President Donald Trump will not be attending President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on January 20, he announced in a tweet on Friday morning.
“To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th,” Trump said.
To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 8, 2021
Trump is now apparently sent to join a short list of outgoing presidents who’ve skipped the inaugurations of their successors: John Adams, John Quincy Adams, and Andrew Johnson.
He’s the first departing president since 1869 to refuse to attend their successor’s inauguration.
The president’s announcement on Friday came a day after he said there would be an “orderly transition on January 20th,” and just two days after he provoked an attempted coup at the US Capitol.
“Even though I totally disagree with the outcome of the election, and the facts bear me out, nevertheless there will be an orderly transition on January 20th,” Trump said in a statement on Thursday.