President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump left the White House Wednesday morning, hours before the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden.
Trump emerged from the building Wednesday morning and strode across the South Lawn to board Marine One. He said, “It’s been a great honor, the honor of a lifetime.”
While departing, Trump told reporters as he left he White House it would ‘not be a long-term goodbye’.
President Trump’s final remarks from the White House. pic.twitter.com/gQhXfS9LC7
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Biden who defeated Trump at the US presidential election of November 3, 2020, will be sworn-in today at 17:00 GMT.
The incoming US President Joe Biden is currently on his way to attend a church service as part of the ceremonies listed for his inauguration today.
Biden took off from Blair House to Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington on the morning of his inauguration as the 46th US President.
The event will not be attended by Trump who continues to maintain his claim that the election was stolen from him.
The inauguration will, however, be graced by the outgoing Vice President Mike Pence, Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell and other GOP leaders.