Donald Trump regularly made headlines during his four-year term.
Even on his last day in office, he broke with tradition.
And left Washington early.
Donald Trump's
term as US President ended on January 20, 2021 at 12 noon local time (6 p.m. CET).
The solemn
inauguration
Joe Biden
was
Donald Trump
away.
But he left a note for his successor
(see update from January 20, 11:45 p.m.).
Nevertheless, it seems conceivable that the outgoing president
will want to draw attention to himself
on the day of
inauguration
.
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Update from January 21, 7:12 a.m.:
It wasn't a nice Wednesday evening
for
Donald Trump
- at least as far as his political legacy is concerned.
After a short time in office, his successor
Joe Biden
revised
Trump's first projects that were
close to his
heart.
Among other things, Biden withdrew the financial basis for the construction of the Wall to Mexico, stopped the US withdrawal from the World Health Organization, initiated the return to the Paris climate agreement and lifted the entry ban
for people from several predominantly Muslim countries.
Trump was not present at Joe Biden's swearing-in on Wednesday.
Instead, he flew to his
Mar-a-Lago
property
(see update from January 20, 5:15 p.m.).
That
a star contingent celebrated the assumption of office of Joe Biden
in
Washington, DC in
the evening (local time)
must have annoyed him all the more.
Four years ago there were repeated rejections from the music and film industry.
Biden, on the other hand, was able to listen to the voices of Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Justin Timberlake and John Legend, among others.
Donald Trump leaves a letter to his successor Joe Biden - what does it say?
Update from January 20, 11:45 p.m.: US President Joe Biden
informed the US media that
Donald Trump
had left him a "very generous letter".
It is tradition that the outgoing US President leaves a letter to the White House for his successor.
Trump stuck to this, even if he did not attend
Biden's inauguration
and is now in Florida.
Joe Biden,
sitting
at the so-called
Resolute Desk
in the US President's office, gave no information
about the content of the letter
: "Because it was private, I won't talk about it until I talk to him."
Melania Trump's time as first lady is over - she ends up in Florida in a brightly colored outfit and a smile
Update from January 20, 9:30 p.m.:
With
Donald Trump's presidency
, Melania's time as
first lady is
over.
That should be a relief for her, considering her frustration, which she
made clear
in the so-called
Melania tapes
.
Or their desire to “just go home”.
Photos from Wednesday, the last time the couple left the White House, revealed something unusual on their faces.
A smile.
If you look at the pictures of the arrival of the Trumps, something else catches your eye.
Melania Trump
changed her outfit while on the flight to Palm Beach, Florida, where the family plans to settle.
If she was previously dressed in black, she left the plane in Florida in a brightly colored dress.
And this time too: a smile.
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Former US President Donald Trump waves to supporters as he arrives at Palm Beach International Airport with ex-first lady Melania Trump.
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China imposes sanctions on representatives of the Trump administration: Mike Pompeo and Steve Bannon also affected
Update from January 20, 9:15 p.m.:
Immediately after
Donald Trump's
presidency ended
, China imposed sanctions.
The target is 28 high-ranking representatives of the former Trump administration.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry announced on Wednesday that 28 people had "violated Chinese sovereignty."
Among them: the outgoing US Secretary of State
Mike Pompeo
.
Also affected by the sanctions are: Trump's trade advisor Peter Navarro, security advisor Robert O'Brien, the diplomat responsible for East Asia David Stilwell, Trump's health minister Alex Azar and UN ambassador Kelly Craft as well as ex-security advisor
John Bolton
and ex-chief strategist
Steve Bannon
.
Donald Trump extends personal protection for his children - POTUS account now belongs to Joe Biden
Update from January 20, 8 p.m.:
Before
Donald Trump
left the office of the US President, he signed a memorandum.
With this act, he extended the protection of his children by the
US secret service
by half a year, as CNN reports with reference to a high-ranking official.
Usually this protection applies to children of former presidents up to the age of 16.
