Trump confirms he won't attend Biden's inauguration

[Sir Mohamed]

Good, traitors aren't welcome anyways.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1347569870578266115

[GP270watch]

He's too much of a wimp to attend. Not that he's wanted anyways.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Well, there go all the theories about Trump being substituted at the last minute to be inaugurated!

(To be clear, I don't know if there are any such.  But it wouldn't surprise me.)

[Calthrina950]

Trump wouldn't be welcome at the inauguration, in any case. He will be treated as a pariah by the other former ex-Presidents and by the "elites" of Washington D.C. once he is out of office.

[😥]

Yes, he should already be in prison on January 20th

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Well, there go all the theories about Trump being substituted at the last minute to be inaugurated!

(To be clear, I don't know if there are any such.  But it wouldn't surprise me.)

That wouldn't have any legal effect anyway; once the Congressional vote count is complete, the person elected becomes President at noon on January 20 automatically, and can be administered the oath of office by anyone with the legal capacity to hear oaths (Coolidge was sworn in by his father, a State of Vermont notary public!). The inauguration ceremonies are for the sake of ritual and tradition.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Well, there go all the theories about Trump being substituted at the last minute to be inaugurated!

(To be clear, I don't know if there are any such.  But it wouldn't surprise me.)

That wouldn't have any legal effect anyway; once the Congressional vote count is complete, the person elected becomes President at noon on January 20 automatically, and can be administered the oath of office by anyone with the legal capacity to hear oaths (Coolidge was sworn in by his father, a State of Vermont notary public!). The inauguration ceremonies are for the sake of ritual and tradition.

I know that and you know that.  But the MAGA crowd will believe anything, so it wouldn't surprise me if this was circulating there.

[Storebought]

Part of me wants to see Trump at Biden's inauguration, if only to impress on him and the world the fact that he is no longer president. Neither he nor his supporters can lie, or dissemble, or fabricate stories about Biden having an invalid election if Trump is physically present during its proceedings. Moreover, Trump or his staffers/servants/Don Jr. won't be able to "change the channel" to OANN or RT through this.

Pence as a stand-in will not be sufficient, as the putschists already regard him as a traitor.

[Clarko95 📚💰📈]

such a f-ing p*ssy. This is the MAGAstani's "strong leader"

[Storebought]

This is Trump's way of convincing himself and his fraction that he is still the "real president". Don't let him get away with it: Trump and the world has to see it that he is not in office -- if Congress won't remove him or if his Cabinet doesn't invoke the 25th.

[100% pro-life no matter what]

I might be the only one on Atlas, but I really wanted to see him go to the inauguration.  Some on the left seem to want to basically expel all Republicans from polite society, but that's never going to happen (nor should it).  We need to unify as a country.  I thought President Trump's video yesterday could have been a tiny start to that, had he not reversed course on that within hours.  Had Trump continued with tradition and attended Biden's inauguration, it would have symbolized to all but the most radical Trump supporters that it was time to move on and come together.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

I might be the only one on Atlas, but I really wanted to see him go to the inauguration.  Some on the left seem to want to basically expel all Republicans from polite society, but that's never going to happen (nor should it).  We need to unify as a country.  I thought President Trump's video yesterday could have been a tiny start to that, had he not reversed course on that within hours.  Had Trump continued with tradition and attended Biden's inauguration, it would have symbolized to all but the most radical Trump supporters that it was time to move on and come together.

Which is of course why he would never have done so.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I might be the only one on Atlas, but I really wanted to see him go to the inauguration.  Some on the left seem to want to basically expel all Republicans from polite society, but that's never going to happen (nor should it).  We need to unify as a country.  I thought President Trump's video yesterday could have been a tiny start to that, had he not reversed course on that within hours.  Had Trump continued with tradition and attended Biden's inauguration, it would have symbolized to all but the most radical Trump supporters that it was time to move on and come together.

At this point, after all we have seen, how can anyone seriously entertain that Trump will ever do the right thing and stick with it?

This guy is glued into a celebrity world of quackery, con artistry and misinformation. You set him straight and then someone on twitter posts something and instantly he is back off the rails again.

There is no way to unify with Trump around because Trump will always undermine it for his own self interest and he will never accept this election result for more then a couple of minutes at a time.

If it were possible, then yes you would be right as would Fuzzy Bear in terms of the interest of unifying the country. That doesn't work with Trump though.

I would have loved for Trump to be at the inauguration, just like I would have loved for Trump to accept the election results, for him to have been a decent President, for him to rise to the occasion and lead the country through Covid, and of course for him to grow into the job as so many hoped and prayed he would. After five years, we have the answers to these hopes and prayers.

[Bismarck]

He’s such a little b!£ch

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

Cornwallis was too chicken to surrender in person, too.

[W]

Makes sense, I think his parole board will rule him a flight risk.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

D's didn't watch his inauguration, so it's a trade, he had the lowest viewership of his inauguration of any Prez

[VAR]

https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/1347601255837921280

[brucejoel99]

If he actually wanted to "heal the country" like he said yesterday, then he'd go & accept Biden as his legitimate successor. Instead, this just tells his seditious supporters that the video last night was strictly for covering his ass & that he doesn't believe Biden is legitimate. It's a little funny because it just goes to show yet again how much of a little crybaby he is, but on the whole, it's objectively bad.

[Non Swing Voter]

Maybe he doesn't want law enforcement to know his location when he's out of office so he can evade arrest.

[Inmate Trump]

I want him to attend because following precedent and tradition is meaningful and symbolic.

However, I’m not surprised that he’s being a whiny baby.

[Buffalo Mayor Young Kim]

Well he ought to be imprisoned by that point anyway.

[afleitch]

Loser.

[SInNYC]

Maybe the baby Trump balloon can attend.

[President Johnson]

If I'm correct, the last time this happened was in 1869? Andrew Johnson didn't attend Grant's inauguration, and Grant made it clear Old Racist Andy wasn't welcome either. It's the same this time. Trump is not welcome at President Biden's inaugural. This moment can't come soon enough. I'm sure Uncle Joe will give one of his best speeches ever, if not the best.