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Biden advisers don't expect Trump to attending Biden's inauguration. Ana Navarro's comment: (Original Post) highplainsdem Nov 2020 OP
Frankly I suspect they are hoping he doesn't attend. Raven123 Nov 2020 #1
I agree PatSeg Nov 2020 #5
Exactly! treestar Nov 2020 #13
I can picture the petulant fool PatSeg Nov 2020 #63
Trump won't attend. He'll hold a competing rally at the same time to take attention away from Biden. TheBlackAdder Nov 2020 #49
Exactly what I was thinking LiberalLovinLug Nov 2020 #70
Maybe he'll attend and demand HE be inaugurated. If he doesn't then he'll be acknowledging defeat. Towlie Nov 2020 #76
Many of us assume that Trump won't be in DC on Jan 20. yardwork Nov 2020 #2
I really thought that would happen by Thanksgiving Rorey Nov 2020 #6
After the EC does its thing in December and there's no turning back.. NCDem47 Nov 2020 #16
I'm still betting on his leaving the country. To hide out in Crimea. calimary Nov 2020 #48
He'll go somewhere that has great golf courses FakeNoose Nov 2020 #53
Good points here. calimary Nov 2020 #73
Oh sure, his options are running out though FakeNoose Nov 2020 #79
Karma's got a LOT of catching up to do. calimary Nov 2020 #81
yep Cosmocat Nov 2020 #24
Hopefully he'll skip town a few days in advance. tanyev Nov 2020 #3
Excellent time to skip to Brazil. NCjack Nov 2020 #9
The wife will be gone long before that. kskiska Nov 2020 #20
And please don't decorate the WH for her version of Christmas Delmette2.0 Nov 2020 #44
The intelligence agencies will have to remove all bugs from the White House. CottonBear Nov 2020 #23
I hope ... Blue_playwright Nov 2020 #34
The White House will need extensive decontamination. jimmyzvoice Nov 2020 #67
I agree re:the cleaning... I hope they can remove or neutralize the negative energy that has liberalla Nov 2020 #25
Woo. :eyes: Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2020 #39
That's OK, I expected that! liberalla Nov 2020 #47
So-called negative energy exists, but it propagates sociologically by statements & actions, not by Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2020 #51
Thank you for that. Although a deep de-bugging will be in order. Merlot Nov 2020 #65
sage? RicROC Nov 2020 #61
Exactly! burrowowl Nov 2020 #27
I think that President and Michelle Obama should welcome the Biden's to the WH Rorey Nov 2020 #4
They can't; they're private citizens. However, I'm sure the reverse will happen immediately. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2020 #12
I would welcome a petition asking him to stay away. KY_EnviroGuy Nov 2020 #7
Who wants anything to do with those covidiots, anyway? jmg257 Nov 2020 #8
I hope that he's not there. We might miss the whole Rice4VP Nov 2020 #10
its a moot point anyway since Biden is probably going to have a very small ceremony because of covid Takket Nov 2020 #11
I read it's expected to take place on the West Front as is traditional, Hortensis Nov 2020 #29
And MAGAts will stupidly crow about the small crowd. klook Nov 2020 #31
Moron won't attend, he'll be too embarrassed at the massive (but masked) crowds celebrating Mr. SWBTATTReg Nov 2020 #14
Free advice to print and online media: NCDem47 Nov 2020 #15
Excellent idea! I like the way you think. Mr. Evil Nov 2020 #21
And the Clintons. sarge43 Nov 2020 #40
I assume he won't be president on January 20. Lonestarblue Nov 2020 #17
I'll double down on this with Cromwell's Words Best_man23 Nov 2020 #18
"Be Gone!" Kid Berwyn Nov 2020 #19
If former-Pres. Obama attends State funerals and celebrations, we all will likely NCjack Nov 2020 #22
And frankly, I doubt the Fat Bastard will make it through 2021 sandensea Nov 2020 #45
Good one! rusty fender Nov 2020 #55
Why, thank you. sandensea Nov 2020 #58
Indeed rusty fender Nov 2020 #62
LOL MustLoveBeagles Nov 2020 #75
Cheeto makes it so easy sandensea Nov 2020 #77
Ana is right why should speaknow Nov 2020 #26
Have President Obama sit in the place of Dump. roamer65 Nov 2020 #28
"or Trump allowing any image of himself looking on as Biden is sworn into office." Hortensis Nov 2020 #30
Trump is the turd in the punchbowl .. DemoTex Nov 2020 #32
Come on. We all need to fart - in church or otherwise. Only trumpf likes to pee/poop erronis Nov 2020 #66
I hope with all my heart that he is NOT there, and that... 3catwoman3 Nov 2020 #33
Good. benfranklin1776 Nov 2020 #35
+1 sandensea Nov 2020 #38
The whole family, including the fur babies, heave a huge sigh of relief. n/t sarge43 Nov 2020 #43
I hear you. sandensea Nov 2020 #46
😹😹 Perfect description! benfranklin1776 Nov 2020 #59
Thanks. sandensea Nov 2020 #64
I hope tiptonic Nov 2020 #36
Putin pleasing though. czarjak Nov 2020 #37
Of course he won't. Pence will be Joe Biden's predecessor. sandensea Nov 2020 #41
Yes seta1950 Nov 2020 #42
I'd rather he go back to Hell where he came from. rickyhall Nov 2020 #50
Can the Obamas step in and greet them at the WH? Happyhippychick Nov 2020 #52
Good! AC_Mem Nov 2020 #54
President Elect Biden won't be interrupted Marthe48 Nov 2020 #56
I cannot imagine anyone who would want him or any of his family there. TNNurse Nov 2020 #57
he will probably be at the alternate facts dis-inauguration ceremony cojoel Nov 2020 #60
tears rolling, LMAO mushroomhunter Nov 2020 #71
The thing to do is explicitly "uninvite" him. Let the media know, Trump is not allowed. Earthshine2 Nov 2020 #68
I am glad he won't. Doreen Nov 2020 #69
Lucky Biden Inauguration.. Doesn't have Cha Nov 2020 #72
He'll Be Holed Up In Some Country With No Extradition Treaty nt smb Nov 2020 #74
Lease Gitmo to the Trump Organization Mopar151 Nov 2020 #78
They'll need to send in a fumigation team and an exorcist before the Bidens can move in. Crunchy Frog Nov 2020 #80

