--- ---  # Donald Trump Tweets ‘It All Begins Today’ on the Morning of His Presidential Inauguration  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Jan 20, 2017 1:26 PM UTC  President-elect Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump arrive at the "Make America Great Again" Welcome Celebration concert at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 19, 2017. President-elect Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump arrive at the "Make America Great Again" Welcome Celebration concert at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 19, 2017.Chris Kleponis—Bloomberg/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Jan 20, 2017 1:26 PM UTC On the [morning of his presidential inauguration](http://time.com/4640005/donald-trump-inauguration-test/?xid=homepage), the man who campaigned with a consistent and often controversial [stream of tweets](http://time.com/4514354/what-donald-trumps-early-morning-tweets-mean/) fired off what could be his last as a civilian. “It all begins today! I will see you at 11:00 A.M. for the swearing-in. THE MOVEMENT CONTINUES – THE WORK BEGINS!” [Donald Trump tweeted](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/822421390125043713) early Friday morning. The incoming president has already surrendered his Android smartphone—from which he often tweeted—and replaced it with a secure, encrypted device, the [New York _Times_ reported](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/19/us/trump-cabinet-picks-inauguration.html?%5Fr=0), citing sources close to the transition. It’s not clear what that will mean for his future tweeting habits. But those around Trump, including incoming White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer and Vice President-elect Mike Pence, have suggested his tweets will continue to be a way he communicates with the American people. Starting Friday, Trump will also [gain access to the @POTUS twitter account](http://time.com/4567113/barack-obama-donald-trump-twitter/) used by President Barack Obama during his tenure. Trump Inauguration: Donald Trump Tweets Before Swearing-In ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4640637/donald-trump-tweets-inauguration/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4640637/donald-trump-tweets-inauguration/"},"headline":"Donald Trump Tweets ‘It All Begins Today’ on the Morning of His Presidential Inauguration","datePublished":"2017-01-20T13:26:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T02:49:33.386Z","description":"Those around Trump have suggested he will still communicate with the American people through Twitter","url":"https://time.com/4640637/donald-trump-tweets-inauguration/","keywords":["Donald Trump","White House","inauguration","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt92f016ba27388434/6988b653196cf4bd5003e8b2/donald-trump-inauguration-tweet.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt92f016ba27388434/6988b653196cf4bd5003e8b2/donald-trump-inauguration-tweet.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Inaugural 'Make America Great Again! Welcome Celebration' At The Lincoln Memorial","caption":"The Inaugural 'Make America Great Again! Welcome Celebration' At The Lincoln Memorial","creditText":"Chris Kleponis—Bloomberg/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4640637/donald-trump-tweets-inauguration/","name":"Donald Trump Tweets ‘It All Begins Today’ on the Morning of His Presidential Inauguration"}}]}] ```