From decorations to executive orders, the 47th president has taken an aggressive posture in attempting to remake government.
Here’s a short list of presidents who lived elsewhere during their time in office and when the president could move into the White House.
President Donald Trump redecorated the Oval Office with many of the same artifacts from his first White House term.
Every president since John Adams has lived in the White House. Here's everything to know about Donald Trump's home for the next four years.
Some presidents did not use a Bible to take the oath of office, including Theodore Roosevelt, who did not use anything when he was sworn into office in 1901, and John Quincy Adams, who chose a legal book for his 1825 swearing-in, to signify his responsibility to uphold the U.S. constitutional law.
But let’s not forget the great US President Abraham Lincoln (16th,1861-1865), who championed the Telegraph during the American Civil War against slavery, making him the first president to embrace wired messaging technology, although the portable device had been around for almost two decades.
Every president since Ronald Reagan has left a note for his successor, and President Biden is the first to write a letter to someone who is both his successor and the predecessor who left a note for him.
Today, @USNavy named two future Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers as the future USS William J. Clinton (CVN 82) and USS George W. Bush (CVN 83). Like their namesakes, these two future carriers, and the crews who sail them, will work to safeguard our national security, remind… pic.twitter.com/lrLMW8fFFi
As Biden closes out more than 50 years of public service, including 36 years as a senator, eight as vice president, and four as president, the last year in office proved fateful in some of his longest-held friendships. Here are four friends Biden reportedly lost last year:
Donald and Melania Trump arrive at the White House ahead of the inauguration ceremony on Monday in Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts in an inauguration ceremony inside the Capitol Rotunda on Monday.
"Africa can expect substantial changes from the United States over the next four years," Rama Yade, director of the Atlantic Council's Africa Center, wrote in a pre-Inauguration analysis. While Donald Trump in his first term pursued an "America first" foreign policy,
About 40 top leaders joined the effort to prepare for avian flu and other emergencies. Kennedy instead lobbied senators on his controversial nomination.