And now, it’s all happened again. Bush was at the inauguration of Donald Trump on Monday, and cameras caught him smirking and raising his eyebrows at someone or something. Despite the lack of context, it’s still very funny.
So here’s a look at some of the jokes we’ve since seen pop up since earlier in the week, and I’d say the best of the lot is how it fits perfectly with the “Directed by Michael Bay” meme:
A caller named Graham from New Jersey started out by giving his opinion about the 2024 presidential election before airing his grievances about how the CFP selection committee left Alabama out of the 12-team field.
“Truly dark times in America,” the caller said about teams like SMU and Indiana making it in over Alabama before being cut off by the C-SPAN broadcast.
Well, it is an open line, so you’re bound to get something like this.
Alabama’s loss to Michigan in the ReliaQuest Bowl makes this a hard argument to make, but it sure sounds like Graham still feels like Alabama got robbed.
Caller phones into C-Span's inauguration coverage to complain about the CFP selection committee leaving Alabama out of the playoff. pic.twitter.com/GxfXgL5xx1
Carrie Underwood sang “America the Beautiful” a cappella after an inauguration technical error.
During Monday’s presidential inauguration for Donald Trump, a technical issue led country musician Carrie Underwood to sing “America the Beautiful” a cappella.
Underwood was one of the performers during Monday’s festivities, but a brief delay caused by the lack of a backing track during her appearance gave way to her performing the American hymn without any music.
While production errors happen in live events, Underwood made sure the show went on anyhow with her a cappella performance with some help from the various attendees.
I am not one of those people who you see around your local town or city wearing shorts in freezing weather.
Sure, there are those who do it. And apparently, that includes Pennsylvania senator John Fetterman, who is out here on Monday in Washington D.C. just walking around in shorts like he finished a pickup game at the local Y. That’s only a little strange when you consider that it’s so cold, the entire inauguration was moved indoors into the Capitol Rotunda.
January 20, 2025 marks the inauguration of Donald Trump for a second term. Despite the fact that it’s freezing in Washington, D.C. — literally, the weather is VERY cold out there, stay warm — and the swearing-in will take place indoors at the Capitol Rotunda for the first time since 1985 (when Ronald Reagan was sworn in there), the show will be going on as planned.
So what’s the schedule for Monday’s inauguration? Who’s performing? What else is important to know? Glad you asked all of that. Here’s a breakdown of what’s happening when, plus some other info you’ll want to know as you watch the day of events:
What time is the inauguration starting?
What time will Donald Trump be sworn in?
After meeting with President Joe Biden and Jill Biden at the White House for tea, Donald Trump will be sworn in at 12 p.m. ET with Chief Justice John Roberts leading the ceremony. That will be followed by his inaugural address.
Who’s performing at the 2025 inauguration?
We put together a handy list, which includes Carrie Underwood. That lists includes other events, like the inaugural parade at 2:30 p.m. ET and the Liberty Inaugural Ball, the Starlight Ball and the Commander in Chief Ball.
What channel is the inauguration on? Where can I stream the inauguration?
CBS, NBC and ABC will all carry it, as will cable networks.
If you’re wondering why Donald Trump’s 2025 inauguration was moved indoors to the Capitol Rotunda instead of being outdoors as usual, there’s a very good reason for that.
It’s because it’s cold in Washington D.C. As in, REALLY cold. Temperatures are below freezing on Monday, so the swearing in will take place indoors.
This isn’t the first time the inauguration has taken place indoors. Back in 1985, Ronald Reagan’s inauguration was also sworn in indoors, and the event also took place in the Capitol Rotunda that year.
The 2025 Inauguration is here, and that means we’ll hear some performers sing the national anthem and other songs associated with the United States.
So who will you hear on Monday as Donald Trump is sworn in again? We have the answers.
At the swearing-in ceremony, Carrie Underwood will sing America the Beautiful. Christopher Macchio — a tenor — will sing the national anthem. Lee Greenwood is also scheduled to appear.
