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Inside Washington D.C. during the Trump inauguration
DJ “Captain Love” embraces a fellow Trump supporter at the Washington DC’s Trump rally while waiting in line on Jan. 19, 2025. Photo by Gabriel Milby.
Anthony Clauson | News Reporter On the day before Monday’s presidential inauguration, then-President-elect Donald Trump held a rally in Washington, D.C.’s Capitol One Arena. The event’s line wrapped around several blocks, where supporters celebrated and bought merchandise. Vendors lined the rally selling apparel with slogans such as “Make America Great Again” and “Take America Back.” A cardboard cutout of Trump surfed through the crowd to the tune of DJ Captain Love’s victory music. People in all varieties of Trump-themed merchandise danced and sang along to songs such as “Party in the U.S.A.” and “Y.M.C.A.” Standing alongside the line and vendors, Richard Waterloo entertained Trump supporters with juggling and clown gags. Waterloo is a Pope in the Discordian faith. Waterloo explained that Discordianism is a religion without rules based on chaos and chaos magic. Waterloo said he was politically indifferent to Trump’s inauguration: “I would prefer other things, but here we are.” Read more by Anthony Clauson