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Trump Attends Three Inaugural Balls

by VOA News

   U.S. President Donald Trump ended his first day in office by talking
   with soldiers in Afghanistan via satellite. The newly installed
   president was at the last of three inaugural balls when he talked with
   the soldiers who offered their congratulations to Trump.

   He told the soldiers they could ask him anything, but the young
   soldiers offered only their congratulations as they passed the
   microphone among themselves. Trump repeatedly joked that he liked their
   questions.

   Later, at the same ball celebrating his inauguration, Trump danced to
   the tune of I Will Always Love You with his wife, Melania, who wore an
   elegant ivory gown.

   Watch: Supporters Celebrate Trump at Presidential Inaugural Balls

   Earlier, at the second ball, he asked the attendees whether he should
   "keep the Twitter going?" The crowd roared their approval, prompting
   Trump to respond that tweeting is "a way of bypassing dishonest media."

   At the first ball, the 70-year-old president and his wife danced to the
   song My Way. They were later joined by Vice President Mike Pence and
   his wife, Karen, along with members of their families.