Trump, coming to Palm Beach on Inauguration Day, will be first president to skip event since Nixon

Trump is set to arrive in Palm Beach at 11 a.m., about an hour before Biden’s inauguration. This is the first time since 1974 a president has skipped his successor’s inauguration ceremony. That year, recently resigned Richard Nixon departed the White House and flew back to his home in California. Before his plane touched down, Gerald Ford was sworn in.