Updated at 9:15 a.m. ET
Unwilling to admit defeat but with his time in office at its end, President Trump left the White House early Wednesday, skipping the Inauguration Day ceremony that generations of outgoing presidents have attended — a symbolic peaceful transfer of power that has been made all but impossible by his actions after losing the election to Joe Biden.
Trump came to power four years ago with a focus on what he called America’s “forgotten men and women.” But now he stands perhaps to be remembered most not for what he did in the White House, but instead for an insurrection two weeks ago, when his supporters stormed the very spot where Biden will take his oath of office.
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