--- title: Donald Trump Speaks at Inauguration Concert: Watch Live description: President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence are kicking off official inaugural events Thursday afternoon. canonical: https://time.com/4639381/donald-trump-mike-pence-wreath-laying-arlington-inauguration/ author: Julia Zorthian article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-19T16:35:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T13:16:38.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Live: Donald Trump Speaks at Inauguration Concert og:description: The president-elect's inauguration events are beginning og:url: https://time.com/4639381/donald-trump-mike-pence-wreath-laying-arlington-inauguration/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4e6392679f0121e4/6988b62d5f570f0ddbb23cb3/donald-trump-speaker.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Trump speaks to diplomats and guests at the Presidential Inaugural Committee (PIC) Chairman's Global Dinner in Washington og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Live: Donald Trump Speaks at Inauguration Concert twitter:description: The president-elect's inauguration events are beginning twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4e6392679f0121e4/6988b62d5f570f0ddbb23cb3/donald-trump-speaker.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Live: Donald Trump Speaks at Inauguration Concert > Sponsored content. 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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks to diplomats and guests at the Presidential Inaugural Committee (PIC) Chairman's Global Dinner in Washington, on Jan. 17, 2017. Jonathan Ernst—Reuters  by [Julia Zorthian](https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Updated: Dec 13, 2023 1:16 PM UTCPublished: Jan 19, 2017 4:35 PM UTC [President-elect Donald Trump](http://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-2016-donald-trump/) is slated to deliver remarks Thursday at a “Make America Great Again! Welcome Celebration” in Washington, D.C., ahead of his official [inauguration](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/19/trump-inauguration-schedule-washington) Friday. Trump and [Vice President-elect Mike Pence](http://time.com/4622026/president-obama-mike-pence-obamacare-dueling-meetings/) are attending their first official inaugural events, which began with a wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. The wreath-laying is an inauguration tradition that honors America’s veterans. 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