Donald Trump Inauguration LIVE: While Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk hailed Donald Trump’s decision on TikTok ban, he also flagged the ban China has imposed on X.

In a post on X, he said, “I have been against a TikTok ban for a long time, because it goes against freedom of speech. That said, the current situation where TikTok is allowed to operate in America, but X is not allowed to operate in China is unbalanced. Something needs to change.”

Donald Trump Inauguration LIVE: Tesla CEO Elon Musk hailed President-elect Donald Trump’s decision to not ban Chinese social media platform TikTok in the US.

At his pre-inauguration rally, Trump had pressed on the “need” to save TikTok. In the backdrop, the ByteDance-owned company’s services resumed in America and it thanked Trump for the same.

Musk said he believed that banning TikTok was against freedom of speech.

Donald Trump Inauguration LIVE: Country singer Carrie Underwood will be perform at the inaugural ceremony of Donald Trump on Monday.

She will perform ‘America the Beautiful’ at the ceremony, an AP report said.

Donald Trump Inauguration LIVE: As Republican leader Donald Trump is set to take oath as the 47th President of the United States, Governor Kathy Hochul has ordered all flags in New York to be raised to full-staff for the Trump inauguration.

The order came as the flags were flying at half-staff across the nation to mark Jimmy Carter’s death.

Donald Trump Inauguration LIVE: Ahead of the inaugural ceremony of US President-elect Donald Trump, the Euro zone bond slipped in early trading on Monday, a Reuters report said.

Germany’s 10-year bond yield, the benchmark for the euro zone bloc, slipped 1.1 basis points (bps) to 2.49% in early trading. Yields move inversely to prices.

U.S. bond and stock markets are closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the report added.

Donald Trump Inauguration LIVE: A Sillicon Valley-based Indian American, Asha Jadeja Motwani, described Donald Trump’s oath ceremony as a “euphoric time” for America.

Motwani, a Democratic-turned-Trump supporter, said that she is “bullish and thrilled” about the ties between India and the US under the new administration, news agency PTI reported.

One of the early investors in Google, Silicon Valley-based venture capitalist Motwani, is in the American capital to attend the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th President of the US on Sunday.

Donald Trump Inauguration LIVE: Kalpesh Mehta, founder of Tribeca Developers, the licensed partner for Trump Towers in India, is in the United States to attend the inaugural ceremony of the President-elect.

Mehta also met Trump’s son, Eric Trump, at the prestigious Mar-a-Lago Club in Florida.

Pankaj Bansal, director of M3M India, the real estate company executing the Trump Towers project in Gurugram, is also in the US for the event.

Donald Trump Inauguration LIVE: The traditional luncheon of the inaugural ceremony of US President-elect Donald Trump might have a three-course meal, a seafood dish, a meat entrée, and a dessert like ice cream.

Donald Trump Inauguration LIVE: Ahead of the swearing-in ceremony of Donald Trump, oil prices fell on Monday. The reason being that it is expected of Trump to relax curbs on Russia’s energy sector in exchange for a deal to end the Ukraine war.

Brent crude futures dropped 28 cents, or 0.35%, to $80.51 a barrel by 0739 GMT after closing down 0.62% in the previous session, a Reuters report said.

Donald Trump Inauguration LIVE: Pope Francis slammed Donald Trump’s plan to impose mass deportations as part of his immigration plans, saying that it would be a “disgrace”.

History’s first Latin American pope was asked about the Trump administration’s vow of deportations during an appearance on a popular Italian talk show, Che Tempo Che Fa, an AP report said.

“If true, this will be a disgrace, because it makes the poor wretches who have nothing pay the bill” for the problem, Francis said. “This won’t do! This is not the way to solve things. That’s not how things are resolved.”

Donald Trump Inauguration LIVE: Ahead of Donald Trump’s return to the White House, families are preparing for mass deportation, an AP report said.

The moves comes in the backdrop of Trump’s big plans for immigration and his pledge to launch the biggest mass deportation.

Parents around Nora Sandigo’s large dinner table were prepping before signing documents to make the Nicaraguan immigrant a legal guardian of their children, entrusting them to her if they are deported.

Sandigo, who came to the U.S. in 1988, has volunteered to be guardian for more than 2,000 children in 15 years, including at least 30 since December. A notary was on hand Sunday, the AP report mentioned.

Donald Trump Inauguration LIVE: As Donald Trump is all set to take oath as the 47th President of the United States, China on Monday urged the US to listen to “rational voices” over the federal ban on ByteDance’s TikTok.

“We hope that the US side will seriously listen to rational voices and provide an open, fair, just, and non-discriminatory business environment for market entities from all countries operating in the United States,” foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said.

“TikTok has been operating in the United States for many years and is deeply loved by American users,” Mao said, adding that, “It has played a positive role in promoting domestic employment and driving consumption in the US.”

Donald Trump Inauguration LIVE: Under Donald Trump, just like the past five American presidencies including his own, America’s strategic relationship with India will deepen.

