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The following is a [[timeline]] of the [[first presidency of Donald Trump]] during the fourth and last quarter of 2020 from October 1 to December 31, 2020 and the first 20 days of 2021 from January 1 to 20, 2021, when Trump left office and succeeded by [[Joe Biden]]. To navigate quarters, see [[timeline of the Donald Trump presidency]].
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==Timeline==
===Overview===
President Trump tested positive for COVID-19 and treated at [[Walter Reed National Military Medical Center|Bethesda Naval Hospital]], campaigned for the ongoing [[2020 United States presidential election|presidential election]], participated in the final presidential debate, lost the presidential election to [[Joe Biden]] but refused to concede, attempted to [[Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election|overturn the election results]], urged his supporters to march to the Capitol resulting in [[January 6 United States Capitol attack|multiple deaths during the attack]] and interrupting the [[2021 United States Electoral College vote count|electoral vote count]], suspended from social media, faced his [[Second impeachment of Donald Trump|second impeachment]] for incitement of insurrection but later [[Second impeachment trial of Donald Trump|acquitted]], tackling the ongoing [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|COVID-19 pandemic]] by extending the nationwide [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] guidelines throughout the month of October.
===October 2020===
{{See also|White House COVID-19 outbreak}}
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====Week 194====
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| Thursday, '''October 1'''
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*[[Hope Hicks]], senior counselor to President Trump, tests positive for COVID-19. She traveled with President Trump to the debate in Cleveland on September 29 and to a rally in Minnesota on September 30.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Collins|first1=Kaitlan|last2=Acosta|first2=Jim|date=1 October 2020|title=Close Trump adviser Hope Hicks tests positive for coronavirus, sources say|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/01/politics/hope-hicks-positive-coronavirus/index.html|access-date=2020-10-02|publisher=CNN|archive-date=January 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116041520/https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/01/politics/hope-hicks-positive-coronavirus/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Although some White House officials were aware of her diagnosis in the morning, "Trump still took a trip to New Jersey for a fundraiser, and press secretary Kayleigh McEnany still held a news briefing at the White House."<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Rocha|first1=Veronica|last2=Macaya|first2=Melissa|last3=Mahtani|first3=Melissa|date=2020-10-02|title=White House officials knew Hope Hicks tested positive — but Trump still traveled for a fundraiser|url=https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-coronavirus-positive/h_221b265aec2bbf8a1f142e893ba1c6f2|access-date=2020-10-02|publisher=CNN|language=en|archive-date=February 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215230426/https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-coronavirus-positive/h_221b265aec2bbf8a1f142e893ba1c6f2|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| Friday, '''October 2'''
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*President Trump tweets that both he and First Lady [[Melania Trump]] had tested positive for COVID-19 and would immediately quarantine.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Collins|first1=Kaitlan|last2=Acosta|first2=Jim|date=October 2, 2020|title=Close Trump adviser Hope Hicks tests positive for coronavirus, sources say|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/01/politics/hope-hicks-positive-coronavirus/index.html|access-date=October 2, 2020|publisher=[[CNN]]|archive-date=January 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116041520/https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/01/politics/hope-hicks-positive-coronavirus/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Later that day, President Trump boarded a helicopter to [[Walter Reed National Military Medical Center|Bethesda Naval Hospital]] for treatment.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Liptak|first=Kevin|date=October 2, 2020|title=Trump taken to Walter Reed medical center and will be hospitalized 'for the next few days'|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/02/politics/president-donald-trump-walter-reed-coronavirus/index.html|access-date=October 3, 2020|publisher=[[CNN]]|archive-date=October 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002213225/https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/02/politics/president-donald-trump-walter-reed-coronavirus/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* President Trump's campaign manager [[Bill Stepien]], RNC chairwoman [[Ronna Romney McDaniel]], and [[Mike Lee|Senior Senator Mike Lee of Utah]] test positive for COVID-19.<ref>{{cite news |last=Woodward |first=Alex |title=RNC chair Ronna McDaniel and Senator Mike Lee test positive for coronavirus following Trump diagnosis |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election/rnc-ronna-mcdaniel-corornavirus-positive-gop-b746986.html |date=October 2, 2020 |access-date=October 3, 2020 |website=[[The Independent]] |language=en |archive-date=November 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101110114/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election/rnc-ronna-mcdaniel-corornavirus-positive-gop-b746986.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|[[File:President Trump Boards Marine One (50437670702).jpg|thumb|center|upright=0.8|President Trump departs the White House for COVID-19 treatment]]
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| Saturday, '''October 3'''
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* [[Nick Luna]], one of President Trump's closest personal attendants in the White House, tests positive for COVID-19.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Jacobs|first1=Jennifer|last2=Sink|first2=Justin|date=3 October 2020|title=Trump Aide Luna Tests Positive for Virus in New White House Case|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-04/trump-aide-luna-tests-positive-for-virus-in-new-white-house-case|access-date=2020-10-04|publisher=Bloomberg L.P.}}</ref>
* Senators [[Thom Tillis]], Mike Lee and [[Ron Johnson]] all test positive for COVID-19. As a result, Senate Majority Leader [[Mitch McConnell]] halts all Senate floor action for two weeks.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Fox|first=Lauren|date=5 October 2020|title=Coronavirus upends GOP plans for speedy Barrett confirmation process|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/05/politics/amy-coney-barrett-supreme-court-confirmation-coronavirus/index.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201005175715/https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/05/politics/amy-coney-barrett-supreme-court-confirmation-coronavirus/index.html|archive-date=October 5, 2020|access-date=2020-10-05|publisher=CNN}}</ref>
|[[File:President Trump Works at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (50423941602).jpg|thumb|center|upright=0.8|President Trump works in the Presidential Suite at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.]]
[[File:Dr. Sean Conley, Physician to the President, Provides an Update on President Trump.webm|thumb|center|upright=0.8|Dr. Sean Conley provides an update on President Trump's health status]]
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| Sunday, '''October 4'''
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* After President Trump rides in a motorcade around Walter Reed Medical Center, a physician at the hospital says that every Secret Service agent inside the vehicle will have to quarantine for 14 days.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Westcott|first1=Ben|last2=Brett McKeehan, Adam Renton, Amy Woodyatt, Fernando Alfonso III, Melissa Macaya and Mike Hayes|date=4 October 2020|title=Walter Reed attending physician slams Trump motorcade photo op: "The irresponsibility is astounding"|url=https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-covid-19-updates-sunday/h_7b959216e252d00d3ee6b306c0585a32|publisher=CNN|access-date=October 5, 2020|archive-date=February 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215230413/https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-covid-19-updates-sunday/h_7b959216e252d00d3ee6b306c0585a32|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last1=Westcott|first1=Ben|last2=Brett McKeehan, Adam Renton, Amy Woodyatt, Fernando Alfonso III, Melissa Macaya and Mike Hayes|date=4 October 2020|title=White House Correspondents Association denounces Trump motorcade photo-op without protective pool|url=https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-covid-19-updates-sunday/h_45e7def48b633071cd2a22c7818006dc|publisher=CNN|access-date=October 5, 2020|archive-date=February 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215230413/https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-covid-19-updates-sunday/h_45e7def48b633071cd2a22c7818006dc|url-status=live}}</ref>
|[[File:President Trump Greets Supporters (50423102728).jpg|thumb|center|upright=0.8|President Trump in a motorcade near Walter Reed Medical Center]]
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| Monday, '''October 5'''
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* White House press secretary [[Kayleigh McEnany]] announces she has COVID-19 and will quarantine. Two of her deputies also test positive.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Klein|first=Betsy|date=5 October 2020|title=White House press secretary tests positive for coronavirus|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/05/politics/kayleigh-mcenany-coronavirus-white-house/index.html|access-date=5 October 2020|publisher=CNN|archive-date=February 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215230453/https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/05/politics/kayleigh-mcenany-coronavirus-white-house/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* President Trump is discharged from the hospital and returns to the White House in the evening.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Regan|first=Helen|date=5 October 2020|title=Trump removes mask as he returns to White House despite having Covid|url=https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-covid-19-updates-monday/h_021fe77b4eb278eec040d5e3cc6e26e1|access-date=5 October 2020|publisher=CNN|language=en}}</ref>
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[[File:10 05 20 Dr. Conley, Physician to the President, Provides an Update on President Trump.webm|thumb|center|upright=0.8|Dr. Sean Conley provides an update on President Trump's health status]]
[[File:Donald Trump back to White House after treatment in WRNMMC (2).jpg|thumb|center|upright=0.8|President Trump gives "thumbs up" greeting from the White House balcony]]
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| Tuesday, '''October 6'''
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* [[Stephen Miller (political advisor)|Stephen Miller]], senior political advisor to the president, tests positive for COVID-19.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Collins|first=Kaitlan|date=6 October 2020|title=Top White House aide Stephen Miller tests positive for Covid-19|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/06/politics/stephen-miller-tests-positive-coronavirus/index.html|access-date=6 October 2020|publisher=CNN|archive-date=October 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201006235842/https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/06/politics/stephen-miller-tests-positive-coronavirus/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| Wednesday, '''October 7'''
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* Vice President [[Mike Pence]] and Senator [[Kamala Harris]] participate in the [[2020 United States presidential debates#Vice presidential debate (University of Utah)|only vice presidential debate]] at [[University of Utah]] in [[Salt Lake City|Salt Lake City, Utah]]. The debate was moderated by [[Susan Page]] of ''[[USA Today]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mike Pence, Kamala Harris Clash on Combating Coronavirus at Vice Presidential Debate|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-covid-19-diagnosis-amps-up-spotlight-on-vice-presidential-debate-11602084013|last1=Parti|first1=Tarini|last2=Restuccia|first2=Andrew|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=October 7, 2020|access-date=October 30, 2020|archive-date=February 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215230350/https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-covid-19-diagnosis-amps-up-spotlight-on-vice-presidential-debate-11602084013|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| Thursday, '''October 8'''
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* President Trump, having suddenly announced two days ago that he was ending negotiations with lawmakers regarding a new economic stimulus package,<ref>{{Cite web|first1=Phil|last1=Mattingly|first2=Manu|last2=Raju|first3=Clare|last3=Foran|first4=Lauren|last4=Fox|date=6 October 2020|title=Trump abruptly scraps stimulus talks, punting on economic relief until after Election Day|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/06/politics/trump-ends-stimulus-talks/index.html|access-date=2020-10-11|publisher=CNN|archive-date=October 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201006225004/https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/06/politics/trump-ends-stimulus-talks/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> now says the talks are back on.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Hansen|first=Sarah|date=8 October 2020|title=Pelosi Says No Standalone Stimulus Bills—Including Airline Aid—Without Comprehensive Deal|work=Forbes|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/sarahhansen/2020/10/08/pelosi-says-no-standalone-stimulus-bills-including-airline-aid-without-comprehensive-deal/|access-date=10 October 2020}}</ref>
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| Friday, '''October 9'''
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* The Commission on Presidential Debates cancels the October 15 scheduled debate between President Trump and Joe Biden. President Trump had refused to participate virtually. The third and final debate remains scheduled for October 22.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Merica|first=Dan and Kevin Bohn|date=9 October 2020|title=Commission cancels second debate between Trump and Biden|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/09/politics/second-presidential-debate-canceled/index.html|access-date=2020-10-10|publisher=CNN|archive-date=October 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201010000223/https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/09/politics/second-presidential-debate-canceled/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| Saturday, '''October 10'''
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* President Trump holds a rally on the South Lawn of the White House. Attendees' travel and lodging was paid for by [[Candace Owens]]' group BLEXIT, which encourages Black Americans to leave the Democratic Party.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Scott|first=Rachel|date=10 October 2020|title=Candace Owens' BLEXIT group pays for some attendees' travel to Trump's White House event|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/candace-owens-blexit-group-pays-attendees-travel-trumps/story?id=73531036|access-date=2020-10-12|website=ABC News|language=en}}</ref>
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[[File:President Trump Delivers Remarks at a Peaceful Protest for Law and Order.webm|thumb|center|upright=0.8|President Trump delivers remarks at a Peaceful Protest for Law and Order]]
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| Sunday, '''October 11'''
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| Monday, '''October 12'''
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* President Trump addresses a crowd of supporters at a campaign rally in [[Sanford, Florida]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-12|title=WATCH: Trump holds campaign rally in Sanford, Florida|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-live-trump-holds-campaign-rally-in-sanford-florida|access-date=2020-10-17|website=PBS NewsHour|language=en-us}}</ref>
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| Tuesday, '''October 13'''
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* President Trump addresses a crowd of supporters at a campaign rally in [[Johnstown, Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Trump rally draws thousands to Johnstown|url=https://www.lockhaven.com/news/local-news/2020/10/trump-rally-draws-thousands-to-johnstown/|access-date=2020-10-17|website=lockhaven.com|language=en-US}}</ref>
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| Wednesday, '''October 14'''
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* President Trump addresses a crowd of supporters at a campaign rally in [[Des Moines, Iowa]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Trump rallies his base in Des Moines, Iowa|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-holds-campaign-rally-des-moines-airport/|access-date=2020-10-17|work=CBS News|date=October 15, 2020 |language=en-US}}</ref>
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| Thursday, '''October 15'''
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* President Trump addresses a crowd of supporters at a campaign rally in [[Greenville, North Carolina]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jeffries|first=Hannah|title=President Trump rallies supporters in Greenville|date=October 14, 2020 |url=https://www.witn.com/2020/10/14/preparations-for-president-trumps-rally-in-greenville/|access-date=2020-10-17|publisher=WITN}}</ref>
* President Trump participates in a town-hall meeting style event with undecided [[Florida]] voters instead of a planned second presidential debate, which was cancelled after Trump refused to participate in a virtual event.<ref>{{cite web|title=Trump, Biden go at it – from a distance – in US town hall events|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/10/16/trump-biden-go-at-it-from-a-distance-in-town-halls|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|work=Al Jazeera|date=October 15, 2020|access-date=October 17, 2020|archive-date=February 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215230406/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/10/16/trump-biden-go-at-it-from-a-distance-in-town-halls|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| Friday, '''October 16'''
