![]() Outgoing first lady Michelle Obama greets her successor, Melania Trump, who arrived at the White House with a surprise gift. When Melania Trump arrived with her husband at the White House on Friday morning to meet with their outgoing counterparts, she came with a surprise gift. ![]() It was perhaps the most awkward public exchange of the day. What was that box Melania Trump handed to Michelle Obama outside the White House on Friday morning? Grilled Seven Hills Angus beef with dark chocolate and juniper juice followed and for dessert, guests were served chocolate soufflé and cherry vanilla ice cream. Capitol's Statuary Hall, featured a three-course meal that started with Maine lobster and Gulf shrimp with saffron sauce and peanut crumble. The family will then return to Washington and live in the city for another year while Sasha finishes high school. The Obamas then headed to Palm Springs, California, for a vacation with their teenage daughters, Sasha, 15, and Malia, 18. There, the Obamas addressed well wishers before taking their last trip aboard the presidential aircraft, referred to as Air Force One - but only when the current commander-in-chief is flying. The Trumps walk the Obamas to Marine One at the Capitol Building after the completion of the U.S. The chopper's pilot appeared to give the couple one final turn around the White House before heading to nearby Joint Base Andrews just outside the Washington border in Maryland. Officially back to being civilians, the former president and first lady boarded a helicopter from the U.S. Where did The Obamas take off to once they left the inauguration? New owners also have taken over the Twitter handles which now belongs to Vice President Mike Pence, and which now features a profile picture of Melania Trump. The account itself has only been active for two years, replacing the more broadly named Twitter “As he takes the same oath of office 156 years later, President-elect Trump is humbled to place his hand on Bibles that hold special meaning both to his family and to our country.”Īll the previous tweets posted by Obama were transferred to the newly created which will serve as an archive. “In his first inaugural address, President Lincoln appealed to the ‘better angels of our nature,’” Presidential Inauguration Committee Chairman Tom Barrack Jr. President Donald Trump takes the oath of office as his wife, Melania, holds a set of Bibles. One was his own, a gift from his mother in 1955 just before he turned 9 the other Bible was the one used by Abraham Lincoln in 1861. Why did Trump have more than one Bible during the ceremony?Įarlier this week, then President-elect Trump announced he would use two Bibles to take the oath of office. Still, the day's forecast was enough to convince the National Park Service to alter its list of prohibited items to allow for small umbrellas on the Capitol grounds and along the parade route. While it did sprinkle at times during the ceremony, prompting some in the audience to pull out ponchos or small umbrellas, the rain stayed away for the most part. RELATED: Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Bush share their Inauguration Day Memories
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