President-elect Donald Trump promised an "unbelievable, perhaps record-setting turnout" for his inauguration, but perhaps no one needs to count in order to verify those claims. Here's a look at Trump's inauguration crowd, compared to President Barack Obama's crowd at his first inauguration, in 2009:
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