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* The [[Federal Emergency Management Agency]] (FEMA) rejects California's request for federal aid for the ongoing forest fires. A FEMA spokesperson remarked that the damage was "...not of such severity and magnitude to exceed the combined capabilities of the state, affected local governments, voluntary agencies and other responding federal agencies."<ref>{{cite news|title=Trump administration rejects California request for wildfire disaster assistance|url=https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/521348-trump-administration-rejects-california-request-for-wildfire|last=Gsalter|first=Morgan|work=The Hill|date=October 16, 2020|access-date=October 18, 2020}}</ref>
* President Trump addresses a crowd of supporters at two campaign rallies: [[Ocala, Florida]], and [[Macon, Georgia]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-17|title=President Trump rally draws large crowd at Ocala International Airport|url=https://www.wesh.com/article/hundreds-of-people-line-up-ahead-of-president-trump-s-rally-in-ocala/34397926|access-date=2020-10-17|publisher=WESH|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Trump tells Channel 2 country won't close again amid COVID-19 pandemic as thousands pack Macon rally|date=October 17, 2020 |url=https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/georgia-city-preparing-president-trump-rally-today/EEZBWKAK2BDZJC4SWEU3CJNTIE/|access-date=2020-10-17|publisher=WSBTV|language=en-US|archive-date=February 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215230455/https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/georgia-city-preparing-president-trump-rally-today/EEZBWKAK2BDZJC4SWEU3CJNTIE/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| Saturday, '''October 17'''
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* President Trump approves a federal disaster declaration for [[2020 California wildfires|California's wildfires]] after having rejected the request the previous day.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kelly|first=Caroline|date=17 October 2020|title=Trump reverses course and grants California's wildfire disaster declaration request|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/16/politics/trump-grants-california-wildfire-request/index.html|access-date=2020-10-17|publisher=CNN|archive-date=February 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215230357/https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/16/politics/trump-grants-california-wildfire-request/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* President Trump addresses a crowd of supporters at two campaign rallies: [[Muskegon, Michigan]], and [[Janesville, Wisconsin]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wzzm13.com/article/news/local/president-donald-trump-to-make-campaign-stop-in-muskegon/69-33478118-5649-4507-b5ac-dbe7cc0de7ac|title=President Donald Trump to make campaign stop in Muskegon|website=WZZM13.com|date=October 14, 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Trump Rally In Janesville Draws Thousands Of Attendees|url=https://www.wuwm.com/post/trump-rally-janesville-draws-thousands-attendees#stream/0|last=Bence|first=Susan|publisher=WUWM-NPR|date=October 17, 2020|access-date=January 1, 2021}}</ref>
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| Sunday, '''October 18'''
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* President Trump addresses a crowd of supporters at a campaign rally in [[Carson City, Nevada]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mynews4.com/news/local/report-president-donald-trump-to-visit-carson-city-on-sunday|title=President Donald Trump to visit Carson City today|last=News 4 and FOX 11 Digital|date=October 15, 2020|website=KRNV}}</ref>
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| Monday, '''October 19'''
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* President Trump addresses a crowd of supporters at two campaign rallies in Arizona: [[Prescott, Arizona|Prescott]] and [[Tucson, Arizona|Tucson]].<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.azfamily.com/news/politics/arizona_politics/president-trump-schedules-rallies-in-prescott-tucson-on-monday/article_b7257b94-0f44-11eb-a3f4-b76377fece71.amp.html|last=Baker|first=David|title=President Trump schedules rallies in Prescott, Tucson on Monday|website=azfamily.com|access-date=January 2, 2021|archive-date=October 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020050709/https://www.azfamily.com/news/politics/arizona_politics/president-trump-schedules-rallies-in-prescott-tucson-on-monday/article_b7257b94-0f44-11eb-a3f4-b76377fece71.amp.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| Tuesday, '''October 20'''
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* President Trump addresses a crowd of supporters at a campaign rally in [[Erie, Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2020/10/16/president-donald-trump-to-hold-rally-erie/|title=President Donald Trump To Hold Rally At Erie International Airport Next Week|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|work=CBS News|date=October 16, 2020|access-date=January 2, 2021|archive-date=February 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209192812/https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2020/10/16/president-donald-trump-to-hold-rally-erie/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| Wednesday, '''October 21'''
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* President Trump addresses a crowd of supporters at a campaign rally in [[Gastonia, North Carolina]].<ref>{{cite news |work=WBTV  |title=President Trump speaks to crowd of 23,000+ at Gastonia, N.C. rally |url=https://www.wbtv.com/2020/10/22/president-trump-speaks-crowd-gastonia-nc-rally/ |language=en}}</ref>
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| Thursday, '''October 22'''
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* President Trump and [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] nominee former Vice President [[Joe Biden]] participate in the [[2020 United States presidential debates#October 22 presidential debate (Belmont University)|final presidential debate]] at [[Belmont University]] in [[Nashville, Tennessee]]. The debate was moderated by [[Kristen Welker]] of [[NBC News|NBC]].<ref>{{cite web |title=How Kristen Welker Won the Second Presidential Debate |url=https://www.gq.com/story/kristen-welker-won-the-presidential-debate/ |website=GQ |date=23 October 2020}}</ref>
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| Friday, '''October 23'''
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* The Trump Administration brokers a peace agreement between [[Sudan]] and [[Israel]], the third agreement between Israel and an Arab-Muslim nation in less than three months.<ref>{{Cite web|title=President Donald J. Trump Brokers a Historic Peace Agreement Between Israel and Sudan|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/president-donald-j-trump-brokers-historic-peace-agreement-israel-sudan/|access-date=2020-10-24|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|language=en-US}}</ref>
*President Trump addresses a crowd of supporters at two campaign rallies in Florida: [[The Villages, Florida|The Villages]] and [[Pensacola, Florida|Pensacola]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Schwarting |first=Leah |url=https://www.thevillagesdailysun.com/news/villages/fans-cheer-trump-s-return-to-the-villages/article_915f1fb6-15af-11eb-b225-f7122994dbe8.html |title=Fans cheer Trump's return to The Villages |work=[[The Villages Daily Sun]] |date=2020-10-24 |access-date=2020-10-26 }}</ref>
|[[File:Supporter at the Trump campaign stop in The Villages, Florida.jpg|thumb|center|upright=0.8|Supporters at the Trump campaign stop in The Villages, Florida]]
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| Saturday, '''October 24'''
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* President Trump addresses a crowd of supporters at three campaign rallies: [[Lumberton, North Carolina]]; [[Circleville, Ohio]]; and [[Waukesha, Wisconsin]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Trump supporters line up before dawn to hear president speak in Lumberton |url=https://www.wbtw.com/news/politics/trump-supporters-line-up-before-dawn-to-hear-president-speak-in-lumberton/ |work=WBTW |date=24 October 2020}}</ref>
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| Sunday, '''October 25'''
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* [[CBS]] aired President Trump and Vice President Pence's interview for [[60 Minutes|its news show ''60 Minutes'']] which was filmed earlier in the week. President Trump was perturbed at host Lesley Stahl asking "hard questions" and complained that former Vice President Biden had received ''"softball questions"''. Trump then walked off the set.
* President Trump addresses a crowd of supporters at a campaign rally in [[Manchester, New Hampshire]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.wgbh.org/news/politics/2020/10/25/massachusetts-trump-supporters-join-thousands-at-new-hampshire-rally|title=Massachusetts Trump Supporters Join Thousands At New Hampshire Rally}}</ref>
* President Trump and First Lady [[Melania Trump]] participate in the White House [[Halloween]] event.<ref>{{cite news |title=Trumps celebrate Halloween at the White House |url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2020/10/25/Trumps-celebrate-Halloween-at-the-White-House/2311603678854/ |work=UPI |language=en}}</ref>
|[[File:President Trump and The First Lady Host Halloween 2020 at the White House.webm|thumb|center|upright=0.8|President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump greet trick-or-treaters during the White House Halloween event]]
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| Monday, '''October 26'''
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* President Trump addresses a crowd of supporters at three campaign rallies in Pennsylvania: [[Allentown, Pennsylvania|Allentown]];<ref>{{cite news |last1=McGraw |first1=Meridith |title=Trump's final pitch to Pennsylvania: I love fracking |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/26/trump-pennsylvania-i-love-fracking-432550 |work=POLITICO |language=en}}</ref> [[Lititz, Pennsylvania|Lititz]];<ref>{{cite news |title=Photos: President Donald Trump holds campaign rally in Lancaster County |url=https://www.ydr.com/picture-gallery/news/2020/10/26/photos-president-trump-campaigns-lancaster-county/6037396002/ |work=YDR |language=en}}</ref> and [[Martinsburg, Pennsylvania|Martinsburg]].<ref>{{cite news |author=Will DeShong |title=Trump visits in Martinsburg for campaign rally |url=https://www.bedfordgazette.com/news/local/trump-visits-in-martinsburg-for-campaign-rally/article_5337581c-a88e-590d-901e-bd7df3ae5352.html |work=Bedford Gazette |language=en}}</ref>
* The Senate confirms [[Amy Coney Barrett]] as an [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States|Associate Justice of the Supreme Court]] in a vote of 52–48.<ref>{{cite web|title=Senate Confirms Barrett, Delivering for Trump and Reshaping the Court|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/26/us/politics/senate-confirms-barrett.html|last=Fandos|first=Nicholas|work=The New York Times|date=October 26, 2020|access-date=October 30, 2020|archive-date=October 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027002106/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/26/us/politics/senate-confirms-barrett.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* President Trump attends the swearing in of [[Amy Coney Barrett]] as an [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States|Associate Justice of the Supreme Court]] by Justice [[Clarence Thomas]] on the South Lawn of the White House.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Justice Amy Coney Barrett Is Sworn In Under Darkness at the White House|url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/justice-amy-coney-barrett-is-sworn-in-under-darkness-at-the-white-house|last=Sorkin|first=Amy Davidson|magazine=The New Yorker|date=October 27, 2020|access-date=October 30, 2020}}</ref>
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[[File:President Trump Participates in the Swearing-In Ceremony of the Honorable Amy Coney Barrett.webm|thumb|center|upright=0.8|Supreme Court Justice [[Amy Coney Barrett]] is sworn in, in the South Lawn of the White House]]
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| Tuesday, '''October 27'''
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* Amy Coney Barrett takes the final judicial oath with Chief Justice [[John Roberts]] at the Supreme Court of the United States thereby officially starting her tenure as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.<ref>{{cite news|title=Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett sworn in and greeted with a request to recuse herself in an election case|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/27/politics/justice-amy-coney-barrett-sworn-in-supreme-court/index.html|last1=de Vogue|first1=Ariane|last2=Duster|first2=Chandelis|publisher=CNN|date=October 27, 2020|access-date=October 30, 2020}}</ref>
* President Trump addresses a crowd of supporters at three campaign rallies: [[Lansing, Michigan]];<ref>{{cite news |title=President Donald Trump rally in Lansing |url=https://www.detroitnews.com/picture-gallery/news/local/michigan/2020/10/27/president-donald-trump-rally-lansing/3748427001/ |work=Detroit News |language=en}}</ref> [[West Salem, Wisconsin]];<ref>{{cite news |last1=Williams |first1=Brad |title=West Salem mixed views on Trump visit |url=https://www.wizmnews.com/2020/10/27/west-salem-mixed-views-on-trump-visit/ |work=WIZM |date=27 October 2020}}</ref> and [[Omaha, Nebraska]].<ref>{{cite news |title=President Trump Campaign Rally in Omaha, Nebraska {{!}} C-SPAN.org |url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?477342-1/president-trump-campaign-rally-omaha-nebraska |work=C-SPAN}}</ref>
|[[File:President Trump in Omaha IMG 9165 (50541363356).jpg|thumb|center|upright=0.8|President Trump holds a campaign rally in Goodyear, Arizona]]
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| Wednesday, '''October 28'''
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* President Trump addresses a crowd of supporters at two campaign rallies in Arizona: [[Bullhead City, Arizona|Bullhead City]]<ref>{{cite web |title=President Donald Trump to hold rally in Bullhead City Wednesday, Oct. 28 |url=https://kdminer.com/news/2020/oct/26/president-donald-trump-hold-rally-bullhead-city-we/ |website=Kingman Daily Miner |date=October 26, 2020 |language=en}}</ref> and [[Goodyear, Arizona|Goodyear]].<ref>{{cite news |title=President Donald Trump visits Bullhead City and Goodyear |url=https://www.azcentral.com/picture-gallery/news/politics/elections/2020/10/28/president-donald-trump-visits-bullhead-city-goodyear-arizona/3758706001/ |work=AZ central |language=en}}</ref>
|[[File:Donald Trump (50548273443).jpg|thumb|center|upright=0.8|President Trump holds a campaign rally in Omaha, Nebraska]]
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| Thursday, '''October 29'''
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* President Trump addresses a crowd of supporters at a campaign rally in [[Tampa, Florida]].<ref>{{cite news |title=President Trump Campaign Rally in Tampa, Florida {{!}} C-SPAN.org |url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?477485-1/president-trump-campaigns-tampa-florida |work=C-SPAN}}</ref>
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| Friday, '''October 30'''
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* President Trump addresses a crowd of supporters at three campaign rallies: [[Waterford Township, Michigan]];<ref>{{cite news |title=President Trump holds MAGA rally in Waterford Township on Oct. 30 |url=https://wwmt.com/amp/news/state/president-trump-to-hold-maga-rally-in-waterford-township-on-oct-30 |work=WWMT}}</ref> [[Green Bay, Wisconsin]];<ref>{{cite news |title=Trump, supporters confident of a win in Green Bay rally |url=https://www.nbc15.com/2020/10/30/trump-and-biden-to-make-final-push-for-voters-in-wisconsin-friday/ |work=NBC15 |language=en}}</ref> and [[Rochester, Minnesota]].<ref>{{cite news |title=WATCH: President Trump holds campaign rally in Rochester on Oct. 30 |url=https://www.grandforksherald.com/news/watch-president-trump-holds-campaign-rally-in-rochester-on-oct-30 |work=Grand Forks Herald |date=30 October 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
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| Saturday, '''October 31'''
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* President Trump addresses a crowd of supporters at four campaign rallies in Pennsylvania: [[Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania|Newtown]];<ref>{{cite web |last1=Tai |first1=Tim |title=President Donald Trump rallies supporters in Bucks County |url=https://www.inquirer.com/photo/president-donald-trump-rallies-supporters-bucks-county-20201031.html |website=Philadelphia Inquirer |date=October 31, 2020 |language=en}}</ref> [[Reading, Pennsylvania|Reading]];<ref>{{cite news |title=Trump Spends Halloween in Pa. With Campaign Stops in Reading, Newtown |url=https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/politics/decision-2020/trump-spends-Halloween-in-pa-with-campaign-stops-in-reading-newtown/2580003/ |work=NBC10 Philadelphia}}</ref> [[Butler, Pennsylvania|Butler]];<ref>{{cite news |title=President Trump Holds Rally in Butler, Pennsylvania {{!}} C-SPAN.org |url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?477598-1/president-trump-holds-rally-butler-pennsylvania |work=www.c-span.org}}</ref> and [[Montoursville, Pennsylvania|Montoursville]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sanford |first1=Claire |title=Donald Trump Rally Speech Transcript Montoursville, PA October 31 |url=https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/donald-trump-rally-speech-transcript-montoursville-pa-october-31 |work=Rev}}</ref>
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===November 2020===
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| Sunday, '''November 1'''
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* President Trump addresses a crowd of supporters at five campaign rallies: [[Washington Township, Macomb County, Michigan|Washington Township, Michigan]]; [[Dubuque, Iowa]]; [[Hickory, North Carolina]]; [[Rome, Georgia]]; and [[Opa-locka, Florida]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|last=LeBlanc|first=Beth|title=President Trump set to visit Sterling Heights, Grand Rapids in reprise of 2016|url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2020/10/29/trump-set-visit-sterling-heights-grand-rapids/6068850002/|access-date=2020-10-29|website=The Detroit News|language=en-US|archive-date=December 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229144125/https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2020/10/29/trump-set-visit-sterling-heights-grand-rapids/6068850002/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kcci.com/article/president-trump-ivanka-trump-to-campaign-in-iowa/34527275|title=CBS News: President Trump, Ivanka Trump to campaign in Iowa before Election Day|date=October 30, 2020|website=KCCI}}</ref><ref name="reports">{{Cite web|last=reports|first=From staff, AP|title=FAA records show President Trump headed to Rome on Sunday, local GOP says no details finalized|url=https://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/rome/news/local/faa-records-show-president-trump-headed-to-rome-on-sunday-local-gop-says-no-details/article_72a6032c-19f7-11eb-9108-67609dc925c0.html|access-date=2020-10-29|website=Northwest Georgia News|language=en}}</ref><ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|date=2020-10-30|title=President Trump returns to Macomb County, Traverse City in last days of 2020 election|url=https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2020/10/president-trump-returns-to-macomb-county-traverse-city-in-last-days-of-2020-election.html|access-date=2020-10-30|website=mlive|language=en}}</ref>
