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Hello and welcome to Coffee House Shots, Suspectators' Daily Politics Podcast.

I'm Katie Balls and I'm joined by Michael Gove and Sarah Elliott of Republican Overseas, UK.

Sarah will begin with you because of course we are talking on the day of Donald Trump's inauguration.

He will later today take the oath, become the 47th president of the United States.

What's the mood like in Washington?

I think he's been touring some of the parties.

Yes, I mean, it's electric.

Everybody is just super positive, excited.

Even with the very mercurial weather we're having with, you know,

where it's snowing, raining, one minute, icing to sun this morning.

And we're getting ready for a big Arctic blast. But it's just, it's really just optimistic, I would say.

There is a ton of security here.

I have never seen Washington, D.C. on so much

lockdown. Barricades, boats, security boats in the river, helicopters flying overhead, road closures

everywhere. And of course, they're moving the parade inside to the Capital One Arena and the swearing into the rotenda today.

And Michael, looking ahead to the inauguration, we're gearing up for quite a spectacle and also

probably a wider array of musicians contributing than the first time around. It's now acceptable

to sing for Trump. Last night, we had an eve of inauguration rally that Donald Trump spoke at,

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