Donald Trump’s inauguration numbers fail to match the 1.8m Americans at Barack Obama’s ceremony in 2009
Aerial shot views show the billionaire's ceremony at the National Mall in Washington DC to be a far cry from the first black President's do
OLIVIA LOVERIDGE-GREENE
Donald Trump's inauguration numbers failed to measure up to Barack Obama's numbers in 2009.
Parts of the National Mall were left empty as the incoming President's ceremony appeared to be a far cry from Barack Obama's crowd bursting inauguration eight years ago.
The mile-long stretch resembled a rehearsal as aerial shots showed huge patches of white tarpaulin visible on the ground.
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Bird's eye view of Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony
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A whopping 1.8million Americans turned up for Barack Obama's inauguration in 2009
Trump supporters took to Twitter to call out the comparisons a conspiracy.
But air shot snaps still show a miserable turnout for the President.
A whopping 1.8 million people turned up to see the nation elect its first black president back in 2009.
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Huge patches of white tarpaulin are still visible when Donald Trump is on stage
Initial estimates before the ceremony took place put the number of people at 700,000 to 900,000. The spacious birds eye view snaps could mean the actual numbers could be much lower.
Figures from the Presidential election back in November show Trump only managing to win a measly 4.1 per cent of the capital's vote.
In comparison Obama won 90.9 per cent of the vote in Washington DC in 2012 compared to Mitt Romney's 7.3 per cent.
Applications for parking permits for the 2017 inauguration were also dwarfed by Obama's 2009 ceremony.
A scant 200 buses pale in comparison to the 3,000 applications eight years earlier.
The number of people using public transport was also said to be far lower with less than half the amount of journeys taken.
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Donald Trump speaks to the crowd vowing to put 'America First' during his four year term
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Donald Trump was sworn in as President with wife Melania by his side
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