What did Donald Trump do today?

He moved his inauguration indoors, although probably not for the reasons he claimed.

Temperatures for Trump's inauguration on Monday are expected to be below freezing. Today, he announced on his private social media network that the ceremony would be held indoors, in the Capitol Rotunda, where four years ago rioters trying to keep him in power forced Congress to abandon its attempts to certify the vote for President Biden.

Trump claimed in his post that his concern was for the safety of attendees, but that seems unlikely. He has a long history of abandoning people attending his rallies to both extreme heat and extreme cold. Trump famously spent most of his first day as president in 2017 furious at coverage showing the unusually small crowds.

Turnout is once again expected to be poor. Hotel availability is a good barometer for attendance, and—just as was the case for his notoriously underwhelming 2017 inauguration—there are a lot of empty rooms in Washington, D.C. this weekend.

Why does this matter?

• It's bad when presidents lie to the public, even if it's just to soothe their own egos.

• Someone who is being inaugurated as president but is still upset about whether they seem popular enough probably isn't emotionally fit for the office.