The sunset behind the White House is on the evening of January 19, the last day of President Trump’s tenure. Reuters = Yonhap News
January 19 (local time) is the last day of President Trump’s term in office. On this day too, Trump had no official schedule and did not appear in the media. I haven’t set an outside schedule for a week since the last 12 days. The appearance of the White House sent by the White House entrance photographers on that day is silent. No one came and went, the press room was empty, and a flock of birds flew over the White House after the last sun set red in the western sky. There is an expression of eerie in the article. President Trump, who spent his last night at the White House, is scheduled to leave for his own resort, Florida, without attending the inauguration of his successor president on the morning of the 20th.
As the sun went down, the White House was silent. EPA=Yonhap News
Reporters entering the White House are waiting at the’Brady Press Breeding Room’ on the 19th. Reporters on this day could not see President Trump in person. AP=Yonhap News
A tripod for broadcasting cameras is stored folded in the press room of the White House on the 19th. AP=Yonhap News
On the 19th, a bird is flying over the microphone in the front yard of the West Wing of the White House. This is where President Donald Trump stood before the press whenever he left the White House for an outside event. On the last day of President Trump’s tenure, there was only eerie silence in the White House. President Trump has reached the last day of his term without an official schedule since the 12th, a week ago. AP=Yonhap News
US Marines on duty at the West Wing entrance of the White House. EPA=Yonhap News
Red lights lit up in New York’s Empire State Building on the night of the 19th, while skyscrapers in the United States lit up lights in memory of the Corona 19 deaths. The number of Corona 19 victims in the United States exceeded 400,000. It is a gloomy landscape that marks the end of Donald Trump’s tenure. AP=Yonhap News
On the 19th, a video of Trump’s farewell speech is being broadcast on the monitors of the White House press room. EPA=Yonhap News
The White House released a 20-minute video of President Donald Trump’s farewell speech on the same day. In his speech, Trump said he wished the new administration’s success, but did not mention Joe Biden’s name. The congressional intrusion by supporters was strongly criticized. “All Americans are terrified by the attacks against our Congress,” he said. “Political violence is an attack on everything we value as Americans.”
Trump also evaluated his achievements. Through tax cuts and deregulation, he built the world’s greatest economy, and said he is a retired president without a new war in decades.
Reporter Choi Jeong-dong