The United States is preparing for an unprecedented presidential inauguration on Wednesday. Prompted by the Capitol insurrection twelve days ago, more than twenty-five thousand national guards troops have been brought into Washington, DC to provide security for the event.
US defense officials have also expressed fear of an insider attack or other threats from security troops assigned to provide protection during the inauguration.
Small protests also took place at heavily fortified state houses around the country. There were widespread fears of violence against state capitols across the country like the siege on the U.S. Capitol. There has been no report of violence.
Some have described the scenes of national guard troops taking over the streets around the US Capitol, as looking like the war zones of Afghanistan or the Middle East.
Amid this background, Joe Biden will deliver his inaugural address of national unity when he is sworn in on Wednesday. He plans to immediately jump into action after swearing-in. He plans immediate moves to combat the coronavirus pandemic that has claimed more than four hundred thousand American lives. He also promised to issue many executive orders to undo some of Donald Trump’s most controversial policies.
He says his first order of business would be an executive order signing America back into the Paris Climate Accord. He will also revoke Trump’s immigration ban on some majority-Muslim countries.