Washington: Donald Trump's inauguration is the most talked about thing on the internet right now. The 70-year-old billionaire's inauguration as the 45th President of the United States of America witnessed participation of thousands of supporters. Yet it seemed that Republican failed to gather attention from many Americans.
Aerial pictures of the crowds of Trump supporters on the Mall showed a much smaller turnout at midday on Friday than that in comparable photos from Obama's first inauguration in 2009.
This photograph was taken in 2009 during Obama's inauguration as US President. It is assumed that around 18 million people had attended Obama's inauguration ceremony.
A Screengrab taken from the video of Donald Trump's inauguration uploaded on YouTube.
Here's a pictorial comparison of the crowd gathered during Donald Trump's inauguration in 2017 and Barack Obama's inauguration in 2009.
Estimates of crowd size at Trump's inauguration were not immediately available from police.
