Outgoing President Donald Trump has broken tradition by foregoing the inauguration of Joe Biden and Khamala Harris.
Trump left the White House for the final time heading to a nearby military base by a helicopter where he will fly to Florida via Air Force One.
The 74-year-old outgoing US President was accompanied by his wife First Lady Melania Trump as they walked a short red carpet and boarded Marine One on the White House lawn in Washington.
Briefly, Trump told reporters, "It has been an amazing four years and the honor of a lifetime. I just want to say goodbye."
While Biden will be sworn in at noon (1700 GMT) as the 46th president of the United States, Trump will be at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.
Trump is the first outgoing US President to skip the inauguration of his successor in more than 150 years.
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