# 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:** 5
**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:** [December 8, 2020, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023/81 "2020-12-08T02:28:44Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Trump will sit in the balcony and throw Milk Duds ™ at Biden. Those aren’t Milk Duds! ---
**Author:** ![LoneRhino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lonerhino/32/1311_2.png) [@LoneRhino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LoneRhino)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2020, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023/82 "2020-12-08T02:42:51Z")
On inauguration day Trump will be in Moscow in order to avoid prosecution. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2020, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023/83 "2020-12-08T03:34:14Z")
Trump first talked about running for president in the 1990s, that I know of. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2020, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023/84 "2020-12-08T09:21:54Z")
> [@Frazzled](#): > > Once Trump is no longer President his value as “news worthy” dwindles dramatically. The only reason Twitter hasn’t banned him is because, as president, he is “news worthy”. Will Twitter ban him on Jan. 20? ---
**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:** [December 8, 2020, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023/85 "2020-12-08T12:58:28Z")
Good point! He will probably chew on them for a while before he throws them. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2020, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023/86 "2020-12-08T13:04:49Z")
If he does, they’d better strip search him first. Eeew, that invoked some pretty horrible imagery! 😳 ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2020, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023/87 "2020-12-08T17:13:32Z")
Sigh… It just keeps getting worse. I guess Trump is capable of just about anything. > **[Trump mulling extravagant White House exit to upstage Biden inauguration: report](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/529020-trump-mulling-extravagant-white-house-exit-to-upstage-biden/)** > > President Trump is reportedly considering an elaborate departure from the White House to counterprogram President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration in January, according to Axios, which cited sou… ---
**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:** [December 8, 2020, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023/88 "2020-12-08T17:44:16Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Sigh… It just keeps getting worse. I guess Trump is capable of just about anything. Such an asshole. How anybody has any respect for such a narcissist I don’t understand. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2020, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023/89 "2020-12-08T19:13:06Z")
As soon as Biden is inaugurated, don’t all the planes, helicopters, limousines, etc. come under his authority? It would be interesting if the Marine helicopter landed at Andrews at 12:02 and the vehicle waiting for Trump was a rented Toyota. ---
**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:** [December 9, 2020, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023/90 "2020-12-09T02:00:07Z")
That’s what I was thinking. Trump can’t possibly be flying about on Marine 1 / AF1 at the same time as Biden’s inauguration. Unless the inauguration is before 12 noon that is, which I would expect it would be. ---
**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:** [December 9, 2020, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023/91 "2020-12-09T02:01:58Z")
He can fly on the same helicopter or plane; they just won’t be Marine One or Air Force One after noon. In fact I think it’s a courtesy to let the outgoing president go home on the Air Force One plane. ---
**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:** [December 9, 2020, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023/92 "2020-12-09T02:18:22Z")
But courtesy is all it is. If he’s going to be a showboating asshole doing “look at me!” during Biden’s oath, the man can bloody well walk. > [@squeegee](#): > > which I would expect it would be Meant to say would _not_ be. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023/93 "2020-12-09T02:54:42Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > As soon as Biden is inaugurated, don’t all the planes, helicopters, limousines, etc. come under his authority? It would be interesting if the Marine helicopter landed at Andrews at 12:02 and the vehicle waiting for Trump was a rented Toyota. If he plans to be holding a rally when Biden is inaugurated, I’d assume he’d take the government plane into Florida then take a Trump limo to the rally. ---
**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:** [December 9, 2020, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023/94 "2020-12-09T03:15:49Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > He can fly on the same helicopter or plane; they just won’t be Marine One or Air Force One after noon. In fact I think it’s a courtesy to let the outgoing president go home on the Air Force One plane. - Considering the carnage among his associates, I think a bus ticket is in order. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023/95 "2020-12-09T04:25:05Z")
There are a lot of things that used to be common, accepted courtesies. Trump is proud to be a disrupter, upsetting the apple cart of all the stodgy old “rules”. Biden doesn’t even owe him a ‘goodbye’. If Trump is on Marine One (or any other presidential transport) at the time of the inauguration, I say they stop as soon as it’s convenient, let him out, and turn around. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023/96 "2020-12-09T05:26:39Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > If Trump is on Marine One (or any other presidential transport) at the time of the inauguration, I say they stop as soon as it’s convenient, let him out, and turn around. Or strap a parachute on him and toss him out the door.😉 ---
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023/97 "2020-12-09T06:22:36Z")
Here’s a question: if he goes on a tweet rage spouting his CT inanities does twitter cut him off right then? I think Trump will try to outdo Biden with either a rally or tweet storm or something. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023/98 "2020-12-09T06:47:55Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Or strap a parachute on him and toss him out the door.😉 In which case, Trump better hope that Trump has the foresight to bring his own Trump-branded golden parachute. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023/99 "2020-12-09T06:48:29Z")
He’ll be in Florida already on January 20,. And January 6, and January 5, and January 1 and December 31… Once he leaves for the holiday, he’s gone for good, imo. There’s no chance of any last-minute showboating on Marine/Air Force 1. The dude’s already checked out of the job. There’s no way he will be anywhere near DC a month and a half from now. I’m not even convinced he’ll be president on January 19. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023/100 "2020-12-09T08:25:14Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Or strap a parachute on him and toss him out the door.😉 Or conveniently forget the parachute. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023.md?page=6)