In a tradition started during Ronald Reagan’s first Inauguration Day in 1981, Donald Trump partook in a ceremony in which he signed documents to mark his first official actions taken as the 47th president.
“The first official actions taken by the newly sworn President of the United States occur in the President’s Room just off the Senate Chamber in the U.S. Capitol,” the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies stated on its website. “After the departure of the former President and First Lady, the new President gathers there with aides and Members of Congress to sign nominations and some memorandums, proclamations, or executive orders.
“This tradition began in 1981, with President Ronald Reagan. Prior to that time, nominations were often submitted to the Senate on Inauguration Day without ceremony.”
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