A day after President Trump’s acting secretary of defense issued a statement assuring the Pentagon’s stance condemning Wednesday riots at the Capitol and maintaining a peaceful transition to the Biden administration, the president tweeted today that he will not be attending President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration.
Trump’s tweet, which was his second after a short Twitter ban, was brief with no further explanation. Trump simply stated, “To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th.”
Earlier today, in his first tweet after the ban, Trump tweeted what appeared to be a pledge to his scores of millions of supporters that he would continue being a voice for them going forward. He said:
The 75,000,000 great American Patriots who voted for me, AMERICA FIRST, and MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, will have a GIANT VOICE long into the future. They will not be disrespected or treated unfairly in any way, shape or form!!!
According to Politico, Vice President Mike Pence is reportedly planning to attend the inauguration. One source said Pence’s attendance “was a much more difficult decision days ago, but less difficult now.” This, apparently in reference to the events on Wednesday.
While some are calling Trump‘s decision outrageous and unprecedented, he is not the first to avoid his successor’s inauguration. Three other former presidents have declined to attend, notes Politico, including some of the Founding Fathers: John Adams in 1801, John Quincy Adams in 1829 and Andrew Johnson in 1869.
Politico adds, “Former President Richard Nixon — who resigned in 1974 under threat of impeachment — was not present when President Gerald Ford was subsequently sworn-in at the White House.”
Nevertheless, other than that, all modern presidents in the 20th century through now, have done so. It is one of the nation’s most prominent public displays of its commitment to a peaceful transfer of power. It is still unclear what President Trump intends to do on that day.
In December, President-elect Joe Biden stated, according to Politico, “The protocol of the transfer of power, I think, is important. But it is totally his decision, and it’s of no personal consequence to me. But I do think it is for the country.”
Biden’s inauguration committee has announced plans for a scaled-down ceremony with virtual events to reduce the spread of Covid-19. Some of Trump’s more radical supporters have promised more chaos at the inauguration.
USA Today wrote: “Already they’re boasting online about overrunning the Capitol and making plans to disrupt Biden’s inauguration.”
It is also unclear for now, how Trump’s decision to avoid the inaugural will impact these supporters, or the event itself.
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The only way I’ll watch is if they plan to arrest creepy joe and kabala
Why attend:
Only enflame issue
name calling by media jerks
Stress
Division
Makes sense
Watch from TV
BUT has to turn over ropes in White House.
Unless has VP turn over helm to Biden
Never call him President Biden only Biden
President Trump does what he says, unlike past Presidents. It would be the greatest form of hypocrisy for him to attend Biden’s stolen inauguration!
Sixty-seven Democratic U.S. representatives declined to attend Trump’s inauguration, citing “what they described as his alarming and divisive policies, foreign interference in his election and his criticism of civil rights icon John Lewis, a congressman from Georgia” Wikipedia
I think Biden is feeling guilty about stealing the election from President Trump, says he isn’t having a traditional inauguration. Must be afraid.
I wouldn’t attend biden’s inauguration either, won’t even watch. He will not be my president. Ever.
Sixty-seven Democratic U.S. representatives declined to attend Trump’s inauguration, citing “what they described as his alarming and divisive policies, foreign interference in his election and his criticism of civil rights icon John Lewis, a congressman from Georgia”
The only trouble makers last Wednesday at the Capital were bussed in by the Left. They dressed up like Trump supporters, were greeted by the police, and proceeded to cause their damage. We The People all know that! They were Antifa and BLM. It may take a Revaluation as my friend, Larry Klayman has said.
Revolution
joe and the ho were not legally elected so why would he or any true American attend. He should have a rally across town an announce the formation of the MAGA political party. I bet he would get a larger crowd. The RNC suck.
Why would any body go where they are not welcome?
If anyone is planning on interrupting the inauguration it will be antifa infiltrators.
i wont be watching either
Why would you go and support someone who cheated to get there? If it was an open, transparent election, and President Trump had lost, he would have been there.
I believe the 74 million American patriots will never call biden or watch I hate Washington pig face Pelosi and all I can’t wait till they are all gone she can share her 25 thousand dollars worth the ice cream with antifa blm and all the rest of washington scums.my only President is the awesome courageous greatest President ever President Donald J Trump no news bye twitter facebook all ur lies u can keep them no one cares about u bunch of washington rat scumbags God will get even with all of you
Why would our president Trump celebrate biden’s theft it would be like a store owner thanking the antifa for looting and burning down his business
Inagural wishes:
Heavy rains
Cold front super
hail
Winds
for Biden.
Trump is right by not attending. Anyone who attends is condoning corruption, fraud, lies and theft. There is NO WAY Joe won this election with real votes.
The election is a scam—the more I think about it the more I think this has been going on for many many years in the past….We are no better than the old Soviet Union, than Red Communist China, Cuba, North Korea and the Third Reich to name a few–the only difference is we have more money that they did so it will take long to really have the effect if will have…..Trump should not attend this 0scam–Biden won nothing–he knows it and so do the rest of that group of Socialists and Communists—Why no mention of the riots, murders, destruction of public and private property this past summer? Burning down an entire Police Station in Minneapolis?? Trump incited nothing–he held a rally and some crossed the line–but not nearly as bad as what happened in New York, Portland, Seattle, Chicago, Wisconsin and other cities that we over run by Democratic law breaking groups—in fact your new hero Harris set up bail funds for those few that were arrested—-where is the outrage thare…