Trump To Leave Town Early Wednesday Before Biden Inauguration

By Staff Reporter
Posted on 01/16/21 | News Source: i24

Trump will be the first president in a century and a half to snub the inauguration of his successor

By the time Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th US president Wednesday, his predecessor Donald Trump will already be far away, having helicoptered out of the White House the last time earlier that morning, an official said Friday.

Trump will be the first president in a century and a half to snub the inauguration of his successor.

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An official who asked not to be identified said Trump would go to his Mar-a-Lago golf club in Florida, which is his legal residence and will become home after the White House.

He is expected to be out of town well before Biden is sworn in on the steps of the Capitol building at exactly noon.

After spending more than two months trying to overturn the results of the November election, pushing false conspiracy theories about fraud, Trump's presence had not been expected at the inauguration.

The final straw came on January 6 when Trump gathered a huge crowd of supporters on the National Mall and once more claimed that they had to fight to stop a fraudulent election. A mob then stormed Congress, halting proceedings underway to certify Biden's win.