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| Monday, '''November 2'''
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* President Trump addresses a crowd of supporters at five campaign rallies: [[Fayetteville, North Carolina]]; [[Scranton, Pennsylvania]]; [[Traverse City, Michigan]]; [[Kenosha, Wisconsin]]; and [[Grand Rapids, Michigan]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=O'Boyle|first=Bill|date=2020-10-28|title=Trump to hold rally at WB/Scranton International Airport Monday evening|url=https://www.timesleader.com/top-stories/807766/trump-to-hold-rally-at-wb-scranton-international-airport-monday-evening|access-date=2020-10-29|website=Times Leader|language=en-US|archive-date=December 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229144210/https://www.timesleader.com/top-stories/807766/trump-to-hold-rally-at-wb-scranton-international-airport-monday-evening|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="reports"/><ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto2"/><ref>{{Cite web|title=President Trump to hold rally in Kenosha one day before election|url=https://www.cbs58.com/news/president-trump-to-hold-rally-in-kenosha-one-day-before-election|access-date=2020-10-30|website=CBS58|language=en}}</ref>
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| Tuesday, '''November 3'''
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* The [[2020 United States presidential election]] takes place. However, a projected winner of the election is still yet to be declared on election night.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Election Results 2020: What needs to happen for Trump or Biden to win?|url=https://bgr.com/politics/election-results-2020-trump-biden-win-which-states/|access-date=2021-12-10|website=BGR|date=November 4, 2020|language=en}}</ref>
* The [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] retains their majority in the [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] while the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] briefly retains their majority in the [[United States Senate|Senate]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fandos |first1=Nicholas |last2=Hulse |first2=Carl |last3=Edmondson |first3=Catie |title=Democrats Battle for Senate Control as They Maintain Grip on House Majority |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/03/us/politics/democrats-republicans-senate-house.html |work=The New York Times |date=4 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Democrats keep House majority but 'Republicans defied the odds' |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/democrats-maintain-majority-house-representatives/story?id=73981078 |work=ABC News |language=en}}</ref>
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| Wednesday, '''November 4'''
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* The interim results show President Trump carries 23 states and leads 213 electoral votes compared to [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] nominee former Vice President [[Joe Biden]], who carries 19 states and leads 227 electoral votes.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Election Results 2020: What needs to happen for Trump or Biden to win?|url=https://bgr.com/2020/11/04/election-results-2020-trump-biden-win-which-states|access-date=2020-11-04|website=BGR|date=November 4, 2020|language=en}}</ref>
* A projected winner of the election is still yet to be declared with eight remaining states are still being counted. These states are Alaska, Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, and Maine's 2nd congressional district.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Election Results 2020: What needs to happen for Trump or Biden to win?|url=https://bgr.com/2020/11/04/election-results-2020-trump-biden-win-which-states|access-date=2020-11-04|website=BGR|date=November 4, 2020|language=en}}</ref>
* Despite the lack of a clear projected winner, President Trump prematurely declares victory at approximately 2:00&nbsp;a.m., falsely claiming concerns about voter fraud and mail-in ballots. President Trump states his intention to request the Supreme Court to prevent any more ballots from being counted and continues on to claim, "Frankly, we already won this election."<ref>{{cite AV media|title=US election: Trump alleges 'fraud' in speech without offering evidence|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/election-us-2020-54808474|people=Donald Trump|date=November 4, 2020|format=video|location=The White House|work=BBC News|access-date=November 12, 2020|time=0200 EST}}</ref><ref>Note: His speech was at 2&nbsp;am which would have been the early hours of November 4.</ref>
* In the evening, Biden is projected to win Michigan (16 electoral votes) and Wisconsin (10 electoral votes), putting the projected total to 253 electoral votes compared to President Trump at 214 electoral votes. However, a projected winner of the election is still yet to be declared.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Biden breaks Obama record for most votes|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/04/biden-breaks-obama-votes-record-434057|access-date=2020-11-04|website=Politico|date=November 4, 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
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| Thursday, '''November 5'''
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* The interim results show President Trump carries 23 states and leads 214 electoral votes compared to Biden, who carries 21 states and leads 253 electoral votes.<ref name="BBC News">{{Cite news|title=US election results: Does Trump or Biden have the easier path to victory?|work=BBC News|date=November 5, 2020|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-54807899|access-date=2020-11-05|language=en}}</ref>
* A projected winner of the election is still yet to be declared with six remaining states are still being counted. These states are Alaska, Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.<ref name="BBC News"/>
* President Trump holds a press conference in the White House. His opening statement is, "If you count the legal votes I easily win. If you count the illegal votes, they can try to steal the election from us." He continued, displaying misinterpretation of the Constitution, the role of the Supreme Court and the rule of law regarding the counting of votes. He did not take questions.<ref>{{cite web|title=Trump takes fighting stance as election swings toward Biden|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN27M00D|last1=Mason|first1=Jeff|last2=Holland|first2=Steve|work=Reuters|date=November 5, 2020|access-date=November 7, 2020}}</ref>
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[[File:The US President Donald J Trump alleges corruption in the 2020 US presidential election.webm|thumb|center|upright=0.8|President Trump alleges mass voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election]]
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| Friday, '''November 6'''
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* Biden overtakes President Trump's leads in Georgia and Pennsylvania, further jeopardizing the presidents re-election chances. A projected winner of the election is still yet to be declared.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Biden widens lead over Trump in critical Pennsylvania|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/05/politics/presidential-election-2020-biden-trump/index.html|access-date=2020-11-06|website=CNN News|date=November 5, 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
* President Trump joins Biden as the second presidential candidate to reach 70 million votes in a United States presidential election and reaches second place in highest number of votes in any election, with Biden taking first place, having earned more than 80 million votes.<ref>{{cite news |title=Joe Biden breaks Obama's record for most votes ever cast for a U.S. presidential candidate |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/joe-biden-popular-vote-record-barack-obama-us-presidential-election-donald-trump/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=US election 2020: Why Donald Trump lost |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-54788636 |work=BBC News |date=7 November 2020}}</ref>
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| Saturday, '''November 7'''
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* [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] nominee former Vice President [[Joe Biden]] becomes [[President-elect of the United States|president-elect]] after he had secured the projected total to 273 electoral votes by winning Pennsylvania (20 electoral votes), which he had reached over the required electoral votes of 270 to clinch victory. However, President Trump refuses to concede defeat and continues to challenge the results.<ref>{{cite web|title=Biden Wins Presidency, Ending Four Tumultuous Years Under Trump|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/07/us/politics/biden-election.html|last1=Martin|first1=Johnathan|last2=Burns|first2=Alexander|work=The New York Times|date=November 7, 2020|access-date=November 10, 2020|archive-date=November 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107163215/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/07/us/politics/biden-election.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* In the evening, Biden is projected to win Nevada (6 electoral votes), putting the projected total to 279 electoral votes.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Williamson |first1=Jeff |title=Joe Biden projected to win presidential election with 279 electoral votes |url=https://www.wsls.com/decision-2020/2020/11/07/joe-biden-projected-to-win-presidential-election-with-273-electoral-votes/ |website=WSLS |language=en |date=7 November 2020}}</ref>
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| Sunday, '''November 8'''
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* The interim results show President Trump carries 23 states and leads 214 electoral votes compared to President-elect Biden, who carries 23 states and leads 279 electoral votes.<ref name="nbcnews.com">{{Cite web|title=Biden defeats Trump to win White House, NBC News projects|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/biden-defeats-trump-win-white-house-nbc-news-projects-n1246912|access-date=2020-11-08|website=NBC News|date=November 8, 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
* A projected winner of the election is still yet to be declared with four remaining states are still being counted. These states are Alaska, Arizona, Georgia and North Carolina.<ref name="nbcnews.com"/>
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====Week 200====
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| Monday, '''November 9'''
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* President Trump announces on Twitter that [[United States Secretary of Defense|Secretary of Defense]] [[Mark Esper]] is fired. Director of the National Counterterrorism [[Christopher C. Miller]] becomes Acting Secretary of Defense.<ref>{{cite tweet|title=I am pleased to announce that Christopher C. Miller, the highly respected Director of the National Counterterrorism Center (unanimously confirmed by the Senate), will be Acting Secretary of Defense, effective immediately..|url=https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1325859406349799424|user=realDonaldTrump|date=November 9, 2020|number=1325859406349799424|access-date=November 10, 2020|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107035741/https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1325859406349799424|archive-date=2021-01-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|title=...Chris will do a GREAT job! Mark Esper has been terminated. I would like to thank him for his service.|url=https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1325859407620689922|user=realDonaldTrump|date=November 9, 2020|number=1325859407620689922|access-date=November 10, 2020|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109175557/https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1325859407620689922|archive-date=2020-11-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Trump 'Terminates' Secretary Of Defense Mark Esper|url=https://www.npr.org/2020/11/09/933105262/trump-terminates-secretary-of-defense-mark-esper|last=Bowman|first=Tom|publisher=NPR|date=November 9, 2020|access-date=November 10, 2020|archive-date=February 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215230423/https://www.npr.org/2020/11/09/933105262/trump-terminates-secretary-of-defense-mark-esper|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| Tuesday, '''November 10'''
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* Secretary of State [[Mike Pompeo]] refused to acknowledge President-elect Biden's victory in the recent 2020 presidential election, falsely claiming that "there will be a smooth transition to a second Trump administration."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pompeo says 'smooth transition' will be to a 'second Trump administration'|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/7454562/mike-pompeo-second-trump-administration/|last=Connolly|first=Amanada|publisher=Global News|date=November 10, 2020|access-date=November 11, 2020|archive-date=February 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215230448/https://globalnews.ca/news/7454562/mike-pompeo-second-trump-administration/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| Wednesday, '''November 11'''
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* In his first public appearance in six days, President Trump performs a wreath-laying ceremony at the [[Tomb of the Unknowns|Tomb of the Unknown Soldier]] at the [[Arlington National Cemetery]] commemorating [[Veterans Day]]. He did not speak at the event.<ref>{{cite web |title=Trump's silent public outing belies White House in tumult |url=https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-emerge-on-veterans-day-290032c8f59767c1e15bca81b79a46ec |last1=Lemire|first1=Jonathan|last2=Miller|first2=Zeke|last3=Madhani|first3=Aamer|work=Associated Press|date=November 11, 2020 |access-date=12 November 2020}}</ref>
* President Trump is projected to win Alaska (3 electoral votes), putting the projected total to 217 electoral votes compared to President-elect Biden's 279 electoral votes.<ref name="Trump wins Alaska">{{Cite web|title=Trump wins Alaska|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/525469-trump-wins-alaska|access-date=2020-11-11|website=The Hill|date=November 11, 2020|language=en}}</ref>
* Arizona, Georgia and North Carolina are still yet to be declared.<ref name="Trump wins Alaska"/>
* After [[Mark Milley]], the [[Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff]], was presented with an unusual memo signed by Trump ordering the removal of all troops from Somalia and Afghanistan, Milley then drove to the White House for an unusual, no notice appearance. The memo was then determined not to be fraudulent, but was revoked until after Trump could meet with his national security team.<ref name=peril>{{cite book|first1=Bob|last1=Woodward|first2=Robert|last2=Costa|title=Peril|version=audiobook| others = Petkoff, Robert (Narrator) | publisher = Simon & Schuster Audio | year = 2021 |location =5:20}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=July 2024}}
|[[File:Veterans Day 2020 (50591926647).jpg|thumb|center|upright=0.8|President Trump at Arlington National Cemetery]]
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| Thursday, '''November 12'''
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* The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, part of the Department of Homeland Security, reports that the 2020 presidential election was "the most secure in American history". The election officials also said they found "no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes or was in any way compromised".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sanger |first1=David |last2=Stevens |first2=Matt |last3=Perlroth |first3=Nicole |title=Trump Suffers Key Setbacks in Bid to Overturn Biden Victory |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/12/us/politics/election-officials-contradict-trump.html |access-date=15 November 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=November 12, 2020}}</ref>
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| Friday, '''November 13'''
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* President Trump delivers an update on [[Operation Warp Speed]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Trump breaks silence with vaccine update after criticism he's ignored pandemic|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-vaccine-update-criticism-pandemic-defeat/story?id=74190881|last1=-Phelps|first1=Jordyn|last2=Gittleson|first2=Ben|work=ABC News|date=November 13, 2020|access-date=June 19, 2021}}</ref>
* President Trump is projected to win North Carolina (15 electoral votes), putting the projected total to 232 electoral votes.<ref name="politico.com">{{Cite web|title=Trump defeats Biden in North Carolina|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/13/north-carolina-presidential-election-results-2020-433403|access-date=2020-11-13|website=Politico|date=November 13, 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
* President-elect Biden is projected to win Arizona (11 electoral votes)<ref name="cnn.com">{{Cite web|title=Biden carries Arizona, flipping a longtime Republican stronghold|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/12/politics/biden-wins-arizona/index.html|access-date=2020-11-13|website=CNN News|date=November 13, 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>Note: Biden was the first Democrat to win Arizona since [[Bill Clinton]] in [[1996 United States presidential election in Arizona|1996]]</ref> and Georgia (16 electoral votes),<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite web|title=Joe Biden becomes first Democrat in 28 years to win Georgia|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/13/politics/joe-biden-wins-georgia/index.html|access-date=2020-11-13|website=CNN News|date=November 13, 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>Note: Biden was the first Democrat to win Georgia since [[Bill Clinton]] in [[1992 United States presidential election in Georgia|1992]]</ref> putting the projected total to 306 electoral votes.
