Melania Trump faces criticism for breaking tradition on giving official walkthrough to next First Lady
Melania Trump delivers farewell remarks from the White House
MelaniaTrump is being criticised online forreportedly not invitingfuture First Lady Jill Biden for a walkthrough of the private living quarters, what has become a tradition in transitions of power.
While Melania seems to have discarded the tradition, from Bess Truman and Mamie Eisenhower's meeting to the visit Laura Bush hosted where Jenna and Barbara Bush showed Sasha and Malia Obama how to slide down the bannister in the Residence, to the visit where Michelle Obama invited Melania Trump even after Donald Trump had questioned her husband`s citizenship, the tradition has long been one of the first lady's many unwritten obligations.
Melaniadelivered farewell remarks from the White House on Monday calling on Americans to follow her "be best" initiative and advising that "violence is never the answer."
Neither the First Lady nor President Donald Trump will attend the inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
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Earlier, President Donald Trump also went against the old tradition by not calling his successor President-elect Joe Biden ahead of the inauguration.
According to a report, while Trump will be departing Washington, DC, early on the inauguration day, Vice President Mike Pence will be attending the ceremony.
On January 6, a group of Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol to protest legislators confirming electoral slates from battleground US states they thought were invalid.
Trump had made a speech among thousands of supporters reiterating his claim a massive voter fraud had robbed his election victory and encouraged supporters to maintain support to "stop the steal."