# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![batan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/batan/32/5810_2.png) [@batan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/batan)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023/101 "2020-12-09T10:18:27Z")
This is so funny 🙂 (soon to be over) ---
**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:** [December 9, 2020, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023/102 "2020-12-09T20:36:24Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Or strap a parachute on him and toss him out the door. I was thinking Major Kong at the end of Dr. Strangelove. The bomb could be Pence. ---
**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 9, 2020, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023/103 "2020-12-09T20:53:50Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > I’m not even convinced he’ll be president on January 19. I’m not convinced he ever really was. Not really. ---
**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 14, 2020, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023/104 "2020-12-14T02:26:57Z")
There is a joke, the punch line of which is, the Preist in a crashing airplane with too few parachutes, tells the boy scout, “I just gave the world’s smartest Lithuanian your back pack”. ---
**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 14, 2020, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023/105 "2020-12-14T02:27:55Z")
This “Not my President” stuff is silly. Both were elected. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2020, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023/106 "2020-12-15T22:36:07Z")
Try this one. He attends in the presence of Amy Cony Barrett who administers the presidential oath to him at the same time Roberts is administering it to Biden. ---
**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:** [December 16, 2020, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023/107 "2020-12-16T18:03:23Z")
another old tradition is the new and old presidents ride in the limo to the inauguration. Carter rode with Reagan. Don’t know if it happened with Clinton, Bush Jr, Obama, etc. ---
**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:** [December 16, 2020, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023/108 "2020-12-16T19:09:18Z")
I think being there admits that he lost and Trump can NOT do that. ---
**Author:** ![Frazzled](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frazzled/32/3368_2.png) [@Frazzled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frazzled)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023/109 "2020-12-16T21:19:52Z")
yes, they all rode together. I think the tradition is the new family meets the old family in the White House where they have a brief chat before riding to the inauguration together. There’s no way Trump will face that “humiliation” so I’d love to see the other ex Presidents ride to the inauguration with Biden instead. Trump has made it clear he wants no part of the “Ex Presidents” club and I suspect that feeling is more than mutual! ---
**Author:** ![rbroome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/838e76/32.png) [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023/110 "2020-12-17T00:12:41Z")
Just to be contrary, I think Trump will follow all the conventions on Inauguration day. And be typically Trump up to the day before. Not because he wants to be civilized, but it will suit his purposes. By suddenly acting like a President on the last day, he will leave a conflicted memory behind which his base will cling to. He will be able to point to his actions as how magnanimous he was during the turnover and how great a President he was. And it won’t hurt him much as by then even his most ardent supporters will have stopped contributing to his efforts to overturn the election. Though I wouldn’t be surprised to see contributions come in the day before. ---
**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 17, 2020, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023/111 "2020-12-17T06:30:12Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > This “Not my President” stuff is silly. Both were elected. Then call me silly, because he’s not MY president, and never was. Hillary had the guts and maturity to attend Trump’s inauguration. Do you really expect the same from that jackass? He’ll be in Florida, golfing. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023/112 "2020-12-31T23:27:10Z")
Well, whoever bet Trump wouldn’t return from Christmas in Florida better pay up. > **[Trump returns to Washington early as allies plot challenge to Biden victory](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/dec/31/trump-washington-republicans-challenge-biden-victory)** > > President cuts short Mar-a-Lago trip as Republican senator says he will formally object to electoral college result next Wednesday ---
**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 31, 2020, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023/113 "2020-12-31T23:29:14Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Well, whoever bet Trump wouldn’t return from Christmas in Florida better pay up. - There’s still time for him to leave again flee. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2021, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023/114 "2021-01-05T17:50:34Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I think being there admits that he lost and Trump can NOT do that. Not at all. He’ll be there because he’ll be expecting to be the one sworn in. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023/115 "2021-01-05T17:55:32Z")
That made me laugh, **Mama\_Z**!!! ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023/116 "2021-01-05T18:15:04Z")
Trump does not expect to be sworn in. He’s a sociopath, not an idiot. He will hold an “anti-inauguration” rally somewhere, to which many non-masked, armed people will flock. He will ignore the real inauguration completely. If I had to guess further, I would say he will vacate the premises before he has to take that public loser ride, which will have the optics of being forcibly removed. He’s big on optics. Trump does what gives him pleasure. That is the surest way to predict his behavior. It’s very clear what does that for him. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023/117 "2021-01-08T17:12:36Z")
Trump has now announced that he will not attend. > **[Trump tweets he is skipping Biden's inauguration | CNN Politics](https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/08/politics/donald-trump-next-steps/index.html)** > > President Donald Trump said he would not attend his successor's swearing-in, a day after his top aides cajoled him into releasing a video conceding he would soon be departing office. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023/118 "2021-01-08T17:41:26Z")
What a weak, pathetic little man. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023/119 "2021-01-08T17:59:35Z")
Gee, what an unexpected surprise… 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023/120 "2021-01-08T18:06:56Z")
As I said in another thread, I think that by extension, Trump will also not participate in one of the iconic symbols of the peaceful transfer of power where the outgoing president welcomes the incoming one to the White House. Trump is likely to be out golfing in Florida and Pence will be the one doing it. If he could, Trump would lock the doors and take the keys. That’s just the kind of gracious guy he is. (Alhough I’m still holding out hope that in a fit of pique Trump will still be around and refuse to leave. That ought to be fun.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023.md?page=7)