Incoming President Donald Trump and President Biden confirmed little emotion as they departed the White House on Monday for a ceremonial journey to the Capitol for the inauguration.
Mr. Trump gave the impression to be checking his cellular phone after he received within the limo with Mr. Biden and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota Democrat, for the brief journey up Pennsylvania Avenue.
Each males had been wearing formal overcoats for the event. Bystanders cheered loudly because the Cadillac with flags on its hoods swept throughout Washington and arrived on the Capitol inside minutes.
The limo journey is an intriguing political customized and a trademark of the peaceable change of energy. Pundits marvel what sort of dialog, if any, unfolds throughout the journey.
Mr. Trump and Mr. Biden are bitter political rivals.
Mr. Trump famously didn’t attend Mr. Biden’s inauguration in 2020 as a result of he thought the election was stolen from him.
The incoming president confirmed some types of sympathy for Mr. Biden after Vice President Kamala Harris took over the Democratic ticket, saying Mr. Biden was thrown overboard by his occasion.
Mr. Trump will likely be sworn in because the forty seventh president contained in the Capitol as an alternative of in a customary out of doors ceremony due to the bitter chilly in Washington.
“Good to see you, good to be again,” Mr. Biden may very well be heard saying as he entered the Capitol.
Mr. Trump shook palms with folks within the hallway as he entered.
Earlier, Ms. Harris and incoming Vice President J.D. Vance left the White House with Sen. Deb Fischer, Nebraska Republican, for the brief journey to the ceremony.
