For the last 150 years, it has happened that the outgoing president does not attend the inauguration of his successor.

Donald Trump told Twitter on Friday that he would not be leaving for Joe Biden’s inauguration on January 20.

Vice President Mike Pence has not yet decided whether he will be present at the oath, his spokesman also said. On twitter.

A The Guardian According to the last time that the resigning president did not attend his successor’s inauguration was in 1869, then Andrew Johnson went against tradition. Also, John Adams missed the ceremony in 1801 and John Quincy Adams in 1829.

Trump had already caused a surprise on Friday when he acknowledged his electoral defeat to Biden. What was said in his video stands in stark contrast to everything he had previously stated. A month and a half ago, and even on Wednesday, he ended his siege of the Capitol, which claimed five lives, and even before the demonstration he announced, he shot his supporters for defrauding the elections.



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