01-17-25 YMS Monday afternoon Donald Trump will be inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States. White House Correspondent JON DECKER offers a preview and an update on how Washington is preparing for the transfer of power.

Monday afternoon Donald Trump will be inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States. White House Correspondent JON DECKER offers a preview and an update on how Washington is preparing for the transfer of power.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Previously on your Morning show with Michael dil Chono.

Speaker 2 (00:04):
As America prepares to have a transfer of power, our
White House correspondent who's about to cover another president, a
different president when he covered a few years ago, John Decker,
is joining us. This is one of those John, that's
really kind of fascinating. How they'll have tea together visit
and as they're doing that, trucks will be loading one

(00:25):
family stuff to take away and loading another's and putting
in place to live. There's a lot of stuff that
goes on this weekend. Walk us through some of it.

Speaker 3 (00:34):
Yeah, that's right. That takes place at both sixteen hundred
Pennsylvania Avenue as well as the Vice President's mansion at
the Naval Observatory. The moving in, the moving out, and
that all happens within a matter of hours. Noon on
Monday Eastern Time is when Donald Trump will be sworn
in as America's forty seventh president. I'll be there. It's

(00:56):
going to be my eighth presidential inauguration. I get exc
for each and every one of them, and I can't
wait for Monday, even though it's going to be bitterly
cold during the course of that day, but I'm prepared
for that, and I'm looking forward to covering this new administration.
As you point out, covered Donald Trump his first term,
and now i'll cover him for his second term.

Speaker 4 (01:18):
How different you think Donald Trump is going to be
this time?

Speaker 3 (01:22):
I think he's going to be relatively the same Donald
Trump as Donald Trump. And I say that because I've
known him for many years. First time I interviewed Donald
Trump was way back in nineteen ninety nine. And he's
the same person even before he was in politics, that
I encountered when I interviewed him for one hour back.

Speaker 4 (01:41):
In nineteen ninety nine.

Speaker 3 (01:42):
So I expect it's going to be very similar to
the president that I covered during those first that first term, And.

Speaker 4 (01:51):
Dou will have to wait and see.

Speaker 3 (01:52):
He's got a Republican Congress, just like he did when
he was sworn in in term number one.

Speaker 4 (01:58):
Dona, I remember her last name.

Speaker 2 (02:00):
Now she was an operative in the Obama Now she's
an MSNBC correspondence. That there's not going to be a
resistance congress this time around. Do you think there's going
to be a resistance media this time around? I mean,
even the Washington Post has got a new slogan, right.

Speaker 3 (02:14):
Well, the Washington Post is owned by Jeff Bezos. Jeff
Bezos is trying to cozy up to Donald Trump. I
don't know if that will filter into editorial coverage. I
doubt it very much. I think reporters who are good
will ask the tough questions, just like they asked the
tough questions four other administrations.

Speaker 4 (02:32):
That's certainly my go to.

Speaker 3 (02:34):
I've always asked questions regardless of whether it's a Republican
or a Democrat.

Speaker 4 (02:39):
Who's in power.

Speaker 3 (02:39):
And you know, I think that's the way to go about.

Speaker 4 (02:41):
Doing your job. So we have Bitter Cold. That'll be
a headline.

Speaker 2 (02:45):
We have a church service, a ceremony at the tomb
of the unknown Soldier at Arlington. You have the tea which,
by the way, as we talked about yesterday, Milanya is
declined tea with Jill. But Biden and Trump will meet
at the White House and they'll make their way to
the oath who's who of country stars. In addition to

(03:08):
the village, people will be performing and balls and parades,
including that garbage truck. It's going to be it's going
to be a completely different conversation when we meet.

Speaker 4 (03:16):
Again on Monday.

Speaker 2 (03:17):
John Decker, White House Correspondent, Thanks so much for joining us.

Speaker 1 (03:19):
Miss a little, miss a lot, miss a lot, and
we'll miss you. It's your morning show with Michael del
Churno