* The interim results show President Trump carries 25 states and 232 electoral votes compared to President-elect Biden, who carries 25 states and leads 306 electoral votes. All states have now been declared within 10 days after the election.<ref name="politico.com"/><ref name="cnn.com"/><ref name="ReferenceA"/>
|[[File:President Trump Delivers an Update on Operation Warp Speed.webm|thumb|center|upright=0.8|President Trump delivers remarks on Operation Warp Speed]]
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| Saturday, '''November 14'''
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| Sunday, '''November 15'''
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====Week 201====
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| Monday, '''November 16'''
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| Tuesday, '''November 17'''
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* President Trump announces on Twitter that he is firing Director of the [[Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency]] (CISA) [[Christopher C. Krebs|Chris Krebs]] for contradicting him on the prevalence of fraud in the recent presidential election.<ref>{{cite news|title=Trump fires director of Homeland Security agency who had rejected President's election conspiracy theories|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/17/politics/chris-krebs-fired-by-trump/index.html|last1=Collins|first1=Kaitlin|last2=LeBlanc|first2=Paul|access-date=18 November 2020|publisher=CNN|date=November 18, 2020|archive-date=November 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118003755/https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/17/politics/chris-krebs-fired-by-trump/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|title=The recent statement by Chris Krebs on the security of the 2020 Election was highly inaccurate, in that there were massive improprieties and fraud - including dead people voting, Poll Watchers not allowed into polling locations, "glitches" in the voting machines which changed...|url=https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1328852352787484677|user=realDonaldTrump|date=November 17, 2020|number=1328852352787484677|access-date=November 19, 2020|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107123416/https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1328852352787484677|archive-date=2021-01-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|title=...votes from Trump to Biden, late voting, and many more. Therefore, effective immediately, Chris Krebs has been terminated as Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
|url=https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1328852354049957888|user=realDonaldTrump|date=November 17, 2020|number=1328852354049957888|access-date=November 19, 2020|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107125348/https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1328852354049957888|archive-date=2021-01-07}}</ref>
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| Wednesday, '''November 18'''
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* [[Matthew Travis]], deputy director of CISA, resigns.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cyber agency tells employees not to 'lose focus' after Trump fires director|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/18/cisa-employees-chris-krebs-firing-437570|last=Geller|first=Eric|work=Politico|date=November 18, 2020|access-date=November 22, 2020}}</ref>
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| Thursday, '''November 19'''
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* After the Georgia recount is completed, President-elect Biden is certified as a winner in Georgia.<ref>{{cite news |title=US election 2020: Biden wins Georgia recount as Trump setbacks mount |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-55006188 |access-date=20 November 2020 |publisher=BBC |date=November 20, 2020 |archive-date=February 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215230413/https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-55006188 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| Friday, '''November 20'''
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* President Trump briefly participates in the virtual [[APEC Malaysia 2020|APEC summit]], hosted by [[Malaysia]], his first appearance at the [[Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation|APEC]] summit since [[APEC Vietnam 2017|2017]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/global-trade-yoshihide-suga-coronavirus-pandemic-asia-free-trade-1edb4ad0746a81e148408b75682a8921|title=APEC leaders, including Trump, agree on free trade|last=Ng|first=Eileen|work=Associated Press|date=November 20, 2020|access-date=November 22, 2020}}</ref>
* President Trump meets with two Republican legislative leaders from Michigan at the White House to discuss the possibility that the Michigan board of canvassers could choose to not to certify the election results. The state legislatures would then appoint different electors who would possibly overturn the will of the voters. However, the lawmakers reaffirmed that they would honor the results of the election in Michigan and stated that there is no reason to overturn the results.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-courts-state-lawmakers-amid-effort-to-block-biden-win-11605887559|title=Michigan Lawmakers Tell Trump They See No Reason State's Election Results Would Change|last1=Ballhaus|first1=Rebecca|last2=Leary|first2=Alex|last3=Wise|first3=Lindsay|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=November 20, 2020|access-date=November 22, 2020|archive-date=February 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215230427/https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-courts-state-lawmakers-amid-effort-to-block-biden-win-11605887559|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| Saturday, '''November 21'''
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* President Trump briefly participates in the virtual [[2020 G20 Riyadh summit|G20 summit]], hosted by [[Saudi Arabia]], his last appearance at the [[G20 summit|G20]] summit meeting with world leaders before handing powers to president-elect [[Joe Biden]] on January 20, 2021.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Liptac |first1=Kevin |title=Trump tweets about election results and skips session on pandemic during G20 |url=https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/11/21/politics/trump-g20-saturday-sessions/index.html?__twitter_impression=true |access-date=22 November 2020 |work=CNN|date=November 21, 2020 |archive-date=February 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215230448/https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/11/21/politics/trump-g20-saturday-sessions/index.html?__twitter_impression=true |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Solender |first1=Andrew |title=G20 Meets On Coronavirus As Trump Makes 298th Golf Trip Of Presidency |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2020/11/21/g20-meets-on-coronavirus-as-trump-makes-298th-golf-trip-of-presidency/?sh=4b4b522646d0 |access-date=22 November 2020 |work=Forbes |date=November 21, 2020 |archive-date=February 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215230453/https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2020/11/21/g20-meets-on-coronavirus-as-trump-makes-298th-golf-trip-of-presidency/?sh=4b4b522646d0 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| Sunday, '''November 22'''
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* President Trump again briefly participates in the virtual [[2020 G20 Riyadh summit|G20 summit]], hosted by [[Saudi Arabia]] and delivers a virtual address. Trump criticized the [[Paris Agreement]] and stated that it crippled the [[Economy of the United States|United States economy]].<ref>{{cite web|title=At G20 summit, Trump slams global climate agreement Biden intends to rejoin|url=https://www.inquirer.com/news/nation-world/g20-summit-trump-slams-paris-climate-accord-biden-supports-20201122.html|last1=Reichmann|first1=Deb|last2=Batrawy|first2=Aya|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|date=November 22, 2020|access-date=November 22, 2020}}</ref>
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====Week 202====
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| Monday, '''November 23'''
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*First Lady [[Melania Trump]] welcomes the arrival of the 2020 [[White House Christmas tree]] at the [[White House]] for the fourth and final time.<ref>{{cite news|title=Melania Trump Greets White House Christmas Tree for the Last Time After Husband's Election Loss|url=https://people.com/politics/melania-trump-greets-white-house-christmas-tree/|last=Chamlee|first=Virginia|work=People|date=November 23, 2020|access-date=November 28, 2020|archive-date=February 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227195502/https://people.com/politics/melania-trump-greets-white-house-christmas-tree/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*The [[General Services Administration]] (GSA) informs President-elect Biden that the [[First presidency of Donald Trump|Trump administration]] would be allowed to begin the formal [[Presidential transition of Joe Biden|transition]]. President Trump praised GSA Administrator [[Emily W. Murphy]] for the move on Twitter.<ref>{{cite news|title=First on CNN: Key government agency acknowledges Biden's win and begins formal transition|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/23/politics/transition-biden-gsa-begin/index.html|last1=Holmes|first1=Kristen|last2=Herb|first2=Jeremy|publisher=CNN|date=November 23, 2020|access-date=November 23, 2020|archive-date=November 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123232709/https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/23/politics/transition-biden-gsa-begin/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Trump Administration Officially Begins Transition to Biden After Weeks of Delay
|url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/business/money-report/trump-appointee-emily-murphy-informs-biden-that-gsa-will-begin-transition-process/2742057/?amp|last=Breuninger|first=Kevin|publisher=CNBC|date=November 23, 2020|access-date=November 23, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|title=I want to thank Emily Murphy at GSA for her steadfast dedication and loyalty to our Country. She has been harassed, threatened, and abused – and I do not want to see this happen to her, her family, or employees of GSA. Our case STRONGLY continues, we will keep up the good... |url=https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1331013907859845121|user=realDonaldTrump|date=November 23, 2020|number=1331013907859845121|access-date=November 23, 2020|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107102120/https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1331013907859845121|archive-date=2021-01-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|title=...fight, and I believe we will prevail! Nevertheless, in the best interest of our Country, I am recommending that Emily and her team do what needs to be done with regard to initial protocols, and have told my team to do the same.|url=https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1331013908971261953|user=realDonaldTrump|date=November 23, 2020|number=1331013908971261953 |access-date=November 23, 2020|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107102808/https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1331013908971261953|archive-date=2021-01-07}}</ref>
|[[File:First Lady Melania Trump Receives the 2020 White House Christmas Tree.webm|thumb|center|upright=0.8|First Lady Melania Trump receives the 2020 White House Christmas tree]]
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| Tuesday, '''November 24'''
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*President Trump and First Lady [[Melania Trump]] participate in the [[National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation]] for the fourth and final time before the handing power to Biden.<ref>{{cite web|title=Trump pardons turkey after agreeing to presidential transition|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/nov/24/trump-will-pardon-turkey-after-agreeing-to-presidential-transition|last=Pengelly|first=Martin|work=The Guardian|date=November 24, 2020|access-date=November 29, 2020|archive-date=February 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215230427/https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/nov/24/trump-will-pardon-turkey-after-agreeing-to-presidential-transition|url-status=live}}</ref>
|[[File:President Trump and the First Lady Present the National Thanksgiving Turkey 2020.webm|thumb|center|upright=0.8|President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump pardon a turkey named "Corn"]]
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| Wednesday, '''November 25'''
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*President Trump pardons former [[National Security Advisor (United States)|National Security Advisor]] [[Michael Flynn]], who pleaded guilty to making false statements during the [[Mueller special counsel investigation|Mueller investigation]] in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=Trump pardons former national security adviser Flynn|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/25/trump-pardons-former-national-security-adviser-flynn-440649|last1=Cheney|first1=Kyle|last2=Gerstein|first2=Josh|work=Politico|date=November 25, 2020|access-date=November 29, 2020|archive-date=February 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215230405/https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/25/trump-pardons-former-national-security-adviser-flynn-440649|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| Thursday, '''November 26'''
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*President Trump speaks with armed services personnel in a Thanksgiving video teleconference call.<ref>{{cite web|title=Trump politicizes Thanksgiving call with troops to attack migrants, judges |url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/22/politics/trump-troops-border-thanksgiving-teleconference|last1=Diamond |first1=Jeremy|last2=Sullivan |first2=Kate|publisher=CNN|date=November 26, 2020|access-date=March 6, 2021}}</ref>
*President Trump admits that he would leave office if the electoral college votes for Joe Biden, adding it would be a mistake "and a very hard thing to concede".<ref>{{cite news |title=Donald Trump says he will leave White House if electoral college votes for Joe Biden |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/27/donald-trump-says-he-will-leave-white-house-if-electoral-college-votes-for-joe-biden |access-date=27 November 2020 |work=The Guardian |date=November 26, 2020}}</ref>
|[[File:President Trump Participates in a Thanksgiving Video Teleconference with Members of the Military.webm|thumb|center|upright=0.8|President Trump participates in a Thanksgiving video teleconference call]]
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| Friday, '''November 27'''
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| Saturday, '''November 28'''
