Inauguration news in brief
May and Trump could meet next week
Theresa May will be one of the first foreign leaders to hold talks with President Donald Trump, it was reported last night. The Prime Minister could fly out to Washington DC as early as next Thursday to meet with Mr Trump and visit “for a couple of days”, Government sources were quoted as saying.
Plans to meet Ms May were pushed forward by Steve Bannon, Mr Trump’s chief strategist, as they look to secure a strong relationship with Britain, according to The Telegraph. Despite overtly criticising Mr Trump during the 2016 campaign, Ms May is hopeful of being able to work effectively with the new President, Downing Street reportedly said.
Obama keeps on tweeting
As Donald Trump took charge of the @Potus Twitter handle, a name that was made available to Barack Obama only two years ago, the outgoing president reclaimed his old handle and quickly started tweeting.
“Hi everybody! Back to the original handle. Is this thing still on? Michelle and I are off on a quick vacation, then we’ll get back to work,” he wrote.
“In the meantime, I want to hear what you're thinking about the road ahead. So share your ideas with me here.”
‘Alt-right’ leader punched in the face twice
Richard Spencer, the ‘alt-right’ leader and white nationalist, was punched in the face twice yesterday amid the inauguration festivities in Washington DC. One of the photographers who captured the 38-year-old getting clocked in the face told Jezebel that the leader will definitely be sore in the morning. “Someone ran up behind him and clocked him in the face. Somebody in a mask. Spencer kept talking. Then it happened again,” the witness explained.
“One of them was in the ear,” he continued, describing the attack on the corner of 14th and K Street at 2:30pm. “He’s gonna have a big face tomorrow. Keep an eye on it.”
Trump supporters in Moscow wore ‘Anonymous’ masks
Donald Trump supporters in Russia celebrated the swearing in of the new president in "Anonymous" masks at an inauguration party in Moscow. Around a hundred Trump sympathisers, nationalist activists and spin doctors gathered in the vaulted hall of Moscow’s main Soviet-era post office to listen to watch the new president's speech, translated live, before opening Champaign bottles ahead of an all-night party.
Attendees posed for photos in front of embellished portraits of Mr Trump, Vladimir Putin, and hard-right French Front National leader Marine Le Pen, produced by an art group especially for the occasion. Several guests wore the masks which were made famous by the film V for Vendetta