United States President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he will not be attending the inauguration ceremony of his successor, Joe Biden, two days after supporters of the president stormed the Capitol Building to undo his electoral defeat.
“To anyone who has asked me, I’m not going to be sworn in on January 20,” Trump wrote in a laconic tweet.
Trump, who has denounced election fraud against him for two months without evidence, acknowledged on Thursday that his term was coming to an end. And while he did not explicitly recognize Biden’s triumph, he pledged to “ensure a smooth, orderly and smooth transfer of power.”
Following the chaos on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Congress, in a two-house session chaired by Vice President Mike Pence, confirmed Biden’s victory in the November 3 election early Thursday morning, with 306 to 232 College votes. . Electoral, the body that decides the winner of the White House.