Will Donald Trump attend the inauguration of Joe Biden

No way, not if there's no change for him to get behind a mic and bloviate.

chance

Close to no chance. I'm guessing he'll arrange for something that he hopes will steal some attention away. (It'll kill them, but I'm also guessing CNN will reluctantly stay clear.)

I hope he attends strapped to a board and masked a la Hannibal Lecter.

That'd be a perfect bookend to Dick Cheney as Old Man Potter at Obama's.

$10 several news outlets besides FOX will split-screen the inauguration and whatever bedshitting activity of Trump's.

how is this even a question

Will Trump to attend

Harry Trump to attend.

President Donald Trump will whine and gripe and taunt and sneer and claim the election was stolen every day from now to Jan 20, but he will attend the inauguration of Joe Biden, looking sour and aggrieved every minute of it. He may pointedly refuse to shake Biden's hand.

i'm sure he'll swallow his pride and step up to do the honorable thing, difficult though it may be

seppuku?

Of course not lmfao. He will watch it on TV

nah I think what Alfred said is correct, he's gonna schedule some dumb, undercooked TV event at the same time where he reveals some bombshell about a new, even bigger Hunter Biden laptop

He will be live ragetweeting

All caps from now til the grave

i've been observing the guy pretty closely for a while now and one thing ive noticed is that he loves sharing the stage at huge events honoring other people

its like an addiction, he cant get enough of it

he loves sharing the stage at huge events honoring other people

I agree. The inauguration will be the biggest event on television that day no matter if he attends or not. If he sits on the stage, he'll be on camera in front of tens of millions. It is also a chance to act out his petty grievance in the most public and visible venue available. He'll be there.

Trump could sell MAGA knighthoods and have the first ceremony at Mar-a-Lago on Inauguration Day

sorry i was being sarcastic, no fucking way in this or any other universe he'll be within 1000 miles of an event thats about how another person is better than him

He can't upstage Biden if he's 1000 miles away.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEyGZlBdkaA

He absolutely won't show his face there.

He will stalk behind Biden on the stage.

In seriousness I would bet no. But if he does he will surely make his hammy disapproving frown every time he's on camera.

One Eye Open otm, this isn't a venue where the spotlight and mic will ever swing his way, so of course he won't fucking attend. He doesn't wanna be on TV unless he's the center of attention.

Y'all are discounting the thrill he could get from ruining Biden's Big Day by standing up and huffing away halfway through the oath or standing up and screaming ATTICA repeatedly

Close to zero, as I said above. But: I'm sure as the day approaches, many people will be hard at work trying to make him see the bigger picture--how awful this will look as time passes, no matter how much it endears him to his cult and how much it feels right to him. (Not that it won't look awful the day of.) He's not really a big-picture guy, but maybe something will click at the eleventh hour.

the guy doesnt even always show up to debates when hes campaigning, why would he show up for something where he had nothing to gain

Would the Secret Service be able to march Trump away if he becomes too disruptive? At any rate, I suspect Trump will retreat to Mar-a-lago for Christmas (if not Thanksgiving), and for some poorly explained reason not come back to DC.

I could definitely see him pulling some kind of parallel stunt to try to steal ratings, that seems like it would be his style.

i think he will. can we start a pool on this lol

lol, yeah he'll have his own inauguration for his stolen election! #stopthesteal #nomasksrequired #mybodymychoice

The more melodramatic outcome involves him not being there, but the melodramatic outcomes rarely ever play out. Everyone gets worked up and all the attention seekers on twitter swarm to take advantage of the hype, but like anything else, reality will not deliver.

Trump will not show up, but the media will rush to point out that Biden *also* didn't show up to counter-inauguration ceremony held on the same day

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He will be live ragetweeting

― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, November 17, 2020 11:28 AM (two months ago)

All caps from now til the grave

― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, November 17, 2020 11:28 AM (two months ago)

Maybe not!

I was wrong. Oh, so very wrong about this.

no fucking way in this or any other universe he'll be within 1000 miles of an event thats about how another person is better than him

I'm big enough to admit that I was wrong about this. Mar A Lago is only 995 miles away from DC

He'll definitely be watching it on TV though...

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