When Biden gets sworn in as 46, would Trump be so petty as to not show up?

[Stinky The Clown]

I think he would and I think he will be a no-show.

[woodsprite]

1. If that's the case, he'll probably be halfway to Russia by then. nt

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. I don't expect him to be there.

He'll be at Mierda-Loco golfing and sulking.

[Walleye]

3. He won't go. You can bet on it

[dubyadiprecession]

32. Yes, it will be a combination of sulking/contempt

I don’t expect dumpster fire to be there. But then, who cares to see his trademark frowny face anyway?

[Sogo]

4. Frankly, I hope so....

Why spoil a joyous occasion with him present? (and scowling Melania)...

[LakeArenal]

11. It's joyous. Especially if he goes.

[aidbo]

5. You're asking how petty Trump can be? I don't think there's a bottom to that hole.

[Arkansas Granny]

35. Someone mentioned a few days ago that just when you think Trump has gone as low as he can go,

he opens a trap door.

[samnsara]

6. do they usually show up? Bush was on a plane when Obama was being sworn in..

...from what I recall.

[treestar]

16. ....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_inauguration

Attendees
In addition to the public, the attendees at the ceremony generally include the vice president, members of Congress, Supreme Court justices, high-ranking military officers, former presidents, living Medal of Honor recipients, and other dignitaries. The outgoing president customarily attends the president-elect's inauguration. Only five have chosen not to do so. John Adams, still smarting over the outcome of the election of 1800, did not remain in Washington to witness the inauguration of Thomas Jefferson, his successor. In 1829, John Quincy Adams also left town, unwilling to be present to see Andrew Jackson's accession to the White House. In 1869, Andrew Johnson was angrily conducting a cabinet meeting even as his successor, Ulysses S. Grant, was being inaugurated.[12] More recently, Woodrow Wilson did not attend Warren G. Harding's 1921 inauguration (though he rode to the Capitol with him), nor did Richard Nixon attend Gerald Ford's 1974 inauguration (having left Washington, D.C., prior to his resignation taking effect).

So number 6 is likely going to be Dotard.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

19. Bush attended Obama's first inauguration but not the second.

He accompanied Bush I, who was ill, back to Texas instead.

[RussellCattle]

23. Bush was on stage with Obama when he was first sworn in, in 2008, as departing incumbents....

....have always done. It is and has been thought to be part of "the orderly transition of power" that we take pride in. Trump will either be on the golf course or will be taken into custody by the Secret Service and escorted out to a waiting helicopter that Joe Biden has graciously provided.

[Yonnie3]

27. I recall the Obamas and Bidens doing a send off ceremony with Bush.

After the inaugural ceremony on the west front of the U.S. Capitol, President Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden escorted former President George W. Bush and former First Lady Laura Bush to a departure ceremony on the east side of the U.S. Capitol.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_inauguration_of_Barack_Obama

[Mike 03]

7. I seriously doubt he will go.

I also think this will be the worst transition of power in US history. But Trump has screwed everything up so badly, I doubt Biden would even want help with the transition.

Trump will probably hate-tweet the inauguration from Trump Tower.

[LakeArenal]

8. He won't go. He won't leave the WH until taken out by Federal Marshall.

[underpants]

25. I think this is the best guess. He could sit in the Oval

as long as he possibly can.

[LakeArenal]

63. Mostly because he's just plain nuts.

Mad as in Hatter.

[no_hypocrisy]

9. You bet. My guess is he'll leave in the night, hours before the Inauguration.

If he leaves at all.

[Thekaspervote]

10. I would sure hate to ruin such a joyous occasion by having his fat orange ass there!!

[fierywoman]

12. The psychics are saying he won't show and that Pence will be the representative of this

shitshow administration at the inauguration.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

21. You don't need to be a psychic to predict that.

[fierywoman]

24. (LOL!)

[Norbert]

13. He will be busy being frog marched out of the White House

Not that he would go anyway.