treestar

(82,383 posts)
13. Exactly!
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 12:14 PM
Nov 2020

As it is, the media will still be yammering about the unprecedented non-showing of the outgoing POTUS. That's why the Orange Moron does these things. To get people talking about him.

PatSeg

(47,419 posts)
63. I can picture the petulant fool
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 02:12 PM
Nov 2020

sitting at home (wherever that might be on January the 20th) tweeting frantically as he watches the inauguration on TV. I think the media is pretty tired of him at this point and he will be upstaged by a real president.

TheBlackAdder

(28,189 posts)
49. Trump won't attend. He'll hold a competing rally at the same time to take attention away from Biden.
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 01:38 PM
Nov 2020

LiberalLovinLug

(14,173 posts)
70. Exactly what I was thinking
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 02:54 PM
Nov 2020

He'll hold a "Rally for Truth" or some such name. And speak about the great sham going on, how he was supposed to be there. How poor Donald was cheated. How utterly horrible the country will be now. Etc.

And Fox News and maybe others, will cover the inauguration, but will not be able to resist flipping back and forth. He'll run in as a live streaming event, and will be hosted on all the affiliated Trump Humper YouTube channels. As well as InfoWars, America First, etc.

Towlie

(5,324 posts)
76. Maybe he'll attend and demand HE be inaugurated. If he doesn't then he'll be acknowledging defeat.
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 07:03 PM
Nov 2020

 
?

What to do? It sucks to be Trump.

yardwork

(61,599 posts)
2. Many of us assume that Trump won't be in DC on Jan 20.
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 11:54 AM
Nov 2020

At some point he will leave the White House and not return. He's already quit what little work he ever did.

Rorey

(8,445 posts)
6. I really thought that would happen by Thanksgiving
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 11:58 AM
Nov 2020

And who knows, maybe we'll be pleasantly surprised and they'll leave by then. Just because OrangeLOSER said they were staying in the WH doesn't mean they will. He's not known for telling the truth, after all.

NCDem47

(2,248 posts)
16. After the EC does its thing in December and there's no turning back..
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 12:19 PM
Nov 2020

Trump will retreat to Palm Beach and begin his whiner in exile thing.

calimary

(81,238 posts)
48. I'm still betting on his leaving the country. To hide out in Crimea.
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 01:34 PM
Nov 2020

Seeking protection beyond our borders and under Putin’s “protection”. (He assumes, that is.)

I find myself wondering if we haven’t heard from him because he’s busy trying to make deals with foreign despots and strongmen for places to relocate and hide out. And try to keep “running the country” (at least the Dumbfuckistan part) from exile.

