WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he thinks the new administration will have “great success” and claims to have laid the foundation for it.
In making his brief farewell remarks Wednesday morning at Maryland’s Joint Base Andrews, Trump said the new administration has the “foundation to do something really spectacular.”
His comments were made before he boarded Air Force One for a flight to his Florida home.
Trump did not mention President-elect Joe Biden by name during his remarks.
The outgoing president told cheering, chanting supporters he’ll be watching and listening from a distance. He promised he will be back “in some form” and wished the crowd a “good life” before he and his wife boarded the plane.
Trump wanted to be in Florida before Biden becomes president at noon.
Around 8 a.m. Wednesday, Trump departed the White House for the final time as president.
He emerged from the building with first lady Melania and they both strode across the South Lawn to board Marine One. He said, “It’s been a great honor, the honor of a lifetime.”
