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The planned absence Monday follows another notable absence last week at the state funeral of former president Jimmy Carter.
A spokesperson for Pelosi, who attended Trump’s 2017 inauguration, did not provide an explanation for the move.
Former first lady Michelle Obama will skip the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, the second time in two weeks that she is not attending a gathering of former U.S. leaders and their spouses,
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Bill Clinton will attend the swearing-in ceremony ... Bush said he and former First Lady Laura Bush are attending. Michelle Obama was the only spouse absent from the service last week at ...
Ronald Reagan probably didn’t realize he was starting a tradition when he wrote a note congratulating his successor and left it in the Oval Office desk drawer after two terms as president.
Donald Trump will be sworn in for a second term as president Monday—with every living former president, billionaires like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, Carrie Underwood, the Village People and several foreign leaders getting invitations.
Trump broke a 152-year tradition by skipping President Joe Biden 's inauguration. The departing president typically welcomes the incoming president at the North Portico and they ride down Pennsylvania Avenue together to the inauguration ceremony.
Obama did not want to be there. But she went because it was expected of her, even though it meant being in the presence of the man who tried to delegitimize her husband’s historic nomination and presidency.
Michelle Obama will skip Donald Trump’s second inauguration, following her absence at Jimmy Carter’s funeral. She is joined by Nancy Pelosi, recovering from surgery, and foreign leaders like Xi Jinping and Viktor Orban.