[Under The Radar]

14. He won't be there, would like to see Vegas odds on that one

[soothsayer]

15. I hope he doesn't

Let’s be rid of him

[Midnight Writer]

60. Yes, who needs him? If he goes, he will likely pull an attention begging stunt.

Let him go straight to the dustbin of history.

[treestar]

17. I predict not only will he not be there

He will be grabbing attention with outrageous tweets. The idiotic media will probably let him take some attention from our new President.

[jaysunb]

18. Biden will probably be sworn in as #47.

I have no doubt Trump will resign and Pence will be 46.

[Totally Tunsie]

55. That's a very distinct possibility.

[lame54]

58. No doubt?...

When is this supposed to happen?

Personally, I don't see it in my tea leaves

[beastie boy]

20. Yes, please!

For once, he can put his pettiness to good use. Who wants a traitor to piss on Biden's (America's) parade?

[awesomerwb1]

22. Not sure you're reading the room well?

[Dave in VA]

26. I don't think

there will be a big ceremony as in the past.

A virtual inauguration like the Democratic National Convention would be my guess.

Just my $0.02

[PuppyBismark]

28. Joe will be 47, Pence will be 46

tRump will pardon everyone including his family, cabinet, and Pence, resign and Pense will be 46 for enough time to pardon tRump. tRump must have that pardon. If there is not a New York indictment, he will get on his plane and fly out of the country to never return again.

[Cuthbert Allgood]

50. Trump will pardon himself.

[WyattKansas]

53. Even if that happens, there still needs to be an investigation and reconciliation for all involved..

In tRUMP's criminal activity to set the record straight and impose a reckoning on this country, so it won't fester anymore like it did with the Nixon Administration. Everyone who defiled their oath need consequences for their actions and not just a damn mercy sacrifice of their position. A dirty tRUMP fecal stain that follows and haunts them to their grave and in the history books. Top of that list...
Bill Barr
a.k.a. Wild Billy Barr

[Mz Pip]

29. If he goes

He’ll sit with his arm crossed and pout and scowl.

[Doreen]

30. That would be nice.

We want him gone, not lurking in the shadows.

[sandensea]

31. Not only that - but the outgoing president will probably be Dense Pence

Once it sinks in that the Joint Chiefs will not install him, Marcos-style, as de facto president, he'll almost certainly resign - in exchange for Pence's pulling a Gerry Ford for him.

[Cirque du So-What]

33. Attend, don't attend, IDGAF.

As long as Joe Biden takes office that day, I’m good.

My prediction: he has an urgent need for 18 holes at merde-a-log-o.

[Arkansas Granny]

40. I'm with you. I couldn't care less what he does as long as he leaves Washington.

[33taw]

34. He won't show. He'll be pillaging the White House before he leaves.

It may depend on COVID status.

[eppur_se_muova]

36. Absolutely! And as soon as Biden is sworn in on the steps of the Capitol, the Secret Service will...

... notify i45 that he has no authorization to be in the WH and must leave or face arrest. I just hope i45 hasn't blocked off the view so the press can capture the unforgettable scene of him being escorted -- or frog-marched -- from the WH for good.

[Caliman73]

37. That is certainly possible. I would not mind one bit though.

It would cement his legacy as a whiny little bastard. President Obama had the grace to not only show up, but to actually, genuinely care about Trump doing a good job. He gave Trump every opportunity to be a decent human being, but Trump can't do it.

Sure, it would create a minor scandal about breaking that precedent an tradition, but Trump would likely be the only president in history that did not show up for the tradition of the peaceful transfer of power, and like I said, it would be yet another stain on his already horrible legacy, and at least for me, he would not be missed. Not even a little bit.

[progressive nobody]

38. My husband expects him to do a John Adams- leave town before Biden is sworn in.

[electionwatcher]

39. He definitely won't want to go.

He'll probably dodge going by saying his bone spurs are acting up.

As long as Biden is being sworn in, where the orange idiot is is frankly irrelevant. Although, it would be a pleasure to make him have to watch while it happened. It would drive him crazy.

