There was a heated debate after Donald Trump was inaugurated in January 2017 over claims his crowd sizes were much bigger than former President Barak Obama's eight years earlier

Media outlets plan to take photos from the top of the Washington Monument, which will give an overview of the entire inaugural crowd.

The Women’s March in 2017 drew a bigger crowd than Donald Trump’s first inauguration, which was overshadowed by other protests in DC as well. Trump’s convincing victory last year has taken a lot of the air out of the #Resistance that greeted his first term. But that doesn’t mean the streets will be empty for his second inaugural.

Democratic lawmakers who boycotted Trump's first inauguration say they feel compelled to go this time, while protests are expected to be a fraction of their 2017 size.

Although attendance at Donald Trump’s inauguration is expected to be low, the internet is prepared for Trump to photoshop it again. Trump’s inauguration in 2016 drew smaller crowds than his predecessor Barack Obama.