In a final act of pettiness, disgraced outgoing President Donald Trump has announced that he will not be attending the inauguration of President-Elect Joe Biden on January 20th.
Only a handful of lame duck presidents have refused to attend the inauguration of their successor, including John Adams, John Quincy Adams, and Andrew Johnson. So, not since 1869 has an outgoing president refused to attend the inauguration of their successor. It had been a norm for 150 years, but now Trump is breaking it.
In one of the few tweets Trump has issued since Twitter lifted the block on his account in the wake of the insurrection at the Capitol on Wednesday, he began by once again inciting his supporters.
The 75,000,000 great American Patriots who voted for me, AMERICA FIRST, and MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, will have a GIANT VOICE long into the future. They will not be disrespected or treated unfairly in any way, shape or form!!!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 8, 2021
Of course, many of those voters likely now regret supporting him after the chaos he sowed this week in an attempted coup to overturn the election results. In the end, Congress did certify Biden’s victory and he will be sworn in as the next president. Trump, however, won’t be in attendance.
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
Clearly, Trump’s ego just would not be able to handle the humiliation of having to sit and watch his power disappear. He refuses to admit he lost and attending the inauguration would be just such an admission. It’s an act of pettiness that does not fit with an orderly transition.
Americans, however, have no problem with Trump not being there.
It is quite fitting you won’t attend since last president not to attend was Andrew johnson in 1869 who was first president impeached, who divided the country and who tried to undue Lincoln’s justice legacy. You are in like company Mr almost ex president.
— Matthew Dowd (@matthewjdowd) January 8, 2021
Five year old boys in tee ball shake hands after defeat and are more gracious and professional than you.
— Britt (@BrittyJo) January 8, 2021
We didn’t want you there anyway.
— Chris Beneke 🇺🇸 (@historyball) January 8, 2021
actual photo of those who asked pic.twitter.com/z4Ned17b1k
— Liz Pavlovic (@keepcreepinon) January 8, 2021
spite-fueled sore loser diaperload crybaby says what
— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) January 8, 2021
Good. The last person who should be at Biden’s Presidential Inauguration ceremony is the man who inspired a violent mob that wanted to overturn the election result!
— MURRAY🧢🇺🇸 (@murray_nyc) January 8, 2021
Of course you will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th. You are a sore loser without even an ounce of graciousness or dignity. We all know you will be on a golf course somewhere crying your eyes out like the baby that you are and always have been.
— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) January 8, 2021
Trump likely has an ulterior motive for not attending the ceremony beyond just being a petty crybaby. After all, he’s on the hook for several federal crimes and likely wants to leave Washington DC or even flee the country before he can be arrested once Biden takes office, just one last embarrassing act from the worst president in history.
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