Sunday, November 08, 2020
After finishing his round of golf, Trump stopped — as he often does — to snap photos with a bride getting married at the club, according to images and videos circulated on social media. People clapped and laughed, starstruck at meeting the president.
Once out of the club, though, the tenor changed.
While there were Trump supporters among the crowd of dozens lining the road to the club, others were holding up signs mocking the president.
“You’re fired,” read one sign.
“Pack your s--- and go,” read another.
The president’s backers tried to break through. Cars, pickup trucks and an SUV with a large trailer packed with Trump flags were driving back and forth, horns blaring.
“The media lies about everything,” one person said through a loudspeaker.
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Trump was soon on his way back to Washington, where parts of the city had erupted in celebration as the news spread. Trump is deeply unpopular in the nation’s capital, earning just 5 percent of the district’s vote this election, and has barely set foot in the city outside of the White House grounds apart from visiting his namesake hotel.
As Trump’s motorcade got near the White House compound, mostly pro-Biden crowds lined the roads. He would not be making any public speech that day, the White House confirmed a few hours later.
The mood around D.C. upon Trump's return was ebullient. People banged pots and pans. Others leaned out of their cars as they drove around blasting music, including one song with the refrain, “F--- Donald Trump” — echoing the graffiti that has been ubiquitous for four years across D.C.
At the White House, a large crowd of Biden supporters congregated. One person held aloft a boombox, playing Kool & The Gang's “Celebration.”
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