Trump stumbles out of the White House leaving a divided US
The Washington Trump leaves behind now looks more like a military base than the seat of the world’s longest-standing democracy
19 January 2021 - 11:18
Washington — Donald Trump departs Washington on Wednesday with Americans more politically divided and more likely to be out of work than when he arrived, while awaiting trial for his second impeachment — an ignominious end to one of the most turbulent presidencies in American history.
Trump intends to leave in the morning for his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, arriving before president-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated. There, the former president will begin his post-presidency life attended, at least temporarily, by a handful of former White House staffers...
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