President Donald Trump announced Friday that he will not attend President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration later this month, shattering another norm of the American presidency on what will be his final day in office.
“To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th,” Trump wrote on Twitter.
With his decision, Trump is poised to become the first U.S. president in recent political memory to not appear for his successor’s swearing-in ceremony — one of the nation’s most prominent public displays of its commitment to a peaceful transfer of power.
Vice President Mike Pence is expected to attend the inauguration, POLITICO reported Thursday. Former President George W. Bush, the most recent Republican president, also plans to attend.
Former President Barack Obama, under whom Biden served as vice president, is presumed to be attending, as is former President Bill Clinton. Former President Jimmy Carter, who is 96 and the only other living former president, announced Tuesday that he would not attend.
Trump’s tweet Friday arrived hours after he released a video message acknowledging, on camera, that he would not serve a second term. That statement came only after a deadly siege of the Capitol building on Wednesday perpetrated by his supporters. The resulting violence left five people dead, including a U.S. Capitol Police officer.
Source: https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/08/trump-wont-attend-biden-inauguration-456480
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