[sarcasmo]

41. Hard showing up if Trump is sitting in a NYC jail cell.

[MFGsunny]

42. Agreed. I see it as one less turd in the punch bowl. n/t

[NCDem47]

43. Biden should expect the West Wing to be littered with

Paper shredders and wiped hard drives. Not that there’s ANYTHING of value from this administration to be imparted on the next. Just destroyed evidence to crime after crime.

[russiamommy]

44. He won't show up

He doesn’t believe in our traditions, including the peaceful transition of power. Whether he chooses to simply leave before January 20 or if he has to be dragged out of the White House, I don’t know, but there’s no way he’ll be a gentleman and participate as he should. If I had to bet he’ll make a major fuss over something. He couldn’t stand that the day not be all about him.

[Crunchy Frog]

45. Absolutely. And if that's the worst that he does, we'll be damn lucky.

I think it's more likely that he'd lay waste to the entire country during his final couple of months.

[AleksS]

46. I hope he won't show up.

I hope he won't show up. The sooner I have to never see his orange ass-face again, the better.

[Pobeka]

47. He won't pay the air-fare from Russia, neither will Putin. n/t

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

48. I really don't care if he is there.

Probably better if he isn't.

[WyattKansas]

49. Who cares?

Hell if I were Biden, I would immediately have orders ready to sign as soon as I was sworn in to fire all tRUMP appointments in the government with immediate replacements and launch the reckoning of the criminal activity that has transpired the last 4 years.

[steve2470]

68. agreed! nt

[gristy]

51. As others have said, I sure as hell hope so.

But if he did want to show up, Biden would certainly have the authority to deny him a spot on the dais.

[SeattleVet]

52. I really want to see him there, sitting in the background, scowling...

and fidgeting, and at the moment that President Biden completes his Oath of Office, federal marshals place the handcuffs on tRump and frog march his sorry ass away with the crowd laughing at him, just before the REALLY large Inaugural Parade starts.

[bearsfootball516]

54. There is no chance he'd be there.

[davsand]

56. I seriously doubt that inauguration will be a big public event this time.

Much as we all want to see Biden take over, I am afraid the big festivities will be reduced a lot due to the pandemic. Certainly, Biden seems too aware to put people to that level of risk.

As for the orange anus, I doubt he'll be involved in much of anything at that point beyond snarkiness on Twitter. He's been disengaged in the entire process of governance and does nothing except play golf (except for campaigning, of course) for quite a while now. That is not going to change once the election happens. If we see any involvement from him at all by that point, I think it will be filing court cases contesting election results in individual states. He won't go quietly, but sooner or later the inevitability of it all will become a reality for everyone around him. At that point, somebody is going to have to explain to him that the party is over and that he can only save himself by getting out of Dodge by sundown.



Laura

[Vinca]

57. I picture him showing up and preparing to take the oath again.

He's going to have to be dragged out of DC kicking and screaming.

[Fiendish Thingy]

59. I don't think there will be a public gathering

Probably just Joe, Jill, Kamala, Doug and Roberts, probably at the WH.

Biden will give a televised address, perhaps from the Oval Office.

COVID will give Trump an easy excuse not to be there.

[GeorgeGist]

61. YES.

He'll probably have fled to a non-extradition country by then.

[fleur-de-lisa]

62. He won't show and he'll do something despicable to

divert attention away from Biden.

Set the WH on fire?

Divulge classified info in Fox Noise?

Or something so terrible the rest of us couldn’t even imagine.

One thing is for sure: Dump will not go quietly.

[LiberalBrooke]

64. I too think he will be a no show and I'm just fine with it.

[jcgoldie]

65. who cares

Fuck him. Go home and pack your prison bag.

[sakabatou]

66. Yep

And when he doesn't show up, he'll lie about how he wasn't invited.

[steve2470]

67. He won't go, he will be tweeting furiously how "fixed" the election was, blah blah blah

Also working on his Trump Network, ugh.