'Welcome home': Trump supporters line street near Mar-a-Lago

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US President Donald Trump supporters wait for the motorcade to pass by on their way to Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, on January 20, 2021. (Photo by Eva Marie UZCATEGUI / AFP) (Photo by EVA MARIE UZCATEGUI/AFP via Getty Images)

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. - President Donald Trump will live in Florida after leaving the White House for the last time during his presidency on Wednesday.

The President left the nation's capital on Wednesday morning ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden. He is the first president to skip his successor’s inauguration in more than a century. Andrew Johnson, the first president to be impeached, skipped the inauguration of Ulysses S. Grant in 1869.

Accompanied by first lady Melania Trump, the president departed the White House shortly after 8 a.m. ET. He told the press pool waiting by the White House lawn that being president has been the honor of his lifetime.

The Trumps waved as they boarded Marine One for the final time and took a flight over the capital city that is already staged for Wednesday’s inauguration.

They landed at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, where Air Force One was waiting to carry them to Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida.

Four U.S. Army cannons greeted the Trumps with a 21-gun salute before Trump delivered final remarks to a small batch of supporters.

President Trump is expected to live at his Mar-a-Lago resort in South Florida now, moving as Biden is inaugurated. Moving trucks were spotted there on Monday.

Moving vans spotted at Mar-A-Lago resort

The video was shared with FOX 35 by WPTV.

Waiting for him in Mar-a-Lago was a line of supporters, holding signs like "welcome home" and "Pres Trump won."

US President Donald Trump supporters paint signs as they wait for the motorcade to pass by on their way to Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, on January 20, 2021. (Photo by Eva Marie UZCATEGUI / AFP) (Photo by EVA MARIE UZCATEGUI/AFP via Getty Images

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