'I'm 19, black and rooting for Donald Trump and Mike Pence'

Isaiah Burroughs with new vice president Mike Pence

Isaiah Burroughs is getting up early to make sure he gets a good spot at the inauguration of the 45th US president, Donald Trump.

"I'm going down with one of my friends and we're going to sit there for five or six hours until it starts.

"I'm in the standing area closest to the Capitol."

Isaiah thinks Trump "has a new message" and that he's "trying to re-energise the country".

"I have friends of all different political affiliations," the 19-year-old, who goes to university in Washington DC, tells Newsbeat.

He admits there is a lot of disagreement in his friendship circle

"We're all respectful of our differences but there are definitely arguments," he says, describing the "anger and tension" felt among his fellow teenagers.

"There are people with legitimate fears about his presidency. And I can understand that - he wasn't my first choice.

"I was on the Marco Rubio campaign. But I wanted to support him as the Republican nominee," Isaiah explains.

Isaiah agrees that Donald Trump has said things which are "concerning to different communities".

America's 45th president once said he wanted to ban Muslims from entering the country, for example.

"I definitely want to support him but I'm not going to completely blindly love him for everything. He'll definitely have his flaws, like anybody. So we'll see what happens.

"He tries his best to embrace people of all different races, genders and sexual orientations."

"I saw him in the summer in Ohio. Getting to see him again and to witness the transition of power, is going to be incredible."

He admits he's disappointed that Beyonce isn't playing

But he thinks there's still time for some of music's A-listers to be won over.

"People are afraid to of the backlash they're going to receive performing for such a controversial president.

"Hopefully Beyonce and Jay Z, who are big Hillary supporters will get behind the president," he explains.

So what is he expecting from the new president's first big address?

"I think he'll be more scaled back. [He's] definitely ready to work for the people, ready to unite the country as much as he can.

"Because the country's very divided right now... I think he's going to try his best to do his best for everyone, even those who didn't support him.

"I do really like him. I think he's a really good guy. I'm very excited about his presidency.

"As Americans, we all need to get behind the president. I'm not a huge fan of President Obama but I was still very supportive - I watched his inauguration."

The National Mall viewed from the West Front of the US Capitol in Washington. Trump will be inaugurated here on Friday

Is he worried about all the planned anti-Trump demonstrations?

"There are going to be a lot of protests and some of the protests may get violent. So I'm glad there's a lot of security.

"It's supposed to rain, so that's not going to be too fun. I'm definitely wearing my raincoat.

"The way people feel about the Republican Party and some of our plans for the next few years gets people very passionate. Hopefully that doesn't lead to anything negative or dangerous."

And what about the after parties?

"I've been invited to several different parties and I am going to a few of them. Obviously Republicans are very excited about these next few years. We're going to be in control of both chambers of Congress and the White House.

"I'll be doing a lot of celebrating. I have a Make America Great Again hat that I'll be wearing for the rest of the week."

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