As Donald Trump finishes his presidency with one of the most shameful episodes in US history, rumours are rife he may take an Air Force 3 jet to the west of Ireland to hole up at his Doonbeg golf resort.
A source close to the Trump administration says the New Yorker had been considering flying across the Atlantic on January 19 - the day before Joe Biden s inauguration.
The toxic president famously called his private Palm Beach Club in Mar-a-Lago his winter White House but his nearest neighbours have voiced legal objections to Oval Office occupant spending his post-presidency in the Florida sunshine.
President Donald Trump is breaking with US political tradition again.
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The last time it happened was in 1869, when outgoing president Andrew Johnson refused to travel to the ceremony in the same carriage as President-elect Ulysses Grant.
To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th. Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 8, 2021
Media outlets previously reported that Trump was planning to be at his golf course in Scotland, but Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she would not allow him to enter the country.
It is now expected that Trump will leave the White House on 19 January and fly to his Florida base, Mar-a-Lago.
| UPDATED: 21:24, Thu, Jan 7, 2021
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