--- title: Donald Trump Plans to Hang Inauguration Photo in Press Hall description: Donald Trump plans to hang a panoramic photo of his inauguration in the White House press hall. But it has the wrong date canonical: https://time.com/4645703/donald-trump-inauguration-photo-date/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-24T20:20:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T02:55:14.502Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump Plans to Hang an Inauguration Photo in the White House. 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It Has the Wrong Date twitter:description: The latest in Trump's attempts to defend his crowd size twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdfef38290afa7f33/6988b7082dce0146429ec057/donald-trump-inauguration-photo.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump Plans to Hang an Inauguration Photo in the White House Press Hall. It Has the Wrong Date  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Jan 24, 2017 8:20 PM UTC  Attendees line the National Mall as they watch ceremonies to swear in Donald Trump on Inauguration Day on Jan. 20, 2017 in Washington, D.C. Attendees line the National Mall as they watch ceremonies to swear in Donald Trump on Inauguration Day on Jan. 20, 2017 in Washington, D.C.Lucas Jackson—Pool/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Jan 24, 2017 8:20 PM UTC President Donald Trump has spent his first days in the White House [repeatedly trying to defend](http://time.com/4643724/donald-trump-first-press-briefing/) the crowd size at his inauguration, which [drew fewer attendees](http://time.com/4641381/donald-trump-inauguration-crowd/) than former President Barack Obama’s 2009 ceremony. On Tuesday, Trump [shared](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/823937936056008704) a panoramic photo of his inauguration and said he plans to hang it in the White House press hall — another apparent attempt to dispute reports that show his inauguration crowd was relatively small. While many [side-by-side comparison](http://time.com/4641381/donald-trump-inauguration-crowd/) photos have shown that Trump’s crowd was more sparse near the Washington Monument, the photo Trump plans to hang in the press hall is more flattering, as it shows the area near the Capitol where supporters were closely packed together. But, as many on social media quickly pointed out, his panoramic photo includes the wrong date, identifying the day of his inauguration as Jan. 21\. Trump was actually inaugurated on Jan. 20\. On the following day, hundreds of thousands of protesters [flooded the nation’s capital](http://time.com/4643692/womens-march-size-country/?xid=homepage) to protest his presidency. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/823937936056008704) Trump complained about reports on his crowd size during a visit to the CIA on Saturday, and White House Press Secretary [Sean Spicer](http://time.com/4643927/sean-spicer-white-house-donald-trump-inauguration-press-briefing/) on Monday [stood by his false claim](http://time.com/4643927/sean-spicer-white-house-donald-trump-inauguration-press-briefing/) that Trump’s inauguration was the most-watched in history. 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