With Trump's decree, the
Secret Service's
personal protection
now
protects
all of his children and not just his youngest son
Barron
.
Update from January 20, 7:48 p.m.:
has transferred the official accounts of the US President -
POTUS
- and the Vice President to
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris
.
The two Democrats did not take over the followers of their predecessors, as is usual.
In the future,
the 46th US President Joe Biden
will be tweeting as
POTUS
.
As of today, FLOTUS is
Dr.
Jill Biden
the honor and replaces
Melania Trump
as
first lady
.
Greta Thunberg with tweet: Climate activist says goodbye to Trump on Twitter full of ridicule
Update from January 20th, 6.30pm:
“He looks like a very happy old man who is looking forward to a bright and wonderful future.
It's so nice to see ”.
With these words, the
Swedish climate activist
Greta Thunberg
mockingly
adopted
Donald Trump on Twitter.
Plus a photo of the former US President standing on the steps of a helicopter and raising his fist.
Trump tweeted in 2019 after her emotional speech at the
United Nations in New York
: “She looks like a very happy young girl who is looking forward to a bright and wonderful future.
So nice to see! "
The latest exchange of blows between
Thunberg
and Trump.
He asked the 18-year-old to “chill” in an earlier tweet.
Thunberg responded by asking Trump to “chill” after he questioned the election victory of the 46th US President
Joe Biden
.
On both occasions, the climate activists used almost identical wording by Donald Trump.
Donald Trump's presidency has ended: Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have been sworn in
Update from January 20, 5:50 p.m .:
Joe Biden
is the 46th US President of the United States.
The Democrat and his Vice President
Kamala Harris
were sworn in a few minutes ago.
Trump's term has ended.
From 6 p.m. (12 noon / local time), Biden is actually the new president - and the Trump era is officially over.
Update from January 20, 5:40 p.m.:
A few minutes ago, CNN's chief correspondent for the
White House
, Jim Acosta,
spoke up on Twitter
.
“I tried twice to ask Trump if he felt remorse for his role in the siege of the Capitol.
He did not answer.
He is now on the way to
Mar-a-Lago
. "
Donald Trump pursues handover: the outgoing US President on the way to Mar-a-Lago
Update from January 20, 5:30 p.m.:
As CNN reports,
Donald Trump followed
the ongoing preparations for the inauguration of
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris
during the flight to Palm Beach
.
According to the broadcaster, this was reported by a person who was on the same plane.
The Trumps landed in Florida shortly after the Pence couple arrived at the Capitol.
There,
Joe Biden is
introduced as the 46th US President in a few minutes.
Update from January 20, 5:15 p.m.:
Donald and Melania Trump
have now landed in Florida.
The couple is on the way to their
Mar-a-Lago
residence
.
Donald Trump leaves the White House: Together with Melania Trump on the way to Florida
Update from January 20, 4:38 p.m
.: Isolated like never before - almost like an outlaw -
Donald Trump left
the White House and Washington on Wednesday.
He is
staying away from
today's inauguration of his successor
Joe Biden
(see previous update)
.
Instead, the Trumps are currently on their way to their residence in
Mar-a-Lago
in Palm Beach - but if the reports are to be believed, they are not particularly welcome there: According to
Politico
, the
neighborhood fears
that not only the ex- President will live next door.
But his family, loyalists and conservative media who could follow their “president into exile”.
Trump goodbye: We will return in some form
Update from January 20, 3:15 p.m.:
Now the still incumbent
US President is
on the
way to his
Mar-a-Lago
property
in the state of Florida
with the
Air Force One presidential
plane
.
"That was four unbelievable years," Trump said in front of family members, employees and supporters at the Air Force base Joint Base Andrews, where he was greeted with a 21 gun salute.
Once again, the right-wing populist claimed numerous political successes for himself.
He wished the Biden government "good luck and good luck" and at the same time announced: "We will come back in some way."
Trump's term
ends at 12:00 noon (6:00 p.m. CET) when the new President Biden is sworn in.
Trump is the first president in 152 years to avoid the inauguration of his successor.