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| Sunday, '''November 29'''
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====Week 203====
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| Monday, '''November 30'''
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* First Lady [[Melania Trump]] unveils the [[Christmas]] decorations at the [[White House]] for the fourth and final time.<ref>{{cite news|title=Melania Trump Unveils Final White House Christmas Decor Theme Before Husband Leaves Office|url=https://people.com/politics/first-lady-melania-trump-white-house-christmas-decorations-2020/|last=VanHoose|first=Benjamin|work=People|date=November 30, 2020|access-date=November 30, 2020|archive-date=March 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305105916/https://people.com/politics/first-lady-melania-trump-white-house-christmas-decorations-2020/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Scott Atlas]], an advisor to President Trump and member of the [[White House Coronavirus Task Force]], resigns.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dr. Scott Atlas resigns from Trump administration|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/30/politics/scott-atlas-resigns-trump-administration-coronavirus-task-force/index.html|last1=Colins|first1=Kaitlin|last2=Acosta|first2=Jim|last3=Cole|first3=Devan|publisher=CNN|date=November 30, 2020|access-date=December 1, 2020}}</ref>
|[[File:2020 Christmas Decorations at the White House.webm|thumb|center|upright=0.8|First Lady Melania Trump unveils the 2020 Christmas decorations]]
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===December 2020===
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====Week 203====
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| Tuesday, '''December 1'''
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*President Trump threatens to veto the [[National Defense Authorization Act]]  unless lawmakers agree to repeal a legal shield for social media companies.<ref>{{cite news|title=Trump threatens to veto defense bill over social media rule|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/01/trump-threatens-veto-defense-bill-social-media-442115|last1=O'Brien|first1=Connor|last2=Lima|first2=Christiano|work=Politico|date=December 1, 2020|access-date=December 3, 2020}}</ref>
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| Wednesday, '''December 2'''
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*Vice President [[Mike Pence]] swears in Democrat [[Mark Kelly]] as [[List of United States senators from Arizona|United States Senator from Arizona]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Mark Kelly sworn in as US senator, flipping Arizona seat from red to blue|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/02/politics/mark-kelly-swearing-in-arizona-senator/index.html|last1=Serfaty|first1=Sunlen|last2=Foran|first2=Clare|publisher=CNN|date=December 2, 2020|access-date=March 6, 2021}}</ref>
*President Trump uploads a 46-minute speech on his claims of alleged voter fraud to his social media platforms titled "''This may be the most important speech I've ever made....''".<ref>{{cite AV media |date=December 2, 2020 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=720O_yBLrTs |title=This may be the most important speech I've ever made.... |publisher=[[Donald J Trump]] |via=[[YouTube]] |access-date=January 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218063917/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=720O_yBLrTs |archive-date=December 18, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Trump Reasserts Fraud Claims Despite Lack of Evidence, Losses in Court|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-reasserts-fraud-claims-despite-lack-of-evidence-losses-in-court-11606949718|last1=Restuccia|first1=Andrew|last2=Leary|first2=Alex|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=December 2, 2020|access-date=December 3, 2020|archive-date=February 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215230414/https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-reasserts-fraud-claims-despite-lack-of-evidence-losses-in-court-11606949718|url-status=live}}</ref>
|[[File:Swearing in of Mark Kelly.jpg|thumb|center|upright=0.8|Vice President Pence swears in Mark Kelly]]
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| Thursday, '''December 3'''
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*President Trump presents the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] to former football coach [[Lou Holtz]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Lou Holtz receives Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Donald Trump|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/30443996/lou-holtz-receives-presidential-medal-freedom-president-donald-trump|work=ESPN|agency=Associated Press|date=December 3, 2020|access-date=December 3, 2020}}</ref>
|[[File:President Trump Presents the Medal of Freedom to Lou Holtz (50679480707).jpg|thumb|center|upright=0.8|President Trump awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Lou Holtz]]
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| Friday, '''December 4'''
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*President Trump signs the [[Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act of 2019]], a law that would criminalize doping schemes.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bill to criminalize doping schemes signed into law|url=https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-lobbying-laws-doping-bills-73f4edabc058d5018e0cb42d21714257|last=Pells|first=Eddie|work=Associated Press|date=December 4, 2020|access-date=December 5, 2020}}</ref>
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| Saturday, '''December 5'''
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*President Trump holds a rally for Republicans [[David Perdue]] and [[Kelly Loeffler]] in [[Valdosta, Georgia]], and spends most of the 100 minute speech on his conspiratorial theories of electoral fraud rather than on the runoff elections against Democrats [[Raphael Warnock]] and [[Jon Ossoff]], respectively.<ref>{{cite news|title=At Georgia rally, Trump spouts election falsehoods, amplifies old grievances|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/12/05/trump-obama-events-heat-up-georgia-senate-races-before-voter-registration-deadline/|last1=Wootson|first1=Cleve R. Jr.|last2=Wang|first2=Amy B.|last3=Weigel|first3=David|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=December 5, 2020|access-date=December 5, 2020|archive-date=February 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215230428/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/12/05/trump-obama-events-heat-up-georgia-senate-races-before-voter-registration-deadline/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| Sunday, '''December 6'''
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*President Trump's personal attorney [[Rudy Giuliani]] is admitted to hospital after testing positive for COVID-19.<ref>{{cite web|title=Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani admitted to hospital with Covid-19|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-55210243|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|work=BBC News|date=December 6, 2020|access-date=December 8, 2020}}</ref>
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| colspan="3" |
====Week 204====
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| Monday, '''December 7'''
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*President Trump presents the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] to Olympic wrestler [[Dan Gable]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Trump awards Medal of Freedom to wrestler and coach Dan Gable|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/07/politics/donald-trump-dan-gable-medal-of-freedom/index.html|last=Vazquez|first=Maegan|publisher=CNN|date=December 7, 2020|access-date=December 7, 2020|archive-date=February 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215230507/https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/07/politics/donald-trump-dan-gable-medal-of-freedom/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|[[File:President Trump Presents the Medal of Freedom to Dan Gable (50694617253).jpg|thumb|center|upright=0.8|President Trump awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Dan Gable]]
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| Tuesday, '''December 8'''
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*President Trump hosts an [[Operation Warp Speed]] vaccine summit.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-to-host-vaccine-summit-with-governors-fdas-peter-marks-2020-12|title=Trump is hosting a 'vaccine summit' to discuss the 'success' of Operation Warp Speed. The governors of Florida and Texas will join, Moderna and Pfizer declined the invite.|first=Allana|last=Akhtar|website=Business Insider|access-date=December 8, 2020|archive-date=February 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215230416/https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-to-host-vaccine-summit-with-governors-fdas-peter-marks-2020-12|url-status=live}}</ref>
*President Trump says that he would invoke the [[Defense Production Act of 1950]] if needed for vaccine doses.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-08/trump-vows-to-use-defense-production-act-if-needed-for-vaccines|title=Trump Vows to Use Defense Production Act If Needed for Vaccines|date=December 8, 2020|publisher=Bloomberg L.P.}}</ref>
|[[File:Operation Warp Speed Vaccine Event (50705630873) (cropped).jpg|thumb|center|upright=0.8|President Trump at the Operation Warp Speed Vaccine Summit]]
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| Wednesday, '''December 9'''
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*Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton files an amicus brief with the Supreme Court asking to block four states — Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Georgia — from casting electoral votes for President-elect Joe Biden.
*President Trump hosts the annual [[White House Hanukkah Party]] and in a speech to guests claims he will be re-elected, despite losing the election, if the Supreme Court ''"[has] courage"''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/12/10/hanukkah-party-trump-covid-election-results/|title=On record day for covid-19 deaths, Trump falsely proclaims at packed Hanukkah party, 'We're going to win this election'|first=Timothy|last=Bella|date=December 10, 2020|access-date=December 10, 2020|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref>
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| Thursday, '''December 10'''
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*The Trump Administration brokers a [[Israel–Morocco normalization agreement|normalization agreement between Morocco and Israel]], the fourth agreement between Israel and an Arab nation since August. The White House said the U.S. would recognize Morocco's claim over [[Western Sahara]] as part of the deal.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-55266089 |title=Morocco latest country to normalise ties with Israel in US-brokered deal |work=[[BBC News]] |publisher=BBC |date=10 December 2020 |access-date=11 December 2020 |archive-date=December 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210222449/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-55266089 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*The third (No portrait was taken for 2019) and final official White House Christmas portrait of the Trump administration is taken on the Grand Staircase by White House photographer Andrea Hanks. It is not released publicly until December 18, 2020.<ref name="cbsnews.com">{{cite web|title=President Trump and first lady wear matching tuxedos in final White House Christmas card|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-melania-trump-white-house-christmas-card-matching-tuxedos/|last=Lewis|first=Sophie|website=[[CBS News]]|date=December 10, 2020|access-date=December 25, 2020|archive-date=February 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215230417/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-melania-trump-white-house-christmas-card-matching-tuxedos/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| Friday, '''December 11'''
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*President Trump acknowledges that there may be a [[Presidency of Joe Biden|Biden administration]] that can be prevented. He called for the [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] to follow the [[United States Constitution|Constitution]] and "do what has to be done" in order to avoid a Biden admin.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/world/news/trump-acknowledges-that-there-will-be-a-biden-administration-effectively-admitting-he-lost-while-still-calling-for-the-election-to-be-overturned/articleshow/79683883.cms|title=Trump acknowledges there will be a 'Biden Administration,' effectively admitting he lost while still calling for the election result to be overturned|website=Business Insider|access-date=December 12, 2020|archive-date=February 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215230432/https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/world/news/trump-acknowledges-that-there-will-be-a-biden-administration-effectively-admitting-he-lost-while-still-calling-for-the-election-to-be-overturned/articleshow/79683883.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>
*President Trump signs a one-week spending bill to avoid a government shutdown.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-11/senate-postpones-vote-on-spending-bill-as-shutdown-looms|title=Trump Signs One-Week Spending Bill, Averting Government Shutdown|date=December 11, 2020|publisher=Bloomberg L.P.}}</ref>
*The Supreme Court declines to hear the [[Ken Paxton#Challenge to 2020 presidential election results|Paxton lawsuit]] (seeking to overturn the 2020 presidential election) stating that the State of Texas did not have legal standing to bring the case before the Court.<ref>{{cite news|title=U.S. Supreme Court throws out Texas lawsuit contesting 2020 election results in four battleground states|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2020/12/11/texas-lawsuit-supreme-court-election-results/|last=Platoff|first=Emma|date=December 11, 2020|access-date=December 17, 2020|archive-date=December 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201212013508/https://www.texastribune.org/2020/12/11/texas-lawsuit-supreme-court-election-results/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| Saturday, '''December 12'''
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*President Trump takes part in the coin toss for his third and final [[Army–Navy Game]] as commander-in-chief before handing power to Biden.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fansided.com/2020/12/12/donald-trump-coin-toss-army-navy-game-video/|title=Watch President Donald Trump's final coin toss for Army-Navy game (Video)|date=December 12, 2020}}</ref>
|[[File:President Trump at the Army-Navy Football Game (50722755588).jpg|thumb|center|upright=0.8|President Trump participates in the [[Army-Navy Game]], his last as commander-in-chief before handing power to Biden.]]
