Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: How many here think a defeated trump will NOT attend the new Presidents inauguration? [View all]Journeyman
(15,519 posts)Both of the Adams did not attend: John Adams felt the election had been stolen from him, and John Quincy Adams was unwilling to see Andrew Jackson claim the office. Andrew Johnson refused to attend Grant's ceremony, and Woodrow Wilson, though he rode to the Capitol with Harding, left before the event began.
John Adams could be characterized as a fit of pique. John Q. felt Jackson was beneath the position, while Andrew Johnson had quite a number of issues, both personal and political. Wilson had serious health concerns.
Trump? I can easily see him not attending. He'll try to rationalize it, make it appear something mature, but it'll be the tantrum of a child. And we'll all feel greater when he's gone, both personally and as a nation. Isn't that what he's promised us all along?
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided