Timeline of the Donald Trump presidency (2020 Q4–January 2021)

The following is a timeline of the presidency of Donald Trump during the fourth quarter of 2020 and into January 20, 2021, when Trump left. To navigate quarters, see Timeline of the Donald Trump presidency.

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Overview

President Trump faced the ongoing presidential election, participated in the final presidential debate, and tackling the ongoing coronavirus pandemic by extending the nationwide Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines throughout the month of October.

October 2020
See also: White House COVID-19 outbreak
Date Events Photos/Videos

Week 193

Thursday, October 1
  • Hope Hicks, senior counselor to President Trump, tests positive for coronavirus. She traveled with President Trump to the debate in Cleveland on September 29 and to a rally in Minnesota on September 30.[1] Although some White House officials were aware of her diagnosis in the morning, "Trump still took a trip to New Jersey for a fundraiser, and press secretary Kayleigh McEnany still held a news briefing at the White House."[2]
Friday, October 2
President Trump departs the White House for COVID-19 treatment
Saturday, October 3
  • Nick Luna, one of President Trump's closest personal attendants in the White House, tests positive for coronavirus.[6]
  • Senators Thom Tillis, Mike Lee and Ron Johnson all test positive for coronavirus. As a result, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell halts all Senate floor action for two weeks.[7]
President Trump works in the Presidential Suite at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
Sunday, October 4
  • After President Trump rides in a motorcade around Walter Reed Medical Center, a physician at the hospital says that every Secret Service agent inside the vehicle will have to quarantine for 14 days.[8][9]
President Trump in a motorcade near Walter Reed Medical Center

Week 194

Monday, October 5
  • White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany announces she has coronavirus and will quarantine. Two of her deputies also test positive.[10]
  • President Trump is discharged from the hospital and returns to the White House in the evening.[11]
President Trump gives "thumbs up" greeting from the White House balcony
Tuesday, October 6
  • Stephen Miller, senior political advisor to the president, tests positive for the coronavirus.[12]
Wednesday, October 7
Thursday, October 8
  • President Trump, having suddenly announced two days ago that he was ending negotiations with lawmakers regarding a new economic stimulus package,[14] now says the talks are back on.[15]
Friday, October 9
  • The Commission on Presidential Debates cancels the October 15 scheduled debate between the president and Joe Biden. President Trump had refused to participate virtually. The third and final debate remains scheduled for October 22.[16]
Saturday, October 10
  • President Trump holds a rally on the South Lawn of the White House. Attendees' travel and lodging was paid for by Candace Owens' group BLEXIT, which encourages Black Americans to leave the Democratic Party.[17]
President Trump on the South Lawn of the White House
Sunday, October 11

Week 195

Monday, October 12
Tuesday, October 13
Wednesday, October 14
Thursday, October 15
  • President Trump addresses a crowd of supporters at a campaign rally in Greenville, North Carolina.[21]
  • President Trump participates in a town-hall meeting style event with undecided Florida voters instead of a planned second presidential debate, which was cancelled after Trump refused to participate in a virtual event.[22]
Friday, October 16
  • The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) rejects California's request for federal aid for the on-going forest fires. A FEMA spokesperson remarked that the damage was "...not of such severity and magnitude to exceed the combined capabilities of the state, affected local governments, voluntary agencies and other responding federal agencies."[23]
  • President Trump addresses a crowd of supporters at two campaign rallies: Ocala, Florida and Macon, Georgia.[24][25]
Saturday, October 17
Sunday, October 18

Week 196

Monday, October 19
  • President Trump addresses a crowd of supporters at two campaign rallies in Arizona: Prescott and Tucson.[30]
Tuesday, October 20
Wednesday, October 21
Thursday, October 22
Friday, October 23
  • The Trump Administration brokers a peace agreement between Sudan and Israel, the third agreement between Israel and an Arab-Muslim nation in less than three months.[32]
  • President Trump addresses a crowd of supporters at two campaign rallies in Florida: The Villages and Pensacola.[33]
Supporters at the Trump campaign stop in The Villages, Florida.
Saturday, October 24
Sunday, October 25
  • CBS aired President Trump and Vice President Pence's interview for its news show 60 Minutes which was filmed earlier in the week. President Trump was perturbed at host Lesley Stahl asking "hard questions" and complained that former Vice President Biden had received "softball questions". Trump then walked off the set.
  • President Trump addresses a crowd of supporters at a campaign rally in Manchester, New Hampshire.

