One last wave goodbye: The final image of a disgraced President Trump reluctantly leaving the White House
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Jake Lahut
Jan 20, 2021, 19:52 IST
Outgoing US President Donald Trump waves as he boards Marine One at the White House in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2021MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images
President Donald Trump has left the White House for the final time.
Trump boarded Marine One shortly after 8:15 a.m. on Wednesday.
For the first time in 152 years, the outgoing president will not attend his successor's inauguration.
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President Donald Trump boarded Marine One this morning for one last chopper ride off of the White House South Lawn.
Trump waved goodbye from the steps of the helicopter before heading over to Joint Base Andrews for his farewell address.
After delivering unscripted remarks on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews, Trump boarded Air Force One with his family and headed off to Florida.
Vice President Mike Pence skipped Trump's farewell ceremony, with his office saying logistics prevented Pence from attending both the sendoff and Biden's inauguration. Along with Pence, top Republicans Kevin McCarthy and Mitch McConnell - the minority leaders of the House and Senate, respectively, once Biden is sworn in - are also skipped the Joint Base Andrews event, with their relationships with Trump becoming strained ever since the attempted coup.
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