# Will Trump attend Biden's inauguration? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 8, 2020, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023 "2020-11-08T01:25:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023/41 "2020-11-08T17:58:45Z")
I believe Trump will go to the inauguration and treat like his debates, a bar fight. ---
**Author:** ![MulderMuffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldermuffin/32/2862_2.png) [@MulderMuffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MulderMuffin)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023/42 "2020-11-08T18:10:39Z")
On the topic of crowd size, I firmly predict that Biden will voluntarily forego a crowd of any size due to Covid. He understands the danger of crowds. My money is on a televised affair with only the most necessary people in attendance. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023/43 "2020-11-08T18:26:26Z")
> [@MulderMuffin](#): > > My money is on a televised affair with only the most necessary people in attendance. So Biden could brag(not that he will) that not only was his crowd bigger, his ratings were also higher. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023/44 "2020-11-08T19:06:37Z")
The chickenshit who fires his own appointees by Tweet won’t man up to concede to the winner much less show up at the inauguration. ---
**Author:** ![abcdefghij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@abcdefghij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abcdefghij)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023/45 "2020-11-08T23:09:24Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > It worked the first time, but after the dog found himself locked out in the back yard, he never fell for it again. The question is whether the Orange Imbecile is as smart as my dog. Fortunately, it only needs to work the one time. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023/46 "2020-11-09T00:46:24Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > And how soon does Melania file for divorce? Depends on the prenup. Does she get his money or his debts? ---
**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 9, 2020, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023/47 "2020-11-09T00:51:34Z")
Supposedly she renegotiated the pre-nup after the 2016 election, which is why she delayed joining him in Washington. The story was that she wanted to make sure that Barron wasn’t shortchanged in the estate planning. ---
**Author:** ![Apodder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apodder/32/17727_2.png) [@Apodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apodder)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023/48 "2020-11-09T21:17:03Z")
He’ll be golfing. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023/49 "2020-11-09T21:23:34Z")
Would Pence show up if Trump doesn’t? ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023/50 "2020-11-09T22:22:09Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Supposedly she renegotiated the pre-nup after the 2016 election, which is why she delayed joining him in Washington. The story was that she wanted to make sure that Barron wasn’t shortchanged in the estate planning. But you know that his lawyers must have made sure to plant in some ironclad “make DJT look bad, and the boy gets his, YOU get jacksquat” poison pills. > [@Biffster](#): > > Would Pence show up if Trump doesn’t? Maybe, if only out of a sense of of obligation and _“wellp… made it this far, might as well gulp down the last bite of the s\*\*t sandwich…”_ ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2020, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023/51 "2020-11-10T02:38:33Z")
I’d sign up for Pay Per View to see that! ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2020, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023/52 "2020-11-10T02:41:17Z")
I was actually thinking about this just today. Biden will probably actively discourage people from coming - because he’s not an idiot. I wonder if they could arrange a Zoom inaugural crowd somehow… ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2020, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023/53 "2020-11-10T02:41:49Z")
ITA, and the Dumpster will comment on it, not on Twitter but on his new groupie platform, Parler, or maybe MeWe. (I can’t be the only person who thinks of this guy whenever I see a reference to MeWe, and isn’t there a Doper who knew at least one of the people involved? [Armin Meiwes - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armin_Meiwes) ) ---
**Author:** ![rbroome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/838e76/32.png) [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2020, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023/54 "2020-11-10T02:48:56Z")
Given Trump’s proclivity to associate with people who get sick, one serious question is will Biden invite him? After noon on Jan 20, Trump is ex-president. That is all that matters. ---
**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 10, 2020, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023/55 "2020-11-10T02:49:46Z")
This [totally reliable report](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8924935/Donald-Trump-plans-avoid-Joe-Bidens-inauguration-January.html) from the very prestigious, highly respected UK paper The Daily Mail says that Trump has no plans to attend the Biden inauguration or even acknowledge that Biden won the election. It also describes him holed up in the White House, surrounded by family and lawyers, and stinking up the place with fast food. (On the Weekend Update segment on Saturday Night Live the other day, Colin Jost said, ""I know this isn’t really the same as defeating the Nazis, but it did end with a fascist leader hiding in a bunker,” as a photo of Trump hitting a golf ball in a sand trap was shown.) ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2020, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023/56 "2020-11-10T03:01:15Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Supposedly she renegotiated the pre-nup after the 2016 election, which is why she delayed joining him in Washington. The story was that she wanted to make sure that Barron wasn’t shortchanged in the estate planning. If Trump really has hundreds of millions (or a billion) dollars in debt that’s coming due neither Barron or any of the other Trump children might have much of an inheritance. Ivanka will do OK, she married money, but the Don Jr & Eric are screwed. ---
**Author:** ![jayrey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@jayrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayrey)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2020, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023/57 "2020-11-10T23:28:54Z")
The story I’ve heard is that it was at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner that then-President Obama made a joke at Trump’s expense that so embarrassed him that he decided to run for president to punish Obama. Don’t know if it’s true but it sure sounds like Donny’s logic. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023/58 "2020-11-12T01:45:27Z")
A picture of a zoom screen with eight people, pulled back; there are twenty, a hundred, it continues until each face is a pixel, and the screen turns gray. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023/59 "2020-11-12T06:05:42Z")
> [@jayrey](#): > > The story I’ve heard is that it was at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner that then-President Obama made a joke at Trump’s expense that so embarrassed him that he decided to run for president to punish Obama. Don’t know if it’s true but it sure sounds like Donny’s logic. This is pretty easily google-able, since the WHC dinner is (or was) televised. Here you go. The zingers were not all that zingy IMO, and I doubt this affected world affairs. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/zeGpLg0b3DE/hqdefault.jpg "CNN: President Obama zings Donald Trump, birthers at White House Correspondents' Dinner") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeGpLg0b3DE&t=145) ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023/60 "2020-11-12T16:04:48Z")
I agree he goes to Florida and stays there. He might just stay after Thanksgiving. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023.md?page=4)