Week 197

Monday, October 26
Tuesday, October 27
  • Amy Coney Barrett takes the final judicial oath with Chief Justice John Roberts at the Supreme Court of the United States thereby officially starting her tenure as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.[36]
  • President Trump addresses a crowd of supporters at three campaign rallies: Lansing, Michigan; West Salem, Wisconsin; and Omaha, Nebraska.
Wednesday, October 28
  • President Trump addresses a crowd of supporters at two campaign rallies in Arizona: Bullhead City and Goodyear.
Thursday, October 29
  • President Trump addresses a crowd of supporters at a campaign rally in Tampa, Florida.
Friday, October 30
Saturday, October 31

November 2020
Date Events Photos/Videos

Week 197

Sunday, November 1

Week 198

Monday, November 2
Tuesday, November 3
  • The 2020 United States presidential election is held. The interim results show President Trump carries 23 states and 213 electoral votes compared to former Vice President Joe Biden, who carries 20 states and leads 238 electoral votes. However, no winner is declared on election night with seven states still have not completed their vote counting. These states still being counted are Alaska, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.[43]
Wednesday, November 4
  • Despite the lack of a clear winner, President Trump declares victory at approximately 2:00 a.m., claiming concerns about fraud and mail-in ballots. He states his intention to request that the Supreme Court prevent any more ballots from being counted.[44][45]
  • Former Vice President Joe Biden had secured 264 electoral votes by winning Michigan and Wisconsin compared to President Trump's 214 electoral votes. However, a projected winner of the election is still yet to be called with five states have not completed their vote counting. These states still being counted are Alaska, Georgia, Nevada, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.[43]
Thursday, November 5
  • President Trump holds a press conference in the White House. His opening statement is, "If you count the legal votes I easily win. If you count the illegal votes, they can try to steal the election from us." He continued, displaying misinterpretation of the Constitution, the role of the Supreme Court and the rule of law regarding the counting of votes. He did not take questions.[46]
Friday, November 6
  • Former Vice President Joe Biden overtakes President Trump's leads in Pennsylvania and Georgia further jeopardizing the presidents re-election chances. A projected winner of the election was still yet to be called.[43]
  • President Trump joins Biden as the second presidential candidate to reach 70 million votes in a United States presidential election and reaches second place in highest number of votes in any election so far compared to Biden's current count of 74 million votes.[43]
Saturday, November 7
  • Former Vice President Joe Biden becomes president-elect after he had secured 290 electoral votes by winning Nevada and Pennsylvania, which he had reached over the required electoral votes of 270. However, President Trump refuses to concede defeat.[47]
Sunday, November 8
  • The interim results show President Trump carries 23 states and 214 electoral votes compared to President-elect Joe Biden, who carries 24 states and leads 290 electoral votes. Three states still being counted are Alaska, Georgia and North Carolina.[43]

Week 199

Monday, November 9
  • President Trump announces on Twitter that Secretary of Defense Mark Esper is fired and that Christopher C. Miller, Director of the National Counterterrorism, is nominated to replace him.[48][49][50]
  • Alaska, Georgia and North Carolina still yet to be called. President Trump's lead in Alaska and North Carolina is maintained and President-elect Joe Biden still leads in Georgia.[43]
Tuesday, November 10
  • Secretary of State Mike Pompeo denied President-elect Joe Biden's success in the recent 2020 presidential election, declaring that "there will be a smooth transition to a second Trump administration." [51]
Wednesday, November 11
  • In his first public appearance in six days, President Trump performs a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arlington National Cemetery commemorating Veterans Day. He did not speak at the event.[52]
  • President Trump is projected to win Alaska and its 3 electoral votes putting his projected total to 217. Georgia and North Carolina are still yet to be called.[53][43]
President Trump at Arlington National Cemetery
Thursday, November 12
  • The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, part of the Department of Homeland Security, reports that the 2020 presidential election was "the most secure in American history". The election officials also said they found "no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes or was in any way compromised".[54]
Friday, November 13
  • President Trump is projected to win North Carolina and its 15 electoral votes putting his projected total to 232. Only Georgia is still yet to be called with President-elect Joe Biden is currently in the lead.[55][43]
Saturday, November 14
Sunday, November 15