Donald Trump is leaving the White House for the last time - hand in hand with his wife Melania
Update from January 20, 2:34 p.m.:
First
Donald Trump
leaves
the machine, closely followed by
Melania Trump
.
A rare picture: the two hold each other's hand again.
Some supporters cheer the still incumbent US president, gun salutes are fired.
The Trumps family has also gathered on the military site.
In a short speech, Trump not only thanks his supporters, Trump also expressly thanks his wife.
Melania herself also addresses short words to the public.
The
first lady
will never forget the time at her husband's side.
And in this speech too, Donald Trump once again praised his own performance.
Economically, the country has recovered very well, and the
corona pandemic
then
thwarted
the US's bill.
"The numbers will continue to be great if you leave it as we did," said Trump.
“You can't work harder than what we've done,” says Donald Trump, convinced of himself and his performance.
Update from January 20, 2:30 p.m.:
Donald Trump and his wife Melania are landing with the helicopter at the Andrews military airfield at this moment.
His bitterest day: Trump is NOW leaving the White House live for the last time - and causing a stir about nuclear cases
Update from January 20, 2:13 p.m.:
Donald Trump is leaving the White House for the last time at this moment.
At his side is his wife and first-lady Melania Trump.
Dressed all in black, the two run hand in hand to the helicopter, and they will shortly be flying to Florida.
The flight to Andrews military airfield now takes about ten minutes, where Donald Trump will presumably be bid farewell with a gun salute.
Update from January 20, 2:10 p.m.:
He has been expected for a few minutes, but Donald Trump is still waiting. A helicopter is waiting in front of the White House.
Update from January 20, 1 p.m.:
In just under an hour,
Donald Trump is
leaving
Washington
, the outgoing US President will not be present at the inauguration of his successor.
With his decision, the 74-year-old not only caused a scandal, his absence turns the inauguration process logistically upside down.
First of all
,
Trump
takes
the legendary
nuclear suitcase
with him to
Florida
, after all, the incumbent president has innumerable nuclear weapons at his disposal at all times.
The second in which Joe Biden's successor is sworn in, however, he has control of the nuclear weapons.
As
CNN
reports, a solution had to be found for this geographic distance.
According to this,
Joe Biden should
get his own temporary atomic case, as bringing it back from
Florida
would take too long.
At the moment of the swearing-in, the device on the new suitcase should be activated, and
Donald Trump's
old suitcase will
no longer be
accessible
to the outgoing
US President
from this point on
.
According to
CNN
,
this suitcase will then be returned
to the current
US president
as soon as possible
.
At around 2 p.m. European time,
Donald Trump
then
sets off
for
Florida
.
So far it is unclear whether the outgoing US president will quietly leave the dust.
Or whether Trump might even be adopted by the honor guard.
His bitterest day: Trump gives a farewell speech with an enigmatic appeal - and foams because of Biden's guest list
Update from January 20, 9:30 a.m.:
The outgoing
US President Donald Trump
defended
his
government
balance sheet
in his farewell speech
.
Despite all the criticism, Trump seems certain of his successes.
In a video address on
Tuesday, the
Republican
claimed numerous successes in domestic, economic and foreign policy: "We have restored American strength at home - and American leadership abroad." At the same time,
Trump
called
for prayer for the
government of
his successor
Joe Biden
without
even mentioning
the
Democrat
by name.
"Together with millions of hard-working patriots across the country, we have built the greatest political movement in the history of this country," said
Trump
in the
nearly 20-minute speech recorded
in the
White House
.
Donald Trump
is even certain that he has “built the greatest economy in the history of the world” overall.
The fight against the
corona pandemic
was also successful.
Although so far around 400,000 people in the
USA have
officially died as a result of
corona disease
.
Donald Trump: Biden's inauguration could fuel the anger of the outgoing US president again
Donald Trump made
no
mention of
his future
successor
in his speech, and Trump has not yet clearly admitted his defeat in the presidential election.