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| Sunday, '''December 13'''
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| Monday, '''December 14'''
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*All 538 electors for the electoral college met to cast their votes and finalize the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 presidential election]] results. Both candidates received their projected counts of 306 for President-elect Biden and 232 for President Trump without any faithless electors.<ref>{{cite news|title=Biden's 306 Electoral College Votes Make His Victory Official|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/12/14/us/elections/electoral-college-results.html|last1=Holder|first1=Josh|last2=Gabriel|first2=Trip|last3=Paz|first3=Isabella Grullón|work=The New York Times|date=December 14, 2020|access-date=December 25, 2020|archive-date=January 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107151640/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/12/14/us/elections/electoral-college-results.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*President Trump announces on Twitter that [[William Barr]] will resign as [[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]], effective December 23.<ref>{{cite web|title=Attorney General William Barr resigns, effective Dec. 23|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/14/attorney-general-william-barr-resigns-effective-dec-23.html|last1=Breuninger|first1=Kevin|last2=Wilkie|first2=Christina|publisher=CNBC|date=December 14, 2020|access-date=December 25, 2020|archive-date=January 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122170249/https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/14/attorney-general-william-barr-resigns-effective-dec-23.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| Tuesday, '''December 15'''
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*Senate majority leader [[Mitch McConnell]] congratulates [[Joe Biden]] and [[Kamala Harris]] on their victory, accepting the results of the 2020 election in another blow to President Trump's attempt to delegitimise the election results, saying, ''"Many of us had hoped the presidential election would yield a different result"'' and that ''"all Americans can take pride that our nation has a female vice president-elect for the very first time"''.<ref>{{cite web|title=US election 2020: Top Republican Mitch McConnell accepts Joe Biden is US president-elect in blow to Donald Trump|url=https://news.sky.com/story/us-election-2020-top-republican-mitch-mcconnell-accepts-joe-biden-is-us-president-elect-in-blow-to-donald-trump-12162746|last=Allegretti|first=Aubrey|publisher=Sky News|date=December 15, 2020|access-date=December 17, 2020|archive-date=February 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215230423/https://news.sky.com/story/us-election-2020-top-republican-mitch-mcconnell-accepts-joe-biden-is-us-president-elect-in-blow-to-donald-trump-12162746|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| Wednesday, '''December 16'''
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*President Trump signs a bill authorizing an outdoor federal monument in [[Washington, D.C.]], to the women's suffrage movement to honor the activists who won women the right to vote such as [[Susan B. Anthony]], [[Elizabeth Cady Stanton]], and [[Sojourner Truth]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Trump Signs Bill For Women's Suffrage Monument In Washington, D.C.|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2020/12/17/trump-signs-bill-for-womens-suffrage-monument-in-washington-dc/|last=Porterfield|first=Carlie|work=Forbes|date=December 17, 2020|access-date=December 25, 2020}}</ref>
|[[File:President Trump Signs H.R. 473 (50773845466).jpg|thumb|center|upright=0.8|President Trump signs H.R. 473]]
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| Friday, '''December 18'''
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*Vice President [[Mike Pence]], Second Lady [[Karen Pence]] and Surgeon General [[Jerome Adams]] all receive the Pfizer/BioNTech [[COVID-19 vaccination in the United States|COVID-19 vaccine]] in a televised [[White House]] event with Vice President Pence becoming the most senior figure in the U.S. so far to receive the vaccine.<ref>{{cite web|title=Covid: US Vice-President Mike Pence receives vaccine live on TV|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-55362697|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|work=BBC News|date=December 18, 2020|access-date=December 25, 2020}}</ref>
*The Trump administration announces they will close the remaining two [[United States|U.S.]] consulates in [[Russia]] following a [[2020 United States federal government data breach|suspected cyberattack]] on government agencies.<ref>{{cite news|title=Trump admin says it is shuttering last 2 consulates in Russia|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-admin-says-it-shuttering-last-2-consulates-russia-n1251795|work=NBC News|agency=Associated Press|date=December 18, 2020|access-date=December 25, 2020}}</ref>
*First Lady [[Melania Trump]] releases the third (no portrait was taken for 2019) and final official White House Christmas portrait of the Trump administration taken by White House photographer Andrea Hanks on December 10, 2020.<ref name="cbsnews.com"/>
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| Saturday, '''December 19'''
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| Sunday, '''December 20'''
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| Monday, '''December 21'''
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*The [[United States National Security Council]] announces that President Trump has awarded the [[Legion of Merit]] to former [[Prime Minister of Japan|Japanese Prime Minister]] [[Shinzo Abe]], [[Prime Minister of India|Indian Prime Minister]] [[Narendra Modi]], and [[Prime Minister of Australia|Australian Prime Minister]] [[Scott Morrison]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Trump awards Legion of Merit to former Japanese PM Abe |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/12/22/national/trump-legion-of-merit-japan-shinzo-abe/ |access-date=22 December 2020 |newspaper=The Japan Times |date=December 21, 2020 |archive-date=February 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215230425/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/12/22/national/trump-legion-of-merit-japan-shinzo-abe/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Sarkar |first1=Shankhyaneel |title=US president Trump presents Legion of Merit to PM Modi |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-president-trump-presents-legion-of-merit-to-pm-modi/story-xNqBlK6CLMBZGRT6JCH2qO.html |access-date=22 December 2020 |work=Hindustan Times |date=December 22, 2020}}</ref>
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| Tuesday, '''December 22'''
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*President Trump announces that he may not sign the $900B COVID-19 relief bill, which was passed by both the [[United States House of Representatives|House]] and [[United States Senate|Senate]]. He also calls for Congress to amend the bill and increase the stimulus amount from $600 to $2,000.<ref>{{cite news|title=Trump calls on Congress to approve $2,000 stimulus checks, hinting he might not sign relief bill without changes|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/12/22/trump-stimulus-video-bill/|last1=Siegel|first1=Rachel|last2=Dawsey|first2=Josh|last3=DeBonis|first3=Mike|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=December 22, 2020|access-date=December 25, 2020}}</ref>
*President Trump grants 20 high-profile pardons. Among them are 4 [[Academi|Blackwater]] guards convicted of 17 murders in 2007, 2 Border Patrol agents in prison for murder and several corrupt former politicians.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2020/12/22/trump-hands-out-20-pardons-commutations-in-holiday-blitz/|title=Trump hands out 20 pardons, commutations in pre-Christmas blitz|first=Bruce|last=Golding|date=December 23, 2020|access-date=December 23, 2020|archive-date=February 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215230444/https://nypost.com/2020/12/22/trump-hands-out-20-pardons-commutations-in-holiday-blitz/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| Wednesday, '''December 23'''
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*[[William Barr]] resigns as 85th [[United States Attorney General]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wilkie |first1=Kevin Breuninger,Christina |title=Attorney General William Barr resigns, effective Dec. 23 |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/14/attorney-general-william-barr-resigns-effective-dec-23.html |work=CNBC |language=en}}</ref>
*President Trump vetoes the [[National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-23/trump-vetoes-key-defense-bill-calling-it-gift-to-china|title=Trump Vetoes Defense Bill With Pelosi Promising Swift Override|date=December 23, 2020|publisher=Bloomberg L.P.}}</ref>
*President Trump signs the Fallen Journalists Memorial Act, a law that honors the memory of slain journalists, including the victims of the [[Capital Gazette shooting]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/531594-trump-signs-bill-authorizing-memorial-to-fallen-journalists|title=Trump signs bill authorizing memorial to fallen journalists|first=Tal|last=Axelrod|date=December 24, 2020|website=The Hill}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/politics/ac-cn-journalists-memorial-trump-20201223-n23qu4h7hzctvgjdt7vmsx7xsq-story.html|title=Fallen Journalists Memorial Act signed into law, paving way for first monument of its kind in D.C. honoring Capital Gazette shooting victims, others|first=Brooks|last=DuBose|website=The Baltimore Sun|date=December 23, 2020 }}</ref>
*President Trump departs the White House for [[Mar-a-Lago]] to celebrate Christmas.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2020/12/23/trump-heads-to-florida-for-christmas/|title=Trump heads to Florida for Christmas|first=Steven|last=Nelson|date=December 23, 2020}}</ref>
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| Thursday, '''December 24'''
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* [[Jeffrey A. Rosen|Jeff Rosen]] becomes Acting Attorney General.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jeffrey Rosen steps into the spotlight as he replaces Barr for Trump's last month|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/15/politics/jeffrey-rosen-deputy-attorney-general/index.html|last1=Schneider|first1=Jessica|last2=Polantz|first2=Katelyn|publisher=CNN|date=December 15, 2020|access-date=December 30, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.justice.gov/ag/staff-profile/meet-acting-attorney-general |title=MEET THE ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL |work=United States Department of Justice |date=December 24, 2020 |access-date=December 30, 2020 |archive-date=January 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117131036/https://www.justice.gov/ag/staff-profile/meet-acting-attorney-general |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| Friday, '''December 25'''
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*President Trump celebrates the fourth Christmas of his administration at [[Mar-a-Lago]].<ref>{{cite news|title=President Donald Trump, first lady to spend Christmas at Mar-a-Lago|url=https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/state/president-donald-trump-first-lady-spending-christmas-at-mar-a-lago-in-florida|last=WPTV Staff|work=ABC News|date=December 24, 2020|access-date=December 30, 2020}}</ref>
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| Saturday, '''December 26'''
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| Sunday, '''December 27'''
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*Despite previously calling the $900 billion COVID-19 relief package "a disgrace", President Trump signs the [[Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021|Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021]], averting a government shutdown.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/12/27/trump-stimulus-shutdown-congress/|title=Trump signs stimulus and government spending bill into law, averting shutdown|first1=Seung Min|last1=Kim|first2=Jeff|last2=Stein|first3=Mike|last3=DeBonis|first4=Josh|last4=Dawsey|newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/27/congress-stimulus-deal-450380|title=Trump backs down, signs stimulus package|website=POLITICO|date=December 27, 2020 }}</ref>
|[[File:President Trump Signs H.R. 133 (50773855346).jpg|thumb|center|upright=0.8|President Trump signs the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021]]
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| Monday, '''December 28'''
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*The [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] votes 322–87 to override President Trump's veto of the [[National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021]].<ref>{{cite news|title=House votes to override Trump's veto of $740 billion defense bill|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-set-override-trump-s-veto-740-billion-defense-bill-n1252433|last=Pettypiece|first=Shannon|work=NBC News|date=December 28, 2020|access-date=December 30, 2020}}</ref>
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| Tuesday, '''December 29'''
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| Wednesday, '''December 30'''
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| Thursday, '''December 31'''
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*Republican Senator [[Josh Hawley]] of [[Missouri]] announces his plans to object to the [[2021 United States Electoral College vote count|election result certification]] on January 6.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/josh-hawley-electoral-vote-senate-b1780464.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220621/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/josh-hawley-electoral-vote-senate-b1780464.html |archive-date=June 21, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Republican Senator announces plan to object to election result certification on 6 January|date=December 30, 2020|website=The Independent}}</ref>
*President Trump returns to [[Washington, D.C.]], cutting short his Christmas and New Year celebrations at [[Mar-a-Lago]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/dec/31/trump-washington-republicans-challenge-biden-victory|title=Trump returns to Washington early as allies plot challenge to Biden victory|date=December 31, 2020|website=The Guardian}}</ref>
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| Friday, '''January 1'''
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*Donald Trump begins his final month as President.
*The United States Senate votes 81–13 to override President Trump's veto of the [[National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021]], marking the first successful veto override of the [[First presidency of Donald Trump|Trump presidency]].<ref>{{cite web|title=GOP-led Senate delivers first successful veto override of Trump's presidency in fight over defense bill during his final weeks in office|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/senate-gives-trump-first-veto-override-defense-spending-bill-2021-1|last=Haltiwanger |first=Joel|work=Business Insider|date=January 1, 2021|access-date=January 1, 2021}}</ref>
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| Saturday, '''January 2'''
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| Sunday, '''January 3'''
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*The [[117th United States Congress]] convenes with the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] is retaining their majority in the [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] while the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] is briefly retaining their majority in the [[United States Senate|Senate]] until January 20.<ref>{{cite web |title=Congress opens new session as virus, Biden's win dominate - Albuquerque Journal |url=https://www.abqjournal.com/1532217/congress-opens-new-session-as-covid-19-bidens-win-dominate.html |website=www.abqjournal.com|date=January 2, 2021 }}</ref>
*[[Nancy Pelosi]] is [[2021 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election|re-elected]] as [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Pelosi re-elected as U.S. House speaker amid political uncertainty|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-congress/pelosi-re-elected-as-u-s-house-speaker-amid-political-uncertainty-idUSKBN2980EG?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews|last=Cornwell|first=Susan|publisher=Reuters|date=January 3, 2021|access-date=March 6, 2021}}</ref>
*A [[Trump–Raffensperger phone call|phone call]] between President Trump and [[Georgia Secretary of State]], [[Brad Raffensperger]] is leaked showing Trump telling him the election was a fraud and demanding he find "11,780 votes, which is one more than we have." Raffensperger responds that the election results were correct and that Trump's data is wrong. Trump continued to claim voter fraud and said Raffensperger would be a "criminal" if he did not change the election results.<ref>{{cite web|title=US election: Trump tells Georgia election official to 'find' votes to overturn Biden win|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2020-55524838|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|work=BBC News|date=January 3, 2021|access-date=January 3, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Trump begs Georgia secretary of state to overturn election results in remarkable hourlong phone call|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-begs-georgia-secretary-state-overturn-election-results-remarkable-hourlong-n1252692|last1=Smith|first1=Allan|last2=Jester|first2=Julia|last3=Thompson|first3=Priscilla|work=NBC News|date=January 3, 2021|access-date=January 3, 2021|archive-date=January 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103234707/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-begs-georgia-secretary-state-overturn-election-results-remarkable-hourlong-n1252692|url-status=live}}</ref>
|[[File:Nancy Pelosi as the 117th Congress Speaker.jpg|thumb|center|upright=0.8|House Speaker Nancy Pelosi]]
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| Monday, '''January 4'''
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*President Trump presents the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] to [[Devin Nunes]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackbrewster/2021/01/04/trump-awards-devin-nunes-the-medal-of-freedom-praises-fortitude-to-take-on-deep-state/|title=Trump Awards Devin Nunes The Medal Of Freedom, Praises 'Fortitude' To Take On 'Deep State'|first=Jack|last=Brewster|website=Forbes}}</ref>
*President Trump holds a rally for Republicans [[David Perdue]] and [[Kelly Loeffler]] in [[Dalton, Georgia]], ahead of the upcoming runoffs to determine who controls the Senate. President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President Mike Pence also hold rallies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/election-2020/ct-georgia-runoff-elections-20210104-sp42hyi7mzf2xclguz37ft2dee-story.html|title=Georgia Senate runoffs: Trump, Biden warn of high stakes as candidates make final pitches|author1=Bill Barrow|author2=Jeff Amy|website=Chicago Tribune|date=January 4, 2021 |access-date=January 5, 2021|archive-date=February 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215230507/https://www.chicagotribune.com/election-2020/ct-georgia-runoff-elections-20210104-sp42hyi7mzf2xclguz37ft2dee-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-georgia-elections-david-perdue-41be29f620819ee3d40703dd51540ecd|title=Biden, Trump warn of high stakes of Georgia Senate runoffs|date=January 4, 2021|website=AP NEWS}}</ref>
|[[File:President Trump Presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom (50803824461).jpg|thumb|center|upright=0.8|President Trump awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Devin Nunes]]
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| Tuesday, '''January 5'''
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*U.S. District Judge [[Mark Howard Cohen]] denies an emergency injunction from President Trump to decertify the [[2020 United States presidential election]] results in [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] calling the lawsuit "beyond unprecedented".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/05/us/politics/a-federal-judge-in-atlanta-denied-a-last-minute-effort-by-trump-to-decertify-bidens-victory-in-georgia.html|title=A federal judge in Atlanta denied a last-minute effort by Trump to decertify Biden's victory in Georgia.|first=Alan|last=Feuer|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 5, 2021|access-date=January 6, 2021|archive-date=February 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215230507/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/05/us/politics/a-federal-judge-in-atlanta-denied-a-last-minute-effort-by-trump-to-decertify-bidens-victory-in-georgia.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*Democrat [[Raphael Warnock]] is declared the winner of the [[2020–21 United States Senate special election in Georgia|2020–21 Senate special runoff election in Georgia]], defeating incumbent Republican [[Kelly Loeffler]] meaning a Republican majority in the Senate would be determined by the [[2020–21 United States Senate election in Georgia|final runoff election]] between Republican [[David Perdue]] and Democrat [[Jon Ossoff]] which was too close to call on this day.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/05/georgia-runoff-elections-ossoff-warnock-perdue-loeffler|title=Georgia Senate runoffs: Democrat Raphael Warnock wins against Kelly Loeffler|first1=Ed Pilkington David Smith in|last1=Atlanta|first2=Peter Beaumont in|last2=London|newspaper=The Guardian |date=January 6, 2021|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref>
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| Wednesday, '''January 6'''
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*President Trump [[2021 United States Capitol attack#January 6 Trump rally|holds a rally]] in Washington, D.C., to decry the certification of President-elect [[Joe Biden]] as the winner of the 2020 presidential election. He also calls on Vice President Pence to reject the electoral votes, even though the Vice President does not hold such legal power.<ref>{{cite web|title=How a Donald Trump rally transformed Washington DC and Capitol Hill into a riot zone|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-07/how-donald-trump-rally-turned-washington-dc-into-riot-zone/13038448|last=Clark|first=Emily|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date=January 6, 2021|access-date=January 7, 2021}}</ref>
*In a [[joint session of the United States Congress]], the results for the [[2021 United States Electoral College vote count|electoral college are counted]]. During the certification of the electoral votes, the U.S. Capitol building is evacuated after rioters [[January 6 United States Capitol attack|broke the security barrier and stormed the building]]. Both Houses of Congress recess the Electoral College debate after the mob forced a lockdown of the building. Vice President Mike Pence was evacuated.