Shared anxiety about China will continue to the glue that brings Delhi and Washington DC together. Quad will become stronger. Full report here.

Donald Trump Inauguration LIVE: JD Vance, former senator, will also take oath as the Vice President of the United States. Vance will be sworn in just before Donald Trump’s oath.

Donald Trump Inauguration LIVE: The oath ceremony of US President-elect Donald Trump will take place on Monday, January 20.

With the theme “Our Enduring Democracy: A Constitutional Promise,” the inauguration will be held indoors due to freezing temperatures in DC.

The ceremony will begin at 10 pm IST and Donald Trump will take the presidential oath at 10:30 pm IST.

The schedule also includes a service at St. John’s Episcopal Church, opening invocation, and a performance by country star Carrie Underwood.

Donald Trump Inauguration LIVE: Cryptocurrency Bitcoin hit a new record high above $109,000 ahead of Donald Trump’s oath ceremony on Monday.

Donald Trump LIVE Updates: Ahead of his inauguration ceremony, US President-elect Donald Trump held a victory rally in Washington.

Trump was seen dancing with the Village People, breaking out his signature moves and rhythmic claps.

Donald Trump LIVE Updates: UK prime minister Sir Keir Starmer congratulated Donald Trump ahead of his inauguration ceremony on Monday and said that their special relationship “will continue to flourish for the years to come”.

Starmer paid tributes to the “depth of friendship” between the UK and Donald Trump, pledging to continue to “work together to ensure the success of both our countries and deliver for people on both sides of the Atlantic”

Donald Trump Inauguration ceremony guests: The foreign ministers of Quad nations, India, Japan and Australia, will attend the inauguration ceremony of Donald Trump.

Australian foreign affairs minister Penny Wong, Japanese foreign minister Takeshi Iwaya, and Indian external affairs minister S Jaishankar will be present at the ceremony, which will take place in the US Capitol Rotunda.

Wong has said that she is looking forward to meeting her Quad partners and expanding their cooperation, adding that they shared an unwavering commitment to a stable Indo-Pacific region.

Ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony, Indian-American Congressman Shri Thanedar appreciated the increasing participation of Hindus in American politics. He said that the new US Congress is a significant milestone for this small religious community in American politics.

“Now we have four Hindu Americans in the US Congress, which is a big feat,” Congressman Shri Thanedar told PTI as he attended the first ever ‘Presidential Inauguration Hindu Gala’ on Sunday.

Other than Thanedar, who is a Democrat, there are three other Indian-Americans in the US Congress – Suhash Subramaniam, Raja Krishnamoorthi and Ro Khanna.

Donald Trump LIVE Updates: The Indian diaspora in the United States congratulated Donald Trump ahead of his inauguration ceremony.

A statement released by the forum said, “President Trump’s second-term administration highlights the growing influence of Indian Americans, with key appointments across civil rights, national security, and technology. We congratulate the following appointees in the new administration: Harmeet Kaur Dhillon, Vivek Ramaswamy, Kash Patel, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, and Sriram Krishnan.”

Founder and Chairman of Indiaspora, MR Rangaswami, said, “On behalf of Indiaspora and the Indian-American community, I’d like to congratulate President Trump as the 47th President of the United States. I expect US-India relations to continue flourishing amidst this new political climate in America. The senior-most government officials on both sides have established strong relationships during President Trump’s first term, and there is strong bipartisan support in the United States to further this important bilateral relationship.”

Indian industrialist Mukesh Ambani, along with his wife Nita Ambani, attended Donald Trump’s private reception in Washington and extended their congratulations to him ahead of his inauguration ceremony.

US President-elect Donald Trump, ahead of his inauguration ceremony, launched a new cryptocurrency token, the ‘$Trump memecoin’.

The new token has been soaring in value, potentially boosting Trump’s net worth.

It’s the latest norm-defying promotion by Trump, who has also helped sell branded bibles, gold sneakers and diamond-encrusted watches.

The official events are funded by Donald Trump’s inauguration committee, which is chaired by the Republican’s longtime allies Steve Witkoff, a real estate developer, and Kelly Loeffler, a former US senator, a Reuters report said.

This committee is responsible for covering the costs of everything but the swearing-in ceremony at the US Capitol.

It was also reported that tech giants Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg also pledged to donate $1 million each to the committee, as have Apple CEO Tim Cook and Open AI CEO Sam Altman.

Here are 5 things to know about Donald Trump’s oath ceremony:

• Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts will administer the oath of office to Donald Trump at 12 pm ET (10:30 pm IST).
• Donald Trump’s oath ceremony today will take place inside the US Capitol Rotunda.
• The inaugural ceremony will mark Donald Trump’s return to the White House as the 47th President of the United States.
• Following the swearing-in, Donald Trump will deliver his inaugural address which, as per his previous remarks, he intends to be uplifting and unifying.
• Country music star Carrie Underwood will perform at the inauguration ceremony.