Trump flies Air Force One to Washington as Biden sticks to tradition By Reuters

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump headed to Washington on Saturday ahead of his inauguration in a US military aircraft provided by US President Joe Biden, as the president-elect stressed adherence to procedures. cultural change.

Trump will arrive in Washington on Saturday evening for ceremonies to mark his return to office on Monday.

For this event, he abandons his navy and “Trump Force One” often flies in favor of the Biden government plane sent to Florida. Biden has stressed to his officials that they must work with Trump’s transition team, a stark contrast to the last transition when Trump refused to attend the inauguration or acknowledge Biden’s success.

Both planes landed at Palm Beach International Airport before Trump left on Saturday. Trump’s son Eric and Eric’s wife Lara boarded a private plane.

For his less than three-hour flight to Washington Dulles International Airport, Trump will fly a specially designed Boeing (NYSE: ) 757-200 in the trademark colors of blue and white and has the words “United States of America.”

His daughter Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner were spotted boarding a plane Saturday afternoon.

It’s the same plane called Air Force Two when it’s flown by the vice president but it’s also used by the first lady, cabinet members and other high-ranking officials.

It is customary for presidents-elect to take such a government-issued plane to their inauguration, although Biden did not.

In 2021, Biden had planned to arrive by train but the plan was canceled after the Secret Service raised security concerns after thousands of Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol in 6 January 2021, in order to overturn his election victory.

The Trump administration did not provide a flight and Biden ended up taking a private jet to Washington, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Photographs of Trump’s 2017 arrival in the Washington area to run for his first term showed that he used the same US aircraft that time.

The White House and the US Air Force were not immediately available for comment.