
Trump's leaving D.C. a day before inauguration so he can depart "as President"
By Mustafa GatollariJan. 15 2021, Published 12:26 p.m. ET
While bipartisan Political tension is nothing new, they've especially flared ever since the 2020 election outcomes certified Joe Biden as President-Elect. Trump and various GOP members maintain that the election was "stolen" but failed to produce enough compelling evidence in a court of law that there was any wrongdoing.
The ire ultimately culminated in a rally of Trump supporters protesting the certification of Joe Biden at the Capitol Building in D.C.
The rally soon devolved into a riot, with throngs of protesters breaking into the Capitol to halt the count of electoral votes that would swear Joe Biden in as President. Every day, there are more and more terrifying stories coming from the riots, like when Officer Michael Fanone delineated how an angry mob circled him and began calling to kill him with his own gun after he was tasered and fell to the ground.
Defense attorneys for rioters are now arguing that they were influenced by President Donald Trump's exhortations to "fight" to keep him in office due to his unwillingness to accept Joe Biden's victory in the election. It's that same unwillingness that is reportedly influencing his decision to not attend Biden's inauguration and to actually leave Washington D.C. prior to January 20, 2021.

CNN has said that Trump plans to board Air Force One out of the nation's capital on January 19 so that he leaves D.C. still as the President and so that he doesn't have to ask Biden to borrow the plane as an ex-Commander in Chief.
On January 8, 2021, Trump stated that he doesn't plan on attending Joe Biden's inauguration, making him the first President since 1869 to refuse to attend his successor's ceremony.
As part of his send-off, Trump's administration is also planning on securing a large gathering for his exit and it will be a military-style "send-off." Bloomberg reports that he will be flying to his Mar-A-Lago resort in Florida, but it's also been said his Scotland golf course was another potential destination. However, the nation has said Trump wouldn't be allowed in the country, due to the fact that it's currently enforcing strict COVID-19 lockdown protocols.
Apparently Trump kept muttering on Air Force One the other day that “I won”. Shows how serious his mental state is.
— Sheila Jones (@lakeinthewoods) January 14, 2021
There's also been much discussion surrounding the "mental state" of Donald Trump following the 2020 election results, and many people feel as if the President used both the office of the White House and his Air Force One privileges as "props" for his own self-aggrandizement.
Apparently Trump kept muttering on Air Force One the other day that “I won”. Shows how serious his mental state is.
— Sheila Jones (@lakeinthewoods) January 14, 2021
Who else will be glad not to see Trump using the White House and Air Force One as props.
— Rhett Chavez 🌊🌊🌊 (@rhett_chavez) January 12, 2021
Others were highlighting the "pettiness" of Donald Trump and encouraging former President Barack Obama to indulge his own petty side himself as a rejoinder to previous comments that Trump previously made.
Lmao trump @BarackObama I know you don't want to be petty, but come on it writes itself. pic.twitter.com/adf3W4IppF
— Rebirthphoenix9 (@terrycobb187) January 9, 2021
People also seem to think that Trump's "pettiness" in not attending the inauguration could also point to signs of something else going on "behind the scenes."
Trump saying he wont be at inauguration is kinda scary, like why he being petty or he scared something gonna happen 🧐
— New Year Same Walter (@WalteroDMV) January 8, 2021
And then, of course, there were those who also pointed to the "hypocrisy" of the greater deepening political divisions between the DNC and GOP, like the fact that there Republican lawmakers planning to impeach Joe Biden right after his inauguration and that Donald Trump's presidency was packed with "reactionary" firings.
Just watched a GOP Congressman on TV say it was petty of Democrats to impeach an already defeated trump. It reminds me that trump fired Andrew McCabe one day before he could collect his FBI pension. That’s vicious and vindictive!
— Robert C Meier (@bmeier79) January 14, 2021