“We do that on July 4 at Smithsonian, for example. We will definitely do that for the inauguration because of crowd management.” “If there is unrest [and] disturbances, we might proactively ...

blasting the press for their coverage of how many showed up and the images they used -- making the incredulous claim that the crowd "was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration ...

Debates over President-elect Trump's inaugural crowd size notably generated controversy back in 2017, with the White House insisting the media underreported Trump's numbers. With his swearing-in ...