*Democrat [[Jon Ossoff]] is declared the winner of the [[2020–21 United States Senate election in Georgia|2021 Senate runoff election in Georgia]], defeating Republican [[David Perdue]]. This gives the Senate a 50/50 split between the Republican and Democratic parties with Vice President-elect [[Kamala Harris]] holding the tie-breaking vote.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jon Ossoff wins Georgia runoff election, giving Democrats control of Senate|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/06/jon-ossoff-wins-georgia-runoff-election-democrats-senate|last=Oliver|first=Mark|work=The Guardian|date=January 6, 2021|access-date=March 6, 2021}}</ref>
|[[File:Trump supporters in the Save America March.jpg|thumb|center|upright=0.8|Trump supporters rally at the Save America March]]
[[File:Trump remarks on Capitol storming, January 6 2021 0417PM EST.webm|thumb|center|upright=0.8|President Trump makes a statement during the Capitol attack]]
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*In his role as [[President of the Senate#United States|President of the Senate]], Vice President [[Mike Pence]] reads the results and declares President-elect [[Joe Biden]] as the winner of the 2020 presidential election after certification of the electoral votes resumed in a joint session of Congress.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/01/06/congress-electoral-college-vote-live-updates/|title=Pence declares Biden winner of the presidential election after Congress finally counts electoral votes|first1=John|last1=Wagner|first2=Felicia|last2=Sonmez|first3=Mike|last3=DeBonis|first4=Karoun|last4=Demirjian|first5=Amy B.|last5=Wang|first6=Colby|last6=Itkowitz|first7=Paulina|last7=Firozi|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=January 7, 2021|archive-date=January 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210106235556/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/01/06/congress-electoral-college-vote-live-updates/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*As a result of the January 6 Capitol Hill breach, President Trump was suspended from [[Facebook]] and [[Instagram]] until after [[Inauguration of Joe Biden|Biden's inauguration]] for allegedly inciting the riot.<ref>{{cite web|title=Facebook will block Trump from posting at least for the remainder of his term|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2021/01/07/facebook-trump-instagram-social-media-accounts-block-indefinitely-zuckerberg/6580221002/|last=Tyko|first=Kelly|newspaper=USA Today|date=January 7, 2021|access-date=January 7, 2021|archive-date=January 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107164006/https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2021/01/07/facebook-trump-instagram-social-media-accounts-block-indefinitely-zuckerberg/6580221002/|url-status=live}}</ref> He was also suspended from [[Twitter]] for 24 hours, with the suspension only being lifted if he deleted three Tweets that Twitter say violated their terms of service because they used the platform "for the purpose of manipulating or interfering in elections or other civic processes".<ref>{{cite news|title=Facebook and Twitter lock Trump's accounts after posting video praising rioters|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/facebook-youtube-twitter-remove-video-trump-amid-chaos-capitol-n1253157|last1=García-Hodges|first1=Ahiza|last2=Collins|first2=Ben|last3=Byers|first3=Dylan|work=NBC News|date=January 7, 2021}}</ref>
*[[White House Deputy Chief of Staff]] [[Chris Liddell]] orders all Trump administration staff to resign by January 20 as a step to clear the way for Biden to fill the government with his [[Cabinet of Joe Biden|own staff]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/07/trump-white-house-political-staff-455947|title=Trump White House asks political staff to resign by Biden's inauguration|first=Megan|last=Cassella|website=POLITICO|date=January 7, 2021 |access-date=January 7, 2021|archive-date=February 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215230550/https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/07/trump-white-house-political-staff-455947|url-status=live}}</ref>
*House Speaker [[Nancy Pelosi]] calls for President Trump to be removed from office invoking the [[Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution|25th Amendment]] over his involvement in the Capitol attack or they would begin impeachment proceedings against President Trump should this not happen.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/07/lawmakers-trump-25th-amendment-455832|title=Pelosi calls for Trump's immediate ouster after deadly riots|work=POLITICO|date=January 7, 2021|access-date=January 8, 2021|last1=Ferris|first1=Sarah|last2=Zanona|first2=Melanie|last3=Caygle|first3=Heather|last4=Cheney|first4=Kyle|archive-date=January 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108003313/https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/07/lawmakers-trump-25th-amendment-455832|url-status=live}}</ref>
*For the first time, President Trump condemns the [[2021 United States Capitol attack|attack]] on the [[United States Capitol]] and formally [[Concession (politics)|acknowledges]] the upcoming [[Presidency of Joe Biden|Biden administration]]. He also says that his focus is to ensure a [[Peaceful transition of power|smooth transition of power]] to the "next administration", without mentioning President-elect [[Joe Biden]] by name.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/full-text-speech-which-donald-trump-finally-concedes-election-biden-1559880|title=Full text of speech in which Donald Trump finally concedes election to Biden without naming him|author=Jeffery Martin|date=January 7, 2021|website=Newsweek|access-date=January 8, 2021|archive-date=February 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215230507/https://www.newsweek.com/full-text-speech-which-donald-trump-finally-concedes-election-biden-1559880|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2021/01/07/trump-condemns-capitol-riot-concedes-biden/|title=Trump finally faces reality, concedes to Biden and condemns Capitol riot|agency=Associated Press|date=January 8, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelsandler/2021/01/07/trump-concedes-election-defeat-commits-to-peaceful-transition-of-power/|title=Trump Finally—Two Months After Election Loss—Concedes Defeat|first=Rachel|last=Sandler|website=Forbes}}</ref>
|[[File:A Message from President Donald J. Trump (2021-01-07).webm|thumb|center|upright=0.8|President Trump condemns the attack and acknowledges the Biden administration]]
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| Friday, '''January 8'''
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*President Trump announces he would not be attending [[Inauguration of Joe Biden|Biden's inauguration]], making him the first outgoing President not to attend his elected successor's inauguration since the 1869 [[First inauguration of Ulysses S. Grant|inauguration of Ulysses S. Grant]].<ref>{{Cite tweet |first=Donald J. |last=Trump |user=realDonaldTrump |number=1347569870578266115 |date=2021-01-08 |title=To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th. |language=en |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108154549/https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1347569870578266115 |archive-date=2021-01-08}}</ref>
*President-elect [[Joe Biden]] calls President Trump's decision not to attend his inauguration ''"One of the few things he and I have ever agreed on. It's a good thing, him not showing up."''<ref>{{cite news|title=Biden calls Trump's decision to skip inauguration 'a good thing'|url=https://www.fox29.com/news/trump-says-he-will-not-attend-bidens-inauguration|last=Hayes|first=Kelly|work=Fox News|date=January 8, 2021|access-date=January 9, 2021}}</ref>
*President Trump's personal [[Twitter]] account @realDonaldTrump is permanently suspended with Twitter citing "risk of further incitement of violence" following the Capitol attack which Twitter allege Trump incited.<ref>{{cite web|title=Donald Trump uses POTUS account to accuse Twitter of 'banning free speech' after being barred from the platform|url=https://news.sky.com/story/donald-trump-permanently-suspended-from-twitter-over-risk-of-further-incitement-of-violence-12182928|last=Coles|first=Amy|publisher=Sky News|date=January 9, 2021|access-date=January 9, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Twitter bans President Trump permanently|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/08/tech/trump-twitter-ban/index.html|last=Fung|first=Brian|publisher=CNN|date=January 8, 2021|access-date=January 9, 2021|archive-date=January 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112090832/https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/08/tech/trump-twitter-ban/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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*Vice President [[Mike Pence]] announces he would be attending [[Inauguration of Joe Biden|Biden's inauguration]] despite President Trump refusing to attend.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://news.sky.com/story/vice-president-mike-pence-will-attend-president-elect-joe-bidens-inauguration-12183878 |title=Vice President Mike Pence will attend President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration |access-date=January 10, 2021 |archive-date=February 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215230609/https://news.sky.com/story/vice-president-mike-pence-will-attend-president-elect-joe-bidens-inauguration-12183878 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*President Trump orders all federal flags to be flown at half-staff in honor of [[Death of Brian Sicknick|Brian Sicknick]], a police officer who was killed during the [[January 6 United States Capitol attack|Capitol attack]] four days earlier.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.stripes.com/news/us/white-house-flag-joining-capitol-at-half-staff-for-brian-sicknick-1.658039 |title=White House flag, joining Capitol, at half-staff for Brian Sicknick - U.S. - Stripes |access-date=January 10, 2021 |archive-date=January 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110204110/https://www.stripes.com/news/us/white-house-flag-joining-capitol-at-half-staff-for-brian-sicknick-1.658039 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| Monday, '''January 11'''
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*House Speaker [[Nancy Pelosi]] gives Vice President [[Mike Pence]] an ultimatum: Invoke the [[Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution|25th Amendment]] within 24 hours to remove President Trump from office or they would begin impeachment proceedings against President Trump.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-55611630|title=Democrats give VP Mike Pence ultimatum to remove Trump from White House|work=BBC News|date=January 11, 2021}}</ref>
*The [[PGA Tour|Professional Golfer's Association]] announced the PGA Championship would no longer be taking place at President Trump's Golf course in New Jersey as they say it would be ''"detrimental to the brand".''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://news.sky.com/story/donald-trump-pga-championship-will-no-longer-take-place-at-presidents-golf-course-12184866 |title=Trump golf course stripped of 2022 PGA Championship by tournament organisers |access-date=January 11, 2021 |archive-date=February 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215230528/https://news.sky.com/story/donald-trump-pga-championship-will-no-longer-take-place-at-presidents-golf-course-12184866 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*President Trump awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to [[Jim Jordan]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/533653-trump-gives-medal-of-freedom-to-house-ally-jim-jordan |title=Trump gives Medal of Freedom to House ally Jim Jordan |date=January 11, 2021 |access-date=January 11, 2021 |archive-date=February 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215230532/https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/533653-trump-gives-medal-of-freedom-to-house-ally-jim-jordan |url-status=live }}</ref>
*Democrats in the [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] formally charge President Trump with one count of "incitement of insurrection" after Republicans in the House block invocation of the [[Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution|25th Amendment]] making Trump the first President to face two Impeachment trials.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/11/trump-impeachment-house-democrats-charge-president-with-incitement-of-insurrection |title=Trump charged with impeachment count as FBI warns of armed protests &#124; US Capitol breach  |website=[[TheGuardian.com]] |access-date=January 11, 2021 |archive-date=January 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125024307/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/11/trump-impeachment-house-democrats-charge-president-with-incitement-of-insurrection |url-status=live }}</ref>
*President Trump and Vice President Pence speak for the first time since the [[January 6 United States Capitol attack|Capitol attack]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/533734-trump-and-pence-speak-for-first-time-since-capitol-riots|title = Trump and Pence speak for first time since Capitol riots|date = January 11, 2021}}</ref>
*President Trump approves an [[state of emergency|emergency]] declaration from [[Mayor of the District of Columbia|DC Mayor]] [[Muriel Bowser]] ahead of [[Inauguration of Joe Biden|Biden's inauguration]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/11/donald-trump-dc-state-of-emergency-inauguration-457890|title = Trump declares state of emergency in D.C. Ahead of inauguration|website = [[Politico]]| date=January 11, 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/trump-emergency-dc-biden-inauguration|title = President Trump approves emergency declaration for DC ahead of Biden inauguration|website = [[Fox News]]|date = January 11, 2021}}</ref>
*Vice President Pence responses to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that he wouldn't invoke the [[Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Twenty-fifth Amendment]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/election-2020/ct-trump-capitol-riot-20210112-ltxwk656xreaxftpvqolxgvska-story.html|title = House passes resolution urging Pence to oust Trump using Twenty-fifth Amendment, setting up impeachment vote|website = [[Chicago Tribune]]| date=January 12, 2021 }}</ref>
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| Tuesday, '''January 12'''
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* President Trump travels to [[Alamo, Texas]], near the U.S.–Mexico border to examine progress on the [[Mexico–United States barrier|US–Mexico border wall]] and meets with [[United States Border Patrol|Border Patrol]] personnel.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Parkinson|first1=John|last2=Gittleson|first2=Ben|date=January 11, 2021|title=All eyes on President Trump as he heads to Texas to visit border wall|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/eyes-president-trump-heads-texas-visit-border-wall/story?id=75185180|access-date=2021-01-12|website=ABC News|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Jackson|first=David|title=Remember the Alamo? Donald Trump heads to Texas to defend legacy tarnished by Capitol riot|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/01/12/donald-trump-heads-texas-defend-his-legacy-remember-the-alamo/6623672002/|access-date=2021-01-12|website=USA Today|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Alex Azar]] announces that [[United States Department of Health and Human Services|HHS]] would make changes to their [[COVID-19 vaccine|vaccine]] distributions in an effort to speed up the rollout by encouraging states to open vaccination sites to all persons older than 65,<ref>{{cite web|title= Trump Administration Urges States To Open COVID-19 Vaccination To Everyone Over 65|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/01/12/956017635/trump-administration-to-change-covid-19-vaccination-guidance-to-speed-up-rollout|last1=Simmons-Duffin|first1=Selena|last2=Huang|first2=Pien|publisher=NPR|date=January 12, 2021|access-date=January 13, 2021}}</ref> however at the time the announcement was made, stockpiles were already exhausted.<ref>{{Cite web|first1=Kristen|last1=Holmes|first2=Sara|last2=Murray|title=Despite Trump administration promise, government has no more 'reserve' 2nd vaccine doses|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/15/politics/coronavirus-vaccine-reserve-dose/index.html|access-date=2021-01-19|website=CNN|date=January 15, 2021 }}</ref>
*During his speech at Alamo, President Trump asserted the [[Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Twenty-fifth Amendment]] is of ''"zero risk"'' to him and claimed it will ''"come back to haunt the Biden administration"'' adding ''"be careful what you wish for"''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Trump in Texas says 25th Amendment is "of zero risk to me"|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-denies-responsibility-for-capitol-attack/|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|work=CBS News|access-date=January 13, 2021|date=January 12, 2021}}</ref>
|[[File:Operation Warp Speed Leaders Hold Briefing on Vaccine.webm|thumb|center|upright=0.8|thumbtime=01:00|Alex Azar holds briefing about release of more COVID-19 Vaccine,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-01-12|title=Remarks at Operation Warp Speed Briefing|url=https://www.hhs.gov/about/leadership/secretary/speeches/2021-speeches/remarks-at-operation-warp-speed-briefing.html|access-date=2021-01-19|website=HHS.gov|language=en}}</ref> despite exhausted stockpiles]].
