Always the pettiest man in any given room, Donald Trump just couldn’t stomach watching Joe Biden be sworn in as President. Even four years after losing the election, Trump still swears the 2020 race was stolen from him.

For the first time in over 150 years, the outgoing president did not attend the inauguration of the incoming one.

While other presidents have failed to attend the inaugurations of their successors (a long time ago), it was always for some other reason than simple spite. For Trump, it was pure sour grapes. He wanted nothing to do with a peaceful transfer of power.

If he did, how would he continue to pimp his rage-fest among supporters?

That’s not Joe’s plan, according to reporters he spoke to aboard Air Force One on Tuesday. Not that he missed the opportunity to point out that Trump had skipped out on HIS inauguration.

“I have good manners,” Biden said. “Not like him.”

And while it could be that Joe wishes he would be attending an inauguration with him on the stage being sworn in again, he’s recently admitted that there were political reasons for dropping out.

Yes, he was diagnosed with COVID, and yeah, he’s tired and never intended to do this for more than one term anyway. But Democrats were starting to worry about down-ballot races, and Joe listened to