"And I just want to say goodbye, but hopefully it's not a long-term goodbye. "It has been something very special," he said over the sound of the Marine One helicopter. He acknowledged that his was not a "regular administration." Without mentioning Biden by name, Trump wished the new administration great luck and success, which he said would be made easier because he had laid "a foundation."īefore arriving at the airport, Trump had told reporters on the South Lawn of the White House that being president had been the honour of his lifetime. Speaking without notes, Trump told several hundred supporters that it had been his "great honour and privilege" to serve as president. Members his family were visibly emotional during the program at the base. Trump orchestrated an elaborate farewell that included a red carpet and colour guard, as well as his usual campaign soundtrack. He will be forever remembered for inciting an insurrection at the Capitol two weeks before Biden's swearing-in that left five dead, including a Capitol Police officer, sent lawmakers scrambling for safety and horrified the nation. Under his watch, Republicans lost the presidency and both chambers of Congress. Trump has maintained the election Biden won decisively was stolen from him, even though Republican officials in several critical states, members of his own administration and a wide swath of judges, including those appointed by Trump, have rejected those arguments.Īfter painting a dire picture of "American carnage" on his own Inauguration Day in 2017, Trump departed on Wednesday as the only president ever to be impeached twice, with millions more out of work than when he was sworn in and 400,000 dead from the coronavirus. He also refused to participate in many other symbolic passing-of-the-torch traditions surrounding the peaceful transition of power as he continued to stew about his election loss. Trump was the first president in modern history to boycott his successor's inauguration.
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