Although
the outgoing US president condemned the
storming of the Capitol
, Donald Trump said to his supporters: "The movement that we have started is only the beginning."
However, the anger of the 74-year-old could
be fueled again
this
Wednesday
.
As reported by the
Washington Post
,
Donald Trump
is said to be
from the cast of celebrities at the
Inauguration and the subsequent celebration will be anything but enthusiastic.
Accordingly,
mega stars
such as
Jennifer Lopez and Lady Gaga are
said to have announced themselves.
A circumstance that
Donald Trump
could not expect when he was inaugurated.
At that time, numerous stars had declined an invitation, including mega-star Elton John.
Donald Trump's bitterest day: plans for inauguration are now clear - survey slap on the exit
Original message:
Washington, DC - At the end of his term in office,
Donald Trump is
not the center of attention for once - at least according to the official plans.
Trump does not attend the
inauguration
, the ceremony with which his
successor Joe Biden is introduced
to office and dignity.
Dignity - a term that Trump interpreted very individually during his four-year presidency.
The consequences of his lies, flirtations with right-wing extremists and Twitter derailments become clear on the last day of his term in office: he leaves Washington prematurely,
isolated
from his
party friends
and with catastrophic poll results.
The
polling institute Gallup
found an
approval rate of only 34 percent
, the lowest value since Trump's inauguration.
The institute sees the main reason for Trump's rejection in the US population in the role of the president in the
storming of the Capitol on January 6th
.
In a speech, Trump incited his militant supporters
to protest
against the
official confirmation in
front of the Capitol
.
The result was a
spiral of violence
that killed five people.
Democrats see Trump as the cause of the explosion of violence, so
impeachment proceedings were initiated
.
The House of Representatives voted in favor of the motion, but approval in the Senate is still uncertain.
Whatever the outcome, Trump's term in office did not leave its mark.
Just as little as in the
USA
.
It is feared that there will
be riots in
Washington
on the day of the
inauguration
.
Donald Trump: Financial difficulties and impending legal proceedings
Even if Trump considered the possibility of
pardoning himself and his family
, he will not take that step.
As
CNN
reports, a self-
pardon
could be
interpreted
as an
"admission of guilt"
.
An impression that Trump wants to prevent.
It is likely that the outgoing US president
will face
legal difficulties
after the end of his term of office
: His influence on electoral officers in his campaign against his defeat, previous hush money payments to alleged lovers and the sometimes opaque activities of his business empire are a burden on the US president.
Donald Trump: failed to flee from Scotland?
It is a good tradition that the elected president
congratulates
his successor after the
inauguration ceremony
.
As on so many occasions before, this time Trump is breaking a tradition.
He will not take part in the event
, he announced via his now
blocked Twitter account
.
There was then a lot of speculation about where Donald Trump would be during Joe Biden's inauguration.
A source told the
Sunday Post
that a
US military aircraft was due to
arrive at Prestwick Airport in Scotland on
January 19th
.
The special type of aircraft is a machine that is "normally used by the vice-president, but often also by the first lady," the
Sunday Post
quoted
the informant
as saying
.
The background: Donald Trump owns the
"Trump Turnberry Resort"
, a golf club
in Scotland
.
However, the Scottish Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon refused entry to Trump.
Donald Trump: "Inauguration Day" with the family in Florida?
Instead of going to Scotland, the US President will
flee to Florida
in
Air Force One
.
More precisely, in his fortress-like
retreat, Mar-a-Lago
.
Surrounded by his most loyal supporters, Trump wants to recover from the election slump and set the course for the future by gathering his family around him.
In the meantime, there was also a rumor that Trump was planning a counter-event in Florida.
The
New York Times
claims to have learned from the environment of the current president that this
has become unlikely after the latest events
.
As reported by the
Washington Post
, Trump's adult children want to move to Florida.
Ivanka Trump in
particular is
said to have ambitions as a politician.
Even if Trump's presidency ends today, Trump will continue to dominate the headlines for longer.
(
AFP / jf
)
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