President Donald Trump will leave Washington DC on Wednesday morning before President-elect Joe Biden is sworn in, according to Washington Post.
The newspaper quoted a senior administration official to have revealed the outgoing President’s plan.
Trump had previously announced he would not be at the inauguration of his successor at the U.S. Capitol.
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Trump not being at Biden’s swearing-in shatters a long lasting tradition in the US.
Biden had described the Trump administration as a ‘dismal failure’ while seeking to keep a focus on combating the coronavirus.
Biden, who won the November 3 presidential election with over 300 electoral votes will be sworn in on January 20, 2021.
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