At the Liberty Ball, The Village People and Jason Aldean will perform. Nelly is also slated to be there.
At the Commander-in-Chief Ball, Rascal Flatts and Parker McCollum will perform.
And at the Starlight Ball, Gavin DeGraw is scheduled to perform.
It will be the first time the ceremony has not been held on the the Capitol’s western front since the second inauguration of Ronald Reagan in 1985 was also moved inside due to the cold.
So how frigid will it get Monday? The latest forecasts indicates a temperature in the low 20s with wind gusts up to 30 miles per hour around noon when Trump will be sworn into office. Or, in sports parlance, nowhere near vaseline cold.
Sports have broken our brains to view enduring frigid temps as a badge of honor rather than a reason to fret. And there have been so many recent examples of leagues and organizers refusing to budge on scheduling when it comes to extreme cold.
So before you start to convince yourself 20 degrees is too cold to be outside, remember that hundreds of thousands of fans have endured much worse — sometimes in minimal clothing — to support their teams.
Sports played in colder temps than Trump’s inauguration
Jan. 14, 2024: Kansas City Chiefs vs. Miami Dolphins (-4 degrees Fahrenheit)
(Photo by David Eulitt/Getty Images)
The NFL probably should’ve rescheduled this AFC Wild Card matchup. The wind chill reached -27 degrees Fahrenheit and dozens of fans at Arrowhead Field that day were treated for frostbite — with some needing amputations. Amazingly, this was only the fourth-coldest game in NFL history.
Jan. 1, 2022: Minnesota Wild vs. St. Louis Blues (-5.7 degrees Fahrenheit)
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The coldest game in NHL history. Of course it involved Minnesota. The Wild fell to the Blues, 6-4, in the 2022 Winter Classic at Target Field with St. Louis playing mind games in the cold well before puck drop.
Now THAT is what we call a Winter Classic arrival!
Oct. 22, 1997: World Series Game 4, Florida Marlins vs. Cleveland Indians (38 degrees Fahrenheit)
Photo by JEFF HAYNES / AFP)
You may be thinking 38 degrees sounds tropic compared to some of the other games on this list, but the Snow Globe Game had a wind chill of 18 degrees. The only heat came from Cleveland’s bats in 10-3 victory, though the Marlins won the series in seven games.
Dec. 31, 1967: NFL Championship Game, Green Bay Packers vs. Dallas Cowboys (-13 degrees Fahrenheit)
You knew the Ice Bowl was going to appear on this list. Negative 13 at kickoff with a a -48 wind chill (that’s since been updated to -36 under current guidelines). The heating system under the turf didn’t work properly and the Packers won 21-17 in a game that 50,000 attended and millions more claimed they were at.
Feb 12, 1994; Lillehammer, Norway: The main cauldron opening ceremony for the XVII Winter Olympics. Mandatory Credit: Prevost/Presse via USA TODAY Sports
It turns out Norway is quite cold in February! The Lillehammer Games are most commonly associated with the fallout of the Tonya Harding-Nancy Kerrigan saga, but the brutal frost was even harder to avoid. At night the Olympic Village averaged -13 degrees Fahrenheit.
Oh yes. Smith was asked on The View on Thursday the question that lots of influential pop culture personalities might start getting with Donald Trump’s election to a second term in office this week.
Would he actually consider running for president? Apparently so.
“If you came to me and you told me I had a legitimate shot to win the presidency of the United States of America, I would definitely consider it,” Smith said on the broadcast when asked about the possibility.
Smith’s recent appearances on Sean Hannity’s Fox News show and NewsNation hint he may have political aspirations in his future, or at the least feels very comfortable with airing his political opinions out in the open.
However, it’s not as certain he would actually find much success in a campaign since he said in the interview he would run as an independent due to his disdain for both sides of the aisle.
Like with everything in our political sphere, we’ll see what happens.
"If you came to me and you told me I had a legitimate shot to win the presidency of the United States of America, I would definitely consider it." – Stephen A. Smith on The View pic.twitter.com/Q3Ccdbopws
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