Andrews Air Force Base near Washington DC in the morning of the 20th (local time). At the self-resignation ceremony held here about four hours before the inauguration of the successor president, former US President Donald Trump left the words “We are returning in some form” and boarded the’Air Force One’ heading to Florida.
Frank Sinatra’s “my way” echoed at the air base as the plane began moving for takeoff. The moment the last verse “yes, it was my way” came out, Air Force One kicked off the runway and flew up. Tim O’Brien Bloomberg columnist said, “This song is about a person who doesn’t regret what he did and doesn’t care what other people think of him. Trump’s term ended with the greatest’absurdity’.” Said.
The New York Times reported that when former President Trump left the White House, an air of change was detected inside the far-right group that strongly supported him. In particular, when former President Trump said in his farewell speech the day before that the congressional riots that took place on the 6th were “unacceptable,” he saw this as an act of betrayal, raising complaints. For example, members of’Proud Voice’ accused Trump of being a’weakgol’ and’a rock-bottom man’ and posted a number of messages urging him not to attend a rally related to the Republican Party.
Meanwhile, the Washington Post reported that former President Trump ordered the Secret Service (SS) to guard four members of his family, including his eldest daughter Ivanka and husband Jared Kushner, 24 hours a day for the next six months, ahead of his retirement.
U.S. federal law confines lifeguards to outgoing presidential couples, and former vice-presidents can receive SS guards for six months after retirement.
It is pointed out that the vice president’s level of security has been expanded to the non-security target of the person’s family.
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