Donald Trump plans to depart Washington the morning of Inauguration Day

President Donald Trump now plans to go away Washington on the morning of Inauguration Day subsequent Wednesday after contemplating a departure on Tuesday, two sources aware of the matter stated on Friday.
Trump, who had already stated he is not going to attend President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, is planning a ceremonial farewell at Joint Base Andrews, the bottom exterior Washington the place Air Force One is headquartered, the sources stated. The farewell might embody a 21-gun salute, one supply stated.
The sources careworn that the plan might change. It was unclear whether or not Trump would converse on Wednesday.
Trump will then fly on to Palm Beach, Florida, to start his post-presidency at his Mar-a-Lago membership, the sources instructed Reuters. He is prone to be in Florida by the point Biden is inaugurated at noon on Wednesday.
A handful of White House aides plan to work for Trump in Palm Beach as the previous actual property tycoon works on retaining his clout within the Republican Party.
Some advisers have been urging the president to host Biden for a White House assembly forward of Inauguration Day, however there was no signal Trump is prepared to try this, an administration official stated.

Trump, the one president in U.S. historical past to be impeached twice, is planning to challenge extra pardons earlier than leaving, in response to sources who added that he has been contemplating the unprecedented possibility of pardoning himself.
Trump has been making an attempt to move off a conviction within the Senate on articles of impeachment which might be primarily based on the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol by his supporters.

A ballot by the Pew Research Center stated Trump is leaving the White House with the bottom job approval of his presidency (29%) and more and more unfavourable scores for his post-election conduct.