Trump's crowd-size obsession to be tested at inauguration after 2017 controversy

FILE PHOTO: Attendees partake in the inauguration ceremonies to swear in Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2017. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - On the morning after Donald Trump's first inauguration in January 2017, acting National Park Service director Mike Reynolds was at home preparing breakfast when he received a call from the new president.

Trump, a Republican, was unhappy with photographs published by media outlets suggesting his inauguration crowd in Washington's National Mall was smaller than the one that had gathered for former Democratic President Barack Obama's swearing-in ceremony in 2009, according to two people familiar with details of the call.