FakeNoose

(32,634 posts)
53. He'll go somewhere that has great golf courses
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 01:50 PM
Nov 2020

... and I seriously doubt there are any in Crimea. Chump had a hotel in Costa Rica, am I right? Not sure if he still has it though. He'll want to go where they'll treat him like royalty. And only where they speak English, because he has no understanding of foreign languages. So that narrows it down quite a bit. He'd probably prefer to stay put at Mar-A-Lago, but the law can still reach him there.


calimary

(81,238 posts)
73. Good points here.
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 05:46 PM
Nov 2020

I just stick with Crimea because his boss runs Russia, and Crimea, unlike most of Russia, has a warmer climate. The old "warm-water port" that Russia never had but always coveted. He might be in the middle of trying to make a deal to build either some "mine's bigger!" high-rise OR maybe a golf course, maybe adjoining. He'd be trying to get himself a good set-up - including a media production center where he could "rule from exile" (he thinks).

calimary

(81,238 posts)
81. Karma's got a LOT of catching up to do.
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 11:32 PM
Nov 2020

And I hope it really gets rolling as of Wednesday, January 20th at 12:01pm!

tanyev

(42,553 posts)
3. Hopefully he'll skip town a few days in advance.
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 11:55 AM
Nov 2020

They MUST do a deep cleaning of the White House before the Bidens and his team move in.

Delmette2.0

(4,164 posts)
44. And please don't decorate the WH for her version of Christmas
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 01:27 PM
Nov 2020

Her dislike for the the holiday shows. Just put up a green wreath with a red bow and call it good.

CottonBear

(21,596 posts)
23. The intelligence agencies will have to remove all bugs from the White House.
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 12:37 PM
Nov 2020

Who knows what the Russians and the Trump people have planted in there and at other places, like Camp David and the VP’s residence.

Biden and Harris won’t be able to move in right away.

Blue_playwright

(1,568 posts)
34. I hope ...
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 01:07 PM
Nov 2020

... we hear about them and then work to prevent it again. I think it’s massively important that his treason NOT be hidden from the public.

liberalla

(9,243 posts)
25. I agree re:the cleaning... I hope they can remove or neutralize the negative energy that has
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 12:39 PM
Nov 2020

permeated the premises. A psychic, karmic, spiritual cleansing...

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,001 posts)
51. So-called negative energy exists, but it propagates sociologically by statements & actions, not by
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 01:40 PM
Nov 2020

It does not propagate by some kind of imagined energy field, or by GhostBusters movie attachment to physical objects.

No exorcisms needed. No voodoo dolls or burning of plant matter or sham devices with blinking lights or worshipping of fictional deities needed.

Biden's actions (based on science) and statements (including his demeanour and tone) will provide all the "cleansing" needed for the White House.

Merlot

(9,696 posts)
65. Thank you for that. Although a deep de-bugging will be in order.
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 02:25 PM
Nov 2020
Biden's actions (based on science) and statements (including his demeanor and tone) will provide all the "cleansing" needed for the White House.


Rice4VP

(1,235 posts)
10. I hope that he's not there. We might miss the whole
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 12:10 PM
Nov 2020

swearing in because the cameras will be on him the whole time

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
29. I read it's expected to take place on the West Front as is traditional,
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 12:48 PM
Nov 2020

but how many others will be accommodated...? Even the band will need a lot more room than normal.

SWBTATTReg

(22,114 posts)
14. Moron won't attend, he'll be too embarrassed at the massive (but masked) crowds celebrating Mr.
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 12:15 PM
Nov 2020

Biden's Swearing-in.

trump's constant onslaught of lawsuits is getting ridiculous by now. He's proving himself to more and more like a coward who can't admit that he lost, and lost big time.

NCDem47

(2,248 posts)
15. Free advice to print and online media:
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 12:16 PM
Nov 2020

Be sure to get Obama in the shot with Biden’s hand on the Bible at swearing in. Have that be the photo seen around the world.

Lonestarblue

(9,986 posts)
17. I assume he won't be president on January 20.
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 12:23 PM
Nov 2020

It will be President for a Day Pence who handles the duties after he has pardoned Trump the day before.

Best_man23

(4,898 posts)
18. I'll double down on this with Cromwell's Words
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 12:25 PM
Nov 2020

As stated by MP Leo Amery in re Neville Chamberlin:

"You have sat too long here for any good you have been doing. Depart, I say, and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go!"

NCjack

(10,279 posts)
22. If former-Pres. Obama attends State funerals and celebrations, we all will likely
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 12:28 PM
Nov 2020

be spared of ever seeing OrangeMan again in WDC.

sandensea

(21,627 posts)
45. And frankly, I doubt the Fat Bastard will make it through 2021
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 01:31 PM
Nov 2020

As you know, steroids may give you a temporary boost - but they make the candle burn at both ends.

And Cheeto's candle was already down to a nub as it was.

I'm sure Bitchy Mitchy will demand that Cheeto lie in state at the Capitol.

To which Pelosi should say: "He already did - countless times!"

sandensea

(21,627 posts)
77. Cheeto makes it so easy
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 07:15 PM
Nov 2020

I've always thought he should've been a comedian.

