Donald Trump continues to vigorously defend himself - but Joe Biden should take office on January 20.
Trump may then leave with a violent bang.
Donald Trump is still fighting for his office as US President.
Still, on January 20th, power is likely to pass into the hands of President-elect Joe Biden.
Trump is reportedly planning to break a taboo in this case - he may want to draw attention away from the inauguration of his successor.
Washington
- Despite Donald Trump's efforts: The timetable for
January 20, 2021
seems to be in place:
Joe Biden will be
appointed as the
new US President
in Washington DC
around 6 p.m. German time
.
When Donald Trump
completed
his
"inauguration"
almost four years ago
, he took an airplane to the US capitals.
And at the start of his new office he received a binding - if not exactly warm - handshake from his
predecessor Barack Obama
.
This time everything could be a little different.
Both Trump and Biden may have
plans that deviate
from the
tradition of
the day.
They fit, to put it mildly, with the common images of the two very opposing
US politicians
.
USA: Donald Trump could deny Biden the handover - counter-event planned in Florida?
According to a report by NBC, Trump is thinking of denying Biden the mandatory handshake.
Even more: The elected US President is planning a brilliant
exit from the White House
- including the following
counter-event in Florida
.
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Donald Trump gets out of Air Force One - here during a thunderstorm in Maryland in August 2020.
© Saul Loeb / AFP
According to “preliminary plans”, Trump could
leave the US president's seat
with
“Marine One”
, the presidential helicopter, and
jet to his adopted home
Florida
with one last
“Air Force One”
flight, the broadcaster wants three “with the Discussions familiar “people have experienced.
A possible goal is to give a large-scale
speech
there and thus create a “split-screen moment” for the TV viewers;
so to take Biden's attention.
Trump may even want to announce his new candidacy in the 2024 election.
That sounds like a very delicate moment for a politically deeply divided country.
However, the White House did not explicitly confirm such reports.
"Anonymous sources who pretend to know what the president is planning or not planning have no idea," the portal quoted
Axios
government spokesman Judd Deere as
saying
.
Trump and Biden: Handover in January - The new US President could also deviate from tradition
Biden's
somewhat more specific
plans for the day of the change of power
are also unconfirmed
.
Axios claims
from an informed source
that Biden does not want to travel by plane - but rather, particularly down-to-earth, by train.
This would take up on the one hand the
inauguration of Biden, former “superior” Obama
, who had also traveled to the capital in 2009 on the rails.
On the other hand, the 78-year-old Democrat is
nicknamed
"Amtrak Joe",
based on the
US railroad company
.
For years, Biden commuted between Washington and his native Delaware by train.
Biden's wife and daughter were killed in a car accident in 1972.
Another, albeit less pleasant, “special” could concern Biden's
evening
planning: On the
evening of the inauguration
,
two balls
are common in
addition to a
parade
.
In view of the corona pandemic, the
"president-elect"
wants to
celebrate with the family and close advisors, it is said.
US expert Anthony Fauci last warned of a particularly severe pandemic phase in January.
Biden wants to fight the crisis more resolutely than his predecessor.
This team of world-class medical experts and public servants will be ready on day one to implement a full government response to this crisis.
Together, we'll overcome our toughest challenges and make health care a right for all Americans.
https://t.co/XscULxoipZ
- Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) December 7, 2020
The last time
Ronald Reagan had
missed the parade in 1985 - because of a cold spell.
According to
Axios
, there was no comment from Biden's team on these mind games.
In any case,
Biden's inaugural speech
is eagerly awaited
: Trump caused some disturbance with his programmatic address in 2016.
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