Apparently, Trump wants to leave Washington on the morning of his inauguration.
There is already a spirit of optimism in the White House.
Update from January 16, 6.44 p.m
.: Bizarre news from the
White House
does not
stop
:
Donald Trump
is said to have commissioned his employees in the house
to provide
him with good
poll
numbers.
Employees had been given the task of
printing
out
such
survey results
and hanging them up for him, which make him appear in a positive light.
And that is bizarre because there are probably only a few surveys that still promise broad support for him - in fact, his values have been on the
decline
since the storm on the
Capitol
.
"My fans are still behind me" - the
US President
apparently
wants to have this impression
confirmed.
Because he no longer has his own social media accounts, he is said to have suggested that these surveys be distributed via government accounts.
US President Donald Trump's last days in office: Mike Pence takes over his duties
Update from January 16, 2021, 5:14 p.m
.: On his last days in office, the incumbent US President Trump does not shine with enthusiasm for the American people: As insiders report,
Vice President Mike Pence
had taken on
offering support to
his successor,
Kamala Harris
.
That's what the
Wall Street Journal
writes
.
It is also Trump's task to visit the National Guard, which is preparing to protect the Capitol at
Biden's inauguration
.
Pence
took
over
this
instead of
Trump
.
Meanwhile in the
White House
,
Trump
is said
to have pressured his confidants with questions: Who could have been the ten
Republicans
who voted against him in the impeachment process?
He wanted to know whether he had already done them a favor - and how he could possibly
harm
them
politically
in future
elections
.
Donald Trump wants to leave the White House - Biden's inauguration takes place without him
First report from January 16, 2021, 10:43 a.m
.: Washington -
Donald Trump
apparently
wants
to leave
Washington
on the morning of his successor
Joe Biden's
inauguration
, according to various media reports.
For example, the broadcaster
Fox News
and the
Washington Post
had learned from government circles that
Trump -
shortly before
Biden is
sworn in in the Capitol -
wants to leave
the
White House
behind and leave for Florida.
A few days ago,
Trump announced
via
that he would not attend the inauguration ceremony * of his successor
Biden
.
Trump's
presence at the ceremony would be political, but it has no legal effect.
Biden
is
sworn in
as the new
president
even without his predecessor
.
After the US election: Trump plans to take some employees with him
The
Washington Post
writes that
Trump is
instead planning a farewell ceremony for himself at the military airfield outside Washington, from where the government aviator Air Force One takes off.
It has never happened in this form before, the report says.
Fox News reported that
Trump also
wants to take several employees from the
White House *
to
Florida
, where he has his club resort Mar-a-Lago.
Trump's
deputy
Mike Pence
has recently taken on public tasks in connection with the upcoming swearing-in.
Biden
had
explicitly invited
Pence
to the inauguration * -
according to
US media
,
Pence
also
wants
to participate.
On Thursday,
Trump's
deputy met with the heads of several security agencies to find out about the security at the ceremony.
On Friday,
US media reported
unanimously, citing unspecified sources, that Pence also called the future
US Vice President Kamala Harris
on Thursday
to congratulate her on her election victory and - belatedly - to offer her direct support in handing over office.
Donald Trump's term of office is coming to an end: employees loot the White House
But in addition to the
US President
himself, his employees are also leaving the White House one by one.
In this context, some irritating photos have now appeared.
They show that with
Trump's
workforce, one or the other object disappears from the
White House.
This is illegal.
These photos belong to the American people, and go to the National Archives.
(I know this as when I left the WH in 2012, I wanted to take with me the photo I had of @BarackObama and the 2008 World Champion @Phillies) https://t.co/ab6LFCtGXQ
- Kenneth Baer (@KennethBaer) January 14, 2021
For example,
economist Peter Navarro
was seen
carrying
a picture of an appointment between
Chinese President Xi Jinping
and
Donald Trump
with his personal effects from the
White House
.
Navarro
is known for a strict economic nationalism, also against
China
.
The top
economic advisor Larry Kudlow
apparently took the
liberty of buying
a memento from his workplace in
Washington *
take away: a bust of
Abraham Lincoln
.
An unspecified woman carried a stuffed pheasant out of the building.
More stuff being moved out of West Wing.
This appears to be a stuffed bird.
pic.twitter.com/EkUChUDXLC
- Jim Acosta (@Acosta) January 14, 2021
"People have to understand that the items in the
White House are
not giveaways," commented
CNN
correspondent Jim Acosta on the pictures.
“These are not souvenirs that you can take home with you.”
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