Week 200

Monday, November 16
Tuesday, November 17
Wednesday, November 18
  • Matthew Travis, Deputy Director of CISA, resigns.[59]
Thursday, November 19
  • After the Georgia recount is completed, President-elect Joe Biden is projected to win Georgia and its 16 electoral votes putting the total projected electoral votes to 306 for Biden and 232 for Trump. All states have now been called within 16 days after the election.[60]
Friday, November 20
  • President Trump briefly participates in the virtual APEC summit in Malaysia, his first appearance at the APEC summit since 2017.[61]
  • President Trump meets with two Republican legislative leaders from Michigan at the White House to discuss the possibility that the Michigan board of canvassers could choose to not to certify the election results. The state legislatures would then appoint different electors who would possibly overturn the will of the voters. However, the lawmakers reaffirmed that they would honor the results of the election in Michigan and stated that there is no reason to overturn the results.[62]
Saturday, November 21
  • President Trump briefly participates in the virtual G20 summit in Riyadh in what will likely be his last G20 summit meeting with world leaders before handing powers to Joe Biden on January 20, 2021.[63][64]
Sunday, November 22

Week 201

Monday, November 23
Tuesday, November 24
Wednesday, November 25
Thursday, November 26
  • President Trump admits that he will leave office if the electoral college votes for Joe Biden, adding it would be a mistake "and a very hard thing to concede".[72]
Friday, November 27
Saturday, November 28
Sunday, November 29

Week 202

Monday, November 30

December 2020
Date Events Photos/Videos

Week 202

Tuesday, December 1
Wednesday, December 2
  • President Trump uploads a 46-minute speech on his claims of alleged voter fraud to his social media platforms titled "This may be the most important speech I've ever made....".[75][76]
Thursday, December 3
President Trump awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Lou Holtz
Friday, December 4
  • President Trump signs the Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act, a law that would criminalize doping schemes.[78]
Saturday, December 5
Sunday, December 6

Week 203

Monday, December 7
President Trump awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Dan Gable
Tuesday, December 8
President Trump at the Operation Warp Speed Vaccine Summit
Wednesday, December 9
  • Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton files an amicus brief with the Supreme Court asking to block four states — Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Georgia — from casting electoral votes for President-elect Joe Biden.
  • President Trump hosts the annual White House Hanukkah Party and in a speech to guests claims he will be re-elected, despite losing the election, if the Supreme Court "[has] courage".[84]
Thursday, December 10
  • The Trump Administration brokers a normalization agreement between Morocco and Israel, the fourth agreement between Israel and an Arab nation since August. The White House said the U.S. would recognize Morocco's claim over Western Sahara as part of the deal.[85]
  • The third (No portrait was taken for 2019) and final official White House Christmas portrait of the Trump administration is taken on the Grand Staircase by White House photographer Andrea Hanks. It is not released publicly until December 18, 2020.[86]
Friday, December 11
  • President Trump acknowledges that there will be a Biden administration, admitting that he lost the election. He also called for the Supreme Court to follow the Constitution and "do what has to be done".[87]
  • President Trump signs a one-week spending bill to avoid a government shutdown.[88]
  • The Supreme Court declines to hear the Paxton lawsuit (seeking to overturn the 2020 presidential election) stating that the State of Texas did not have legal standing to bring the case before the Court.[89]
Saturday, December 12
  • President Trump takes part in the coin toss for his last Army–Navy Game as commander-in-chief.[90]
President Trump participates in the Army-Navy Game, his last as commander-in-chief.
Sunday, December 13

