/04/us/politics/trump-inaugural-donations.html"  rel="nofollow"  target="_blank"  >according to <em>The New York Times</em></a>, which adds that major donors are being placed on wait lists or being told they will not be able to land VIP tickets.<br>     The ceremony will be especially exclusive considering Trump announced on Friday that it will be held indoors, in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda, as opposed to in front of the building the president-elect&rsquo;s supporters violently attacked four years ago. Trump cited the weather forecast, which is calling for freezing-cold temperatures and a wind chill in the single digits.<br>    The forecast won&rsquo;t stop the movers, shakers, and grovelers from showing up in Washington, D.C., over the weekend and on <a  href="https://www.rollingstone.com/t/inauguration/"  id="auto-tag_inauguration"  data-tag="inauguration"  >Inauguration</a> Day itself to demonstrate their allegiance to the president. Here&rsquo;s a guide to who is planning to attend &mdash; and who&rsquo;s planning to skip.    <div class="admz" id="adm-inline-article-ad-1">                     <div class="adma boomerang" data-device="Desktop" data-width="300">                  <div style="min-width:50px;min-height:75px;"   class="pmc-adm-boomerang-pub-div ad-text"   data-priority="10" >    <div id="gpt-dsk-tab-article-inbody-uid0"       class="adw-300 adh-250" data-is-adhesion-ad="">         <script type="application/javascript">

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