[[File:President Trump Travels to Texas (50832161382).jpg|thumb|center|upright=0.8|President Trump with a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer]]
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| Wednesday, '''January 13'''
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*President Trump releases a statement calling for "no violence" in wakes of reports of planned armed demonstrations ahead of [[Inauguration of Joe Biden|Biden's inauguration]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Trump releases statement calling for 'NO violence' as House nears impeaching him|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/13/trump-no-violence-house-impeachment-458980|last=Forgey|first=Quint|work=POLITICO|date=January 13, 2021|access-date=January 13, 2021}}</ref>
*President Trump is [[Second impeachment of Donald Trump|impeached]] by the [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] on charge of "incitement of insurrection" in a vote of 232–197.<ref>{{cite web|title=Trump impeached for 'inciting' US Capitol riot|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-55656385|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|work=BBC News|date=January 13, 2021|access-date=January 13, 2021|archive-date=January 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123174152/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-55656385|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>Note: 222 Democrats and 10 Republicans voted yea while 197 Republicans voted nay with 4 Republicans not voting.</ref>
*President Trump becomes the first president in U.S. history to be [[Impeachment of Donald Trump|impeached twice]]. President Trump would not face his [[Second impeachment of Donald Trump|second impeachment trial]] in the Senate until after his term has expired.
|[[File:House Session, Part 2 (January 13, 2021).webm|thumb|center|upright=0.8|start=06:35:33|Second impeachment of President Trump]]
[[File:A Message from President Donald J. Trump (2021-01-13).webm|thumb|center|upright=0.8|President Trump condemns violence at the Capitol building and Big Tech censorship]]
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| Thursday, '''January 14'''
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*Vice President Pence makes an unscheduled stop at the [[United States Capitol]] to meet with [[United States National Guard]] troops ahead of [[Inauguration of Joe Biden|Biden's inauguration]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/534338-pence-meets-with-national-guard-members-stationed-at-capitol |title=Pence meets with National Guard members stationed at Capitol|last=Samuels|first=Brett|work=The Hill|date=January 14, 2021|access-date=February 15, 2021}}</ref>
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| Friday, '''January 15'''
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*Vice President Pence congratulates his incoming successor, Vice President-elect [[Kamala Harris]], 73 days after the 2020 presidential election.<ref>{{cite news|title=Pence congratulates Harris days before inauguration|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/15/pence-congratulates-harris-inauguration-459702|last1=Choi|first1=Matthew|last2=Cadelago|first2=Christopher|work=POLITICO|date=January 15, 2021|access-date=February 15, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Pence calls VP-elect Kamala Harris to offer congratulations|url=https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-politics-michael-pence-kamala-harris-9cf431138cceeda9f6f7104e0fa20487|last1=Covin|first1=Jill|last2=Jaffe|first2=Alexandra|publisher=Associated Press|date=January 15, 2021|access-date=February 15, 2021}}</ref>
*President Trump awards the Legion of Merit to [[List of rulers of Morocco|Morocco King]] [[Mohammed VI of Morocco|Mohammed VI]] during a private ceremony.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://apnews.com/644f407054010171161091156180c533 |title=Trump gives award to Morocco's king in private ceremony|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|publisher=Associated Press|date=January 15, 2021|access-date=February 15, 2021}}</ref> In addition, Trump also received the [[Order of Muhammad]] award from [[Princess Lalla Joumala Alaoui]] for his work in advancing a [[Israel–Morocco normalization agreement|normalization deal]] between [[Israel]] and [[Morocco]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-morocco-idUSKBN29K2GK |title=Trump receives Morocco's highest award for Middle East work: official|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|publisher=Reuters|date=January 15, 2021|access-date=February 15, 2021}}</ref>
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*Secretary of State [[Mike Pompeo]] accuses Iran of actively supporting Al Qaeda, saying the country now serves as a "home base" for the terrorist group and provides operatives with travel documents and logistical support.<ref>{{Cite web |title= Pompeo claims Iran is 'home base' for Al Qaeda|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/pompeo-claims-iran-home-base-al-qaeda-n1253940|last1=De Luce|first1=Dan|last2=Williams|first2=Abigail|publisher=NBC News|date=January 17, 2021|access-date=February 15, 2021}}</ref>
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| Monday, '''January 18'''
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*First Lady [[Melania Trump]] delivers a farewell address, urging Americans to [[Be Best]].<ref>{{cite news|title=First Lady Melania Trump releases farewell message|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/18/first-lady-melania-trump-releases-farewell-message|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|publisher=Al Jazeera|date=January 18, 2021|access-date=February 15, 2021}}</ref>
*President Trump signs an executive order that lifts travel restrictions on [[Brazil]], the [[United Kingdom]], [[China]], and [[Europe]] after January 26. However, [[Jen Psaki]], Biden's [[White House Press Secretary|Press Secretary]], says that the restrictions are expected to remain in place.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/18/politics/trump-covid-travel-restrictions/index.html |title=Trump moves to lift some Covid-19-related travel restrictions, but Biden plans to block the order|last1=Collins|first1=Kaitlin|last2=Kelly|first2=Caroline|last3=Wallace|first3=Gregory|publisher=CNN|date= January 18, 2021|access-date=February 15, 2021}}</ref>
|[[File:A Message from First Lady Melania Trump (January 2021).webm|thumb|center|upright=0.8|First Lady Melania Trump gives a farewell address from the White House]]
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| Tuesday, '''January 19'''
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*President Trump delivers his [[Donald Trump's farewell address|farewell address]] from the White House. Trump talks about the accomplishments during his term as president and wishes good luck to the "[[Presidency of Joe Biden|upcoming administration]]", without mentioning President-elect [[Joe Biden]] by name.<ref>{{Cite speech |url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/farewell-address/|title=Farewell Address |date=January 19, 2021|last=Trump|first=Donald|location=Washington D.C.|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|access-date=January 19, 2021 }}</ref>
*The Trump administration declares that [[China]] has committed [[persecution of Uyghurs in China|genocide]] against [[Uyghurs|Uyghur]] Muslims and other ethnic minority groups.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/china-sanctions-uighur-muslims-genocide-mike-pompeo/ |title=U.S. declares China's treatment of Muslims and ethnic minorities "genocide" |access-date=January 19, 2021|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=January 19, 2021|work=CBS News}}</ref>
* Acting Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security [[Ken Cuccinelli]] signs an agreement with the union representing ICE agents that essentially hands control of immigration policy to the union.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/01/us/politics/cuccinelli-biden-ice.html|title=Trump Official's Last-Day Deal With ICE Union Ties Biden's Hands|last1=Kanno-Youngs|first1=Zolan|last2=Savage|first2=Charlie|date=February 1, 2021|work=The New York Times|access-date=2 February 2021}}</ref>
|[[File:Farewell Address of President Donald J. Trump (2021).webm|thumb|center|upright=0.8|President Trump gives a farewell address from the White House ([[s:Remarks by President Trump in Farewell Address to the Nation|transcript]])]]
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| Wednesday, '''January 20'''
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* President Trump grants pardons to 73 individuals and commutes the sentence for 70 others prior to finishing his full term.<ref>{{cite web|title=Who did Trump pardon? Here's the full list of the 143 people who received last-minute clemency|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/01/20/who-did-trump-pardon-heres-full-list-73-people-pardoned-70-sentences-commuted/4226626001/|last=Bridges|first=C.A.|date=January 20, 2021|newspaper=USA Today|access-date=January 28, 2021}}</ref>
* President Trump completes his full term in office and leaves the White House for the final time as Commander-in-chief. A [[Inauguration of Joe Biden#Trump departure ceremony|farewell ceremony]] is held at [[Joint Base Andrews]] after which he and his wife depart aboard Air Force One.<ref>{{cite news|title=President Trump holding farewell ceremony at Joint Base Andrews |url=https://www.wlns.com/news/latest-news/president-trump-holding-farewell-ceremony-at-joint-base-andrews/|last=Duran|first=Jorma|website=wlns6.com|date=January 20, 2021|access-date=January 28, 2021}}</ref>
* President Trump did not attend the inauguration ceremony and returns to [[Mar-a-Lago]] to begin his inter-presidency.<ref>{{cite web|title=For 1st Time In 150 Years, Outgoing President Doesn't Attend Inauguration|url=https://www.npr.org/2021/01/20/958905703/for-1st-time-in-150-years-outgoing-president-doesnt-attend-inauguration|last=Rascoe|first=Alysha|publisher=NPR|date=January 20, 2021|access-date=January 27, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Trump lands in Florida: Biden supporters scarce on arrival route to Mar-a-Lago|url=https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/local/westpb/2021/01/20/trump-lands-florida-biden-supporters-scarce-route-mar-lago/4221621001/|last=Doris|first=Tony|publisher=The Palm Beach Post|date=January 20, 2021|access-date=January 28, 2021}}</ref> However, Vice President Pence did attend the inauguration ceremony and later returns to [[Indiana]] to begin his post-vice presidency.<ref>{{cite news|title=Pence returns to Indiana hometown as vice presidency ends|url=https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-columbus-coronavirus-pandemic-indiana-0088ab8ccd128a917b434fcb29327a3b|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|publisher=AP News|date=January 20, 2021|access-date=January 27, 2021}}</ref>
* [[Joe Biden]] is [[Inauguration of Joe Biden|inaugurated]] as the 46th president of the United States, at noon EST.
|[[File:President Donald J. Trump Departure Ceremony.webm|thumb|center|upright=0.8|President Trump addresses a gathering of family and supporters at Joint Base Andrews]]
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==See also==
* [[First presidential transition of Donald Trump|Presidential transition of Donald Trump]]
* [[First 100 days of the first Donald Trump presidency|First 100 days of Donald Trump's presidency]]
* [[List of executive actions by Donald Trump]]
* [[List of presidential trips made by Donald Trump]] ([[List of international presidential trips made by Donald Trump|international trips]])
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