Anonymous ID: 9e3a22 Jan. 15, 2021, 10:03 a.m. No.12534977   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>4992 >>5006 >>5011 >>5092 >>5115

President Donald Trump will hold an unprecedented farewell event at Joint Base Andrews the morning of Joe Biden's inauguration and then leave town before his successor takes the oath of office.

 

Trump's farewell will take place at the base outside Washington where Air Force One is headquartered. No recent president has had his own sendoff ceremony at JBA.

 

He then plans to fly to his Mar-a-Lago residence before Biden takes the oath of office at noon, which is when Biden will become the nation's 46th president.

 

Leaving while he is still president will also allow Trump to use the call sign 'Air Force One' for his flight to Palm Beach, Florida.

 

If Trump left Washington after Biden takes the oath, he would have to ask Biden to let him use the custom-built plane with its distinctive blue and white paint. All outgoing presidents have to make such a request, which is usually granted.

 

However, it would not have the call sign Air Force One as that can only be used when the current president is on board.

 

Traditionally, an outgoing president attends his successor's swearing-in, then departs the ground of the U.S. Capitol in a military helicopter to fly to JBA where he takes a government plane to his final destination.

 

For example, when Barack Obama departed D.C. after he left office, the plane used the call sign 'Special Mission 44' - the number referring to Obama's presidency. If the same pattern is followed, Trump's flight would be 'Special Mission 45.'

 

But if Trump departs ahead of Biden's swearing-in, the plane would go by Air Force One.

 

Trump announced last week he would not attend his successor's inauguration on January 20th, to which Biden replied: 'One of the few things he and I have ever agreed on. It's a good thing him not showing up.'

 

As his days in office dwindle, both Melania Trump and White House staff have been busy packing up.

 

The first lady secretly started packing up the residence before her husband conceded he lost the election - working in stealth with the staff in order not to anger him.

 

'(Melania Trump) is not sad to be leaving,' one White House official told CNN.

 

The first family will move to Mar-a-Lago after leaving Washington D.C.

 

Moving vans were spotted outside the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Wednesday and Thursday as the first family and Trump administration staff prepare to exit the premises.

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9151549/Trump-plans-fly-Mar-Lago-morning-inauguration-final-snub-Biden.html?ito=push-notification&ci=68759&si=19179313

Anonymous ID: 9e3a22 Jan. 15, 2021, 10:15 a.m. No.12535142   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

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