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President Trump announces he won’t attend Biden’s inauguration

President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a rally Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) (Jacquelyn Martin, Copyright 2020 Jacquelyn Martin. All rights reserved.)

President Donald Trump says he won’t attend President-elect Joe Biden’s Inauguration on Jan. 20. He will be the first incumbent president since Andrew Johnson to skip his successors inauguration.

In a Friday tweet Trump said, “To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th.”

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Trump offered no clues for how he would spent his final hours in office.

Biden will become president at noon regardless of Trump’s plans.