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| Part of thefirst presidency of Donald Trump and thepresidential transition of Joe Biden | |
President Donald Trump delivers his farewell address to the nation in the Blue Room of the White House. | |
| Date | January 19, 2021 (2021-01-19) |
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| Duration | 19 minutes |
| Location | Blue Room,White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.,Washington, D.C.,United States |
| Type | Speech |
| Participants | PresidentDonald Trump |
| Outcome | Thefirst Trump administration ends and theBiden administration begins at noon EST onJanuary 20, 2021. |
| Media | Video |
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Donald Trump's first farewell address was thefinal official speech ofDonald Trump as the45th President of the United States, delivered as a recorded, online video message on January 19, 2021.[1] The farewell address was delivered the day beforeJoe Biden, who defeated him in the2020 United States presidential election, wassworn in as his successor. Trump was the first president to not attend his successor's inauguration sinceAndrew Johnson in1869.[2]
The official archived Trump White House website highlighted Trump's sentiments that:
"To serve as your President has been an honor beyond description. Thank you for this extraordinary privilege. And that’s what it is—a great privilege and a great honor. [...] With the support and prayers of the American people, we achieved more than anyone thought possible. Nobody thought we could even come close. [...] This, I hope, will be our greatest legacy: Together, we put the American people back in charge of our country. [...] We are, and must always be, a land of hope, of light, and of glory to all the world. This is the precious inheritance that we must safeguard at every single turn."[1]
Trump would eschew public appearances in the months following his term, but he soon resumed speeches and would win in the2024 United States presidential election.[3]
Trump served hisfirst term as the 45th President of the United States, winning the2016 presidential election againstDemocratic nomineeHillary Clinton.[4] He wasinaugurated on January 20, 2017.[5] While in office, Trump cut back spending to major welfare programs, enactedtariffs, withdrew from theTrans-Pacific Partnership negotiations and signed theUSMCA, a successor agreement toNAFTA, grew thenational debt throughspending increases and tax cuts for the rich, and enacted a unilateralforeign policy based inoffensive realism. HeappointedNeil Gorsuch,Brett Kavanaugh, andAmy Coney Barrett to theSupreme Court of the United States. Republicans controlled both houses of Congress until Democrats won a majority in theHouse of Representatives in the2018 elections. Democrats took control of theSenate after the2020 elections.
Trump was involved in many controversies related to his policies, conduct, andfalse or misleading statements, including aninvestigation into theTrump campaign's alleged coordination with the Russian government during the 2016 election, theHouse of Representativesimpeaching him in December 2019 forabuse of power andobstruction ofCongress after hesolicited Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden (he wasacquitted by the Senate in February 2020), hisfamily separation policy for migrants apprehended at theU.S.–Mexico border, limitations on the number of immigrants permitted from certain countries (many of which were Muslim-majority), demand for the federal funding of theMexico–United States border wall that resulted inthe longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history,withdrawal from theIran nuclear deal,withdrawal from theParis Accords, attempts to repeal theAffordable Care Act (ACA), and loosening of the enforcement of numerousenvironmental regulations.
Hisre-election loss to Biden[6] came amidst a series of international crises, including theCOVID-19 pandemic andresulting recession,[7] andprotests and riots following the policemurder of George Floyd.[8] In the aftermath of the election, Trump repeatedly madefalse claims that widespreadelectoral fraud had occurred and that only he had legitimately won the election.[a] Although most resulting lawsuits were either dismissed or ruled against by numerous courts,[b] Trump nonethelessconspired[9]: 33–53 with hiscampaign team tosubmit documents in several states (all of which had been won by Biden) whichfalsely claimed to be legitimate electoral votes for President Trump and Vice PresidentMike Pence.[c] After the submission of these documents, the Trump campaign intended that thepresiding officer of the United States Senate, eitherPresident of the Senate Pence orPresident pro temporeChuck Grassley, would claim to have the unilateral power to rejectelectors during theJanuary 6, 2021 vote counting session; the presiding officer would reject all electors from the several states in which the Trump campaign had submitted false documents, leaving 232 votes for Trump and 222 votes for Biden, therebyoverturning the election results in favour of Trump.[d] The plans for January 6 failed to come to fruition after Pence refused to follow the campaign's proposals.[e] Trump nevertheless urged his supporters on January 6, 2021, to march to theCapitol while the joint session of Congress was assembled there to count electoral votes and formalize Biden's victory, leading tohundreds storming the building and interrupting the electoral vote count;[10]: 637–669 as a result, the Houseimpeached Trump forincitement of insurrection on January 13, 2021,[28] making him the only federal officeholder in American history to be impeached twice. The Senate would lateracquit him for the second time on February 13, 2021, after he had already left office.[29] Once Biden wasinaugurated on January 20, 2021, the Republican Party would lose control of the presidency in addition to falling short of a majority in the House and Senate.
Trump delivered his recorded address in theBlue Room of theWhite House.[1]
The speech was reminiscent of Trump's campaignstump speech, emphasizing the highlights of his term in office. He wished incoming President Biden well (without directly mentioning his name), noting that the success and security of the country depended on his success as leader, while also implicitly warning Biden not to change or reverse some of his own policies upon taking over. Trump closed the speech on an optimistic note, stating his belief that hisMake America Great Again movement was only just beginning, espousing confidence that it will continue to be a force in American politics. In doing so, he again suggested interest in either running for president again in2024 himself or choosing a successor to run in his position.[1] Nearly two years after leaving office, Trump officially announcedhis candidacy for president in 2024, on November 15, 2022.[30] Trump became the Republican presidential nominee on July 15, 2024,[31] and was elected to a second non-consecutive term as the47thpresident of the United States on November 6, 2024.[3] Trump might give a second farewell address sometime before the end of hissecond presidency on January 20, 2029.
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