He might have actually spread a little joy and laughter - instead of Covid.

speaknow

(321 posts)
26. Ana is right why should
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 12:40 PM
Nov 2020

we care if that POS attends or not. That thing
wont attend because it's not about him! The
4 year terror is almost over. Mr. Vance is
waiting.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
30. "or Trump allowing any image of himself looking on as Biden is sworn into office."
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 12:54 PM
Nov 2020

Of course. And incredible.

Just realized how glad I'll be to not have the cameras cutting from what we've done right to America's shame. The first president who really shouldn't be present as we inaugurate our future.

erronis

(15,241 posts)
66. Come on. We all need to fart - in church or otherwise. Only trumpf likes to pee/poop
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 02:29 PM
Nov 2020

in the punchbowl.

Well, amend that to all the current (r)epuglicons.

3catwoman3

(23,975 posts)
33. I hope with all my heart that he is NOT there, and that...
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 01:06 PM
Nov 2020

...he gets no media coverage that day and all the rest of his days.

NO MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sandensea

(21,627 posts)
38. +1
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 01:19 PM
Nov 2020

Cheeto's like that awful uncle - the one who weighs 300 lbs., has more bad habits than Stalin, and an even worse temper - who calls to say that he's "sorry but won't be able to be there for Thanksgiving this year."

"Oh," you say in your best acting voice, "I'm sorry to hear that Uncle Donald."

And then you put on 'Celebration' by Kool & the Gang.

sarge43

(28,941 posts)
43. The whole family, including the fur babies, heave a huge sigh of relief. n/t
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 01:26 PM
Nov 2020

Last edited Mon Nov 23, 2020, 07:01 PM - Edit history (1)

sandensea

(21,627 posts)
46. I hear you.
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 01:32 PM
Nov 2020

We all have an "Uncle Donald" somewhere.

Just never expected to have one in the White House. With the nuclear codes.

sandensea

(21,627 posts)
64. Thanks.
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 02:19 PM
Nov 2020

We can all relate, I'm sure.

I'm just glad that, when we turn on the tv, it'll be Grandpa Joe - not crazy old Uncle Donald.

But he'll probably be in Rio - or buried at Mar-a-Lago.

No cemetery will trust him either.

tiptonic

(765 posts)
36. I hope
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 01:15 PM
Nov 2020

I hope Benedict donald, gets on a plane to Moscow and never comes back. Except for his court dates. As in Nuremberg trials, for him and his crew/Mafia family.

sandensea

(21,627 posts)
41. Of course he won't. Pence will be Joe Biden's predecessor.
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 01:26 PM
Nov 2020

The Fat Bastard, pardon in hand, will be in Rio with his Tootsie by then.

Melania will be Slovenia.

seta1950

(932 posts)
42. Yes
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 01:26 PM
Nov 2020

They should leave a bit early , so the place is fumigated and sanitized, that would be even better.
The house must be full of COVID-19

AC_Mem

(1,979 posts)
54. Good!
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 01:52 PM
Nov 2020

I would rather this day be 100% about the swearing in of our new President. 45 has had more than enough attention. Let this be Joe's day! This will be a day of happiness, relief and celebration - I would love to not even have to hear 45's voice or see his face. I just want him to go away!!!

annette

Marthe48

(16,949 posts)
56. President Elect Biden won't be interrupted
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 01:57 PM
Nov 2020

if impeached traitor isn't there.

I anticipate an ultimate show of poor losing by impeached traitor.

And a classy President Biden bringing the U.S. in from the cold.

cojoel

(957 posts)
60. he will probably be at the alternate facts dis-inauguration ceremony
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 02:08 PM
Nov 2020

carried on Fix Noise, sponsored by NotMy Pillow, hosted by Scottie Baio and Rickie Shroeder, with a live feed from Ted Nugent shooting his guns and taking a shit. Certainly "must miss" TV for most Americans.

Earthshine2

(4,002 posts)
68. The thing to do is explicitly "uninvite" him. Let the media know, Trump is not allowed.
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 02:53 PM
Nov 2020

It'll piss him off so much!

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
69. I am glad he won't.
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 02:54 PM
Nov 2020

However, it would be hilarious if he was there and not a single camera showed him throughout the entire inauguration. Can you imagine his little boy temper tantrum when there is no visual proof of him being there?

Cha

(297,196 posts)
72. Lucky Biden Inauguration.. Doesn't have
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 04:51 PM
Nov 2020

to have the Ugly Orange Blob Attending!

Will trump ever go down in History as a LOSER!

Mopar151

(9,983 posts)
78. Lease Gitmo to the Trump Organization
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 08:45 PM
Nov 2020

For redevelopment as "Dictators Island". The more deposed " strongmen", war criminals, and drug barons, the better!

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