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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhen Biden gets sworn in as 46, would Trump be so petty as to not show up?
I think he would and I think he will be a no-show.
woodsprite
(11,902 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,573 posts)He'll be at Mierda-Loco golfing and sulking.
Walleye
(30,935 posts)dubyadiprecession
(5,674 posts)I dont expect dumpster fire to be there. But then, who cares to see his trademark frowny face anyway?
Sogo
(4,986 posts)Why spoil a joyous occasion with him present? (and scowling Melania)...
LakeArenal
(28,797 posts)aidbo
(2,328 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,505 posts)he opens a trap door.
samnsara
(17,604 posts)...from what I recall.
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
(115,573 posts)He accompanied Bush I, who was ill, back to Texas instead.
RussellCattle
(1,529 posts)....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
(17,419 posts)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_inauguration_of_Barack_Obama
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)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
(28,797 posts)underpants
(182,585 posts)as long as he possibly can.
LakeArenal
(28,797 posts)Mad as in Hatter.
no_hypocrisy
(46,010 posts)If he leaves at all.
Thekaspervote
(32,689 posts)fierywoman
(7,663 posts)shitshow administration at the inauguration.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,573 posts)fierywoman
(7,663 posts)Norbert
(6,038 posts)Not that he would go anyway.
Under The Radar
(3,401 posts)soothsayer
(38,601 posts)Lets be rid of him
Midnight Writer
(21,693 posts)Let him go straight to the dustbin of history.
treestar
(82,383 posts)He will be grabbing attention with outrageous tweets. The idiotic media will probably let him take some attention from our new President.
jaysunb
(11,856 posts)I have no doubt Trump will resign and Pence will be 46.
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)lame54
(35,259 posts)When is this supposed to happen?
Personally, I don't see it in my tea leaves
beastie boy
(9,228 posts)For once, he can put his pettiness to good use. Who wants a traitor to piss on Biden's (America's) parade?
awesomerwb1
(4,264 posts)Dave in VA
(2,035 posts)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
(594 posts)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
(4,905 posts)WyattKansas
(1,648 posts)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
(27,430 posts)Hell sit with his arm crossed and pout and scowl.
Doreen
(11,686 posts)We want him gone, not lurking in the shadows.
sandensea
(21,595 posts)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
(25,907 posts)As long as Joe Biden takes office that day, Im good.
My prediction: he has an urgent need for 18 holes at merde-a-log-o.
Arkansas Granny
(31,505 posts)33taw
(2,435 posts)It may depend on COVID status.
eppur_se_muova
(36,246 posts)... 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
(11,722 posts)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
(816 posts)electionwatcher
(85 posts)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
(23,968 posts)MFGsunny
(2,356 posts)NCDem47
(2,248 posts)Paper shredders and wiped hard drives. Not that theres ANYTHING of value from this administration to be imparted on the next. Just destroyed evidence to crime after crime.
russiamommy
(244 posts)He doesnt 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 dont know, but theres no way hell be a gentleman and participate as he should. If I had to bet hell make a major fuss over something. He couldnt stand that the day not be all about him.
Crunchy Frog
(26,574 posts)I think it's more likely that he'd lay waste to the entire country during his final couple of months.
AleksS
(1,665 posts)I hope he won't show up. The sooner I have to never see his orange ass-face again, the better.
Pobeka
(4,999 posts)Zing Zing Zingbah
(6,496 posts)Probably better if he isn't.
WyattKansas
(1,648 posts)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
(37,457 posts)gristy
(10,667 posts)But if he did want to show up, Biden would certainly have the authority to deny him a spot on the dais.
SeattleVet
(5,477 posts)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
(6,373 posts)davsand
(13,421 posts)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
(50,236 posts)He's going to have to be dragged out of DC kicking and screaming.
Fiendish Thingy
(15,544 posts)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
(25,308 posts)He'll probably have fled to a non-extradition country by then.
fleur-de-lisa
(14,624 posts)divert attention away from Biden.
Set the WH on fire?
Divulge classified info in Fox Noise?
Or something so terrible the rest of us couldnt even imagine.
One thing is for sure: Dump will not go quietly.
LiberalBrooke
(527 posts)jcgoldie
(11,610 posts)Fuck him. Go home and pack your prison bag.
sakabatou
(42,134 posts)And when he doesn't show up, he'll lie about how he wasn't invited.
steve2470
(37,457 posts)Also working on his Trump Network, ugh.