Week 204

Monday, December 14
  • All 538 electors for the electoral college met to cast their votes and finalize the 2020 election results. Both candidates received their projected counts of 306 for Biden and 232 for Trump without faithless electors.[91]
  • President Trump announces that Bill Barr will resign as United States Attorney General on December 23.[92]
Tuesday, December 15
  • Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell congratulates Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, accepting the results of the 2020 election in another blow to President Trump's attempt to delegitimise the election results, saying, "Many of us had hoped the presidential election would yield a different result" and that "all Americans can take pride that our nation has a female vice president-elect for the very first time".[93]
Wednesday, December 16
Thursday, December 17
Friday, December 18
  • Vice President Mike Pence, Second Lady Karen Pence and Surgeon General Jerome Adams all receive the Pfizer/BioNTech Coronavirus vaccine in a televised White House event with VP Pence becoming the most senior figure in the U.S. so far to receive the vaccine.[95]
  • The Trump administration announces they will close the remaining two U.S. consulates in Russia following a suspected cyberattack on government agencies.[96]
  • First Lady Melania Trump releases the third (no portrait was taken for 2019) and final official White House Christmas portrait of the Trump administration taken by White House photographer Andrea Hanks on December 10, 2020.[86]
Saturday, December 19
Sunday, December 20

Week 205

Monday, December 21
Tuesday, December 22
  • President Trump announces that he may not sign the $900B COVID-19 relief bill, which was passed by both the House and Senate. He also calls for Congress to amend the bill and increase the stimulus amount from $600 to $2,000.[99]
  • President Trump grants 20 high-profile pardons. Among them are 4 Blackwater guards convicted of 17 murders in 2007, 2 Border Patrol agents in prison for murder and several corrupt former politicians.[100]
Wednesday, December 23
Thursday, December 24
  • Jeff Rosen takes over as attorney general following William Barr's departure the previous day.[105][106]
Friday, December 25
  • President Trump celebrates the fourth and final Christmas of his administration at Mar-a-Lago.[107]
Saturday, December 26
Sunday, December 27
  • Despite previously calling the $900 billion COVID-19 relief package "a disgrace", President Trump signs the bill, averting a government shutdown.[108][109]
President Trump signs the Consolidated Appropriations Act

Week 206

Monday, December 28
Tuesday, December 29
Wednesday, December 30
Thursday, December 31

January 2021
Date Events Photos/Videos

Week 206

Friday, January 1
Saturday, January 2
Sunday, January 3
  • A phone call between President Trump and Georgia Secretary of State, Brad Raffensperger is leaked showing Trump telling him the election was a fraud and demanding he find "11,780 votes, which is one more than we have." Raffensperger responds that the election results were correct and that Trump's data is wrong. Trump continued to claim voter fraud and said Raffensperger would be a "criminal" if he did not change the election results.[114][115]

Week 207

Monday, January 4
President Trump awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Devin Nunes
Tuesday, January 5
Wednesday, January 6
  • President Trump holds a rally in Washington DC to decry the certification of Joe Biden as the victor in the November election. He also calls on Vice President Mike Pence to reject the electoral votes, even though the Vice President does not hold such legal power.[121]
  • The U.S. Capitol building is evacuated during the Electoral College results certification process after seditionists and insurrectionists broke the security barrier and stormed the building. Both Houses of Congress recess the Electoral College debate after the mob forced a lockdown of the building. Vice President Mike Pence was evacuated.
  • Democrat Jon Ossoff is declared winner of the final Senate runoff election defeating Republican David Perdue giving Republicans and the Democrat caucus a 50/50 split in the Senate during the first 2 years of the Biden administration with the tie-breaking vote going to Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.[122]
Trump supporters rally at the Save America March
Thursday, January 7
  • Vice President Mike Pence declares President-elect Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 presidential election after certification of the electoral votes resumed in a joint session of Congress.[123]
  • As a result of yesterday's Capitol Hill breach, President Trump was suspended from Facebook and Instagram until after Joe Biden's Inauguration for allegedly inciting the riot.[124] He was also suspended from Twitter for 24 hours, with the suspension only being lifted if he deleted three Tweets that Twitter say violated their terms of service because they used the platform “for the purpose of manipulating or interfering in elections or other civic processes".[125]
  • White House Deputy Chief of Staff Chris Liddell orders all Trump administration staff to resign by January 20 as a step to clear the way for Biden to fill the government with his own staff.[126]
  • House Speaker Nancy Pelosi calls for President Trump to be removed from office by way of the 25th Amendment over his involvement in the storming of Capitol Hill and states impeachment proceedings will be started should this not happen.[127]
  • For the first time, President Trump condemns the attack on the United States Capitol and concedes the race to President-elect Biden. He also says that his focus is to ensure a smooth transition of power to the "next administration".[128][129][130]
Friday, January 8
  • President Trump announces he will not be attending Joe Biden's inauguration making him the first outgoing President not to attend his successor's inauguration since the 1974 Inauguration of Gerald Ford.[131]
  • President-elect Joe Biden calls President Trump's decision not to attend his inauguration "One of the few things he and I have ever agreed on. It's a good thing, him not showing up."[132]
  • President Trump's personal Twitter account @realDonaldTrump is permanently suspended with Twitter citing "risk of further incitement of violence" following the storming of Capitol Hill which Twitter allege Trump incited.[133][134]
Saturday, January 9
Sunday, January 10

