# Will Biden Attend Trump's Second Inauguration? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [November 6, 2024, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-biden-attend-trumps-second-inauguration/1009767 "2024-11-06T07:24:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wrenching\_Spanners](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecb155/32.png) [@Wrenching\_Spanners](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wrenching_Spanners)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-biden-attend-trumps-second-inauguration/1009767/1 "2024-11-06T07:24:29Z")
Trump broke the tradition in 2021. Will Biden follow suit in January 2025? ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-biden-attend-trumps-second-inauguration/1009767/2 "2024-11-06T07:30:19Z")
I’m not sure Trump will be able to attend Trump’s second inauguration. ---
**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-biden-attend-trumps-second-inauguration/1009767/3 "2024-11-06T10:44:37Z")
True! No, I don’t think Biden will attend. ---
**Author:** ![Mikkel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikkel/32/13151_2.png) [@Mikkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikkel)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-biden-attend-trumps-second-inauguration/1009767/4 "2024-11-06T10:52:29Z")
If he isn’t ill, he will. That’s the way things are done. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-biden-attend-trumps-second-inauguration/1009767/5 "2024-11-06T14:28:08Z")
Yes, Biden will attend, because he is a gentleman and understands the need for gestures such as this. Unlike certain other people. ---
**Author:** ![betonbill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b782af/32.png) [@betonbill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betonbill)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-biden-attend-trumps-second-inauguration/1009767/6 "2024-11-06T14:30:39Z")
Of course he will, because it’s expected. He is not required to be happy about it, however. Also, Kamala will attend–for the same reasons. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-biden-attend-trumps-second-inauguration/1009767/7 "2024-11-06T14:43:39Z")
Remember that Bill and Hillary Clinton, as former president and first lady, attended Trump’s _first_ inauguration. Though I wonder if Mike Pence will attend. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-biden-attend-trumps-second-inauguration/1009767/8 "2024-11-06T15:33:36Z")
I’ve pondered a tiny bit about the possibility of Joe just resigning quickly. Get that “first woman POTUS crap” out of the way, if only for a short while. Then Harris is stuck with the traditional handoff. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-biden-attend-trumps-second-inauguration/1009767/9 "2024-11-06T15:37:15Z")
I doubt that will happen either. But I do wonder if Biden is thinking, “I could have beaten Trump in the election had they not talked me into dropping out of the race.” And in fact, he did get millions more votes four years ago, plus there are those who would more easily support an old white guy over a black woman. ---
**Author:** ![CoolHandCox](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coolhandcox/32/16233_2.png) [@CoolHandCox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoolHandCox)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-biden-attend-trumps-second-inauguration/1009767/10 "2024-11-06T16:23:38Z")
This would also get her out of the awkward position of having to certify Trump’s electoral win on Jan 6. Man that’s depressing. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2024, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-biden-attend-trumps-second-inauguration/1009767/11 "2024-11-07T18:47:51Z")
He will attend, but part of the “tradition” is, he’ll leave right away, so the spotlight is on the new President. I remember Carter doing this at Reagan’s first inauguration in 1981, although there was some thought about rushing to greet the 52 hostages returning from Iran having something to do with that. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2024, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-biden-attend-trumps-second-inauguration/1009767/12 "2024-11-07T18:51:05Z")
It’s part of the “peaceful transition” he’s promised. ---
**Author:** ![velomont](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8491ac/32.png) [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-biden-attend-trumps-second-inauguration/1009767/13 "2024-11-08T00:13:06Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Biden will attend and > [@betonbill](#): > > Kamala will attend and > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Mike Pence will attend and many others before being taken to Camp MAGA gulag. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-biden-attend-trumps-second-inauguration/1009767/14 "2024-11-08T00:16:44Z")
He’ll be there. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-biden-attend-trumps-second-inauguration/1009767/15 "2024-11-08T00:24:50Z")
> [@velomont](#): > > > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > > > Mike Pence will attend > > and many others before being taken to Camp MAGA gulag. Please don’t mislead. What I _actually_ said was, “Though I wonder if Mike Pence will attend.” ---
**Author:** ![velomont](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8491ac/32.png) [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-biden-attend-trumps-second-inauguration/1009767/16 "2024-11-08T00:27:09Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Please don’t mislead. What I _actually_ said was, “Though I wonder if Mike Pence will attend.” My apologies. I shouldn’t have done that. ---
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-biden-attend-trumps-second-inauguration/1009767/17 "2024-11-08T00:42:07Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > _Biden will attend, because he is a gentleman and understands the need for gestures such as this._ And to show that there still are people in the political world who believe in decency, civility and respect for tradition…though people like that are in increasingly short supply. ---
**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-biden-attend-trumps-second-inauguration/1009767/18 "2024-11-08T16:48:25Z")
I think all Democrats should boycott the thing, and if they don’t, I wonder what their reasoning is. I think Trump deserves only what the letter of the law requires. He should be treated like a pariah insofar as possible during his second term. Is Biden motivated to represent “decency” after Jan. 6, 2021? I don’t know, but I don’t think he should. Bare fucking minimum in the transition is what I think is warranted. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2024, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-biden-attend-trumps-second-inauguration/1009767/19 "2024-11-13T17:37:27Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Yes, Biden will attend, because he is a gentleman and understands the need for gestures such as this. Unlike certain other people. [President Biden hosted Trump at the White House today](https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/13/politics/trump-biden-white-house-meeting), including offering him congratulations on his victory. As I said, Biden is a gentleman.