共和国总统唐纳德·特朗普美国广播公司新闻获悉,计划做出前所未有的举动,在下周三上午,当选总统乔·拜登就职典礼前离开白宫。
消息人士称,特朗普已要求计划在1月20日上午进行大规模送别,此前他通过海军一号直升机前往安德鲁斯联合基地预计他将向支持者和即将离任的政府成员发表讲话。
消息人士补充说,特朗普要求他的离开仪式具有“军人般的感觉”,尽管细节尚未敲定。
据了解该计划的消息人士透露,他希望在军乐队的喧闹声中离开,走上红地毯,获得军事荣誉。他们说,甚至有人建议进行某种军事飞越。
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唐纳德·特朗普总统走向白宫南草坪的海军陆战队一号
消息人士称,总统随后将乘坐空军一号(Air Force One)和少量工作人员飞往马拉拉,这些工作人员将参与他的总统任期后的行动。
与此同时,据知情人士透露,副总统迈克·彭斯周四与副总统当选人卡玛拉·哈里斯进行了交谈,就在就职典礼前六天报告纽约时报。
据一位熟悉特朗普计划的消息人士透露,与特朗普不同,彭斯预计将出席此次活动。他给哈里斯打电话的68天前,拜登和哈里斯被预测为11月7日的获胜者。
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从左至右,当选副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯的丈夫道格·埃姆霍夫,当选总统哈里斯
周四的电话也是自特朗普声称他在大选之夜和投票后几个月内获胜以来,现任和继任政府最高级别当选官员之间的第一次直接沟通。
尚不清楚特朗普是否已经要求拜登让步。就在社交媒体平台永久暂停他的账户之前,他在推特上挑衅性地宣布他不会参加就职典礼。
特朗普计划在就职典礼当天上午离开白宫,这是对传统的无与伦比的突破。两周前,他在美国国会大厦煽动了一场暴力叛乱,造成五人死亡,一周后,他又遭到了历史性的第二次弹劾。
Trump plans to leave Washington Inauguration Day morning; Pence, Harris speak
PresidentDonald Trumpplans to make the unprecedented move to depart the White House next Wednesday morning, just before President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration, ABC News has learned.
Trump has requested a large sendoff to be planned for the morning of Jan. 20, sources said, after he choppers via Marine One toJoint Base Andrews, where he is expected to give remarks to supporters and departing members of his administration.
Sources add that Trump has requested his departure ceremony to have a "military-like feel," although details are not finalized.
He hopes to depart to the blare of a military band, with a red carpet and military honors, according to sources briefed on the plans. Even some sort of military flyover has been suggested, they said.
The president will then fly down to Mar-a-Lago aboard Air Force One with a small number of staffers who will be part of his post-presidency operation, the sources said.
Meanwhile, it's been revealed that Vice President Mike Pence spoke with Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on Thursday, just six days before the inauguration, according to sources familiar with the call, firstreportedby The New York Times.
Pence, unlike Trump, is expected to attend the event, according to a source familiar with his plans. His call to Harris came 68 days after Biden and Harris were projected as the winners on Nov. 7.
Thursday’s call also is the first known communication directly between the highest-ranking elected officials of the current outgoing and incoming administrations since Trump claimed he won on election night and for months following the vote.
It is unclear if Trump has called Biden to concede. He defiantly announced on Twitter just before the social media platform permanently suspended his account that he would not be attending the inauguration.
Trump's plan to leave the White House the morning of the inauguration, an unmatched break with tradition, would come two weeks after inciting a violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol that left five dead and his historic second impeachment a week later.