President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden greeted incoming President-elect Donald Trump and future first lady Melania Trump outside the White House Monday morning in a return to presidential transition tradition.

A historic transition of power unlike any since the 19th century unfolded throughout Monday, Jan. 20, as President Donald Trump was sworn in for a rare nonconsecutive White House term. PEOPLE followed

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Ronald Reagan scribbled a note in 1989 to his successor above an elephant cartoon. The tradition, started perhaps inadvertently, was continued by Joe Biden.

Trump took the oath of office at his second inauguration and vowing that a "golden age" for the country begins now.

President Biden and President-elect Trump met for tea at the White House, marking a peaceful transfer of power, a contrast to 2017.

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Donald and Melania Trump arrive at the White House ahead of the inauguration ceremony on Monday in Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts in an inauguration ceremony inside the Capitol Rotunda on Monday.

President Donald Trump has signed a flurry of executive actions on Day 1. He has repealed dozens of former President Joe Biden’s actions, begun his immigration crackdown, withdrawn the U.S. from the Paris climate accords and sought to keep TikTok open in the U.

Donald Trump will take the oath of office saying he returns to the presidency “confident and optimistic” it's the start of “a thrilling new era of national success.”