Week 208

Monday, January 11
Tuesday, January 12
  • President Trump travels to Alamo, Texas, near the U.S.–Mexico border to examine progress on the US–Mexico border wall and meets with Border Patrol personnel.[145][146]
  • Alex Azar announces that HHS will make changes to their vaccine distributions in an effort to speed up the rollout by encouraging states to open vaccination sites to all persons older than 65,[147] however at the time the announcement was made, stockpiles were already exhausted.[148]
  • President Trump speaks publicly for the first time since his permanent Twitter ban and articles of Impeachment being drawn against him calling it a "continuation of the greatest witch hunt in political history" when speaking to reporters.
  • During his speech at Alamo, President Trump asserted the 25th Amendment is of "zero risk" to him and claimed it will "come back to haunt the Biden administration" adding "be careful what you wish for".[149]
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President Trump with a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer
Wednesday, January 13
  • President Trump releases a statement calling for "no violence" in wakes of reports of planned armed demonstrations ahead of Biden's inauguration.[151]
  • President Trump becomes the first president in U.S. history to be impeached twice after the House of Representatives voted yes to impeach Trump on the charge of "Incitement of insurrection". 222 Democrats and 10 Republicans voted yea while 197 Republicans voted nay with 4 Republicans not voting. He now faces trial at the Senate which will not take place until after his term has expired.[152]
Thursday, January 14
Friday, January 15
Saturday, January 16
Sunday, January 17
  • Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accuses Iran of actively supporting Al Qaeda, saying the country now serves as a "home base" for the terror group and provides operatives with travel documents and logistical support.[158]

Week 209

Monday, January 18
Tuesday, January 19
  • President Trump delivers his farewell address from the White House. He talks about the accomplishments of his term as president and wishes good luck to the upcoming administration.[162]
  • The Trump administration declares that China has committed genocide against Uyghur Muslims and other ethnic minority groups.[163][164][165]
  • Acting Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Ken Cuccinelli signs an agreement with the union representing ICE agents that essentially hands control of immigration policy to the union.[166]
Wednesday, January 20
  • President Trump grants pardons to 73 individuals and commutes the sentence for 70 others prior to finishing his term.[167]
  • President Trump finishes his term in office and vacates the White House. A farewell ceremony is held at Joint Base Andrews after which he and his wife depart aboard Air Force One.[168]
  • President Trump arrives at the Palm Beach International Airport and heads to Mar-a-Lago.[169]
  • Vice President Mike Pence departs Washington, D.C. to return to Indiana.[170]
  • Joe Biden is inaugurated the 46th president at noon EST. President Trump did not attend the ceremony and begins his post-presidency.[171]

See also

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U.S. presidential administration timelines
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Trump presidency (2020 Q3)		 Trump presidency (2020 Q4 – January 2021) Succeeded by
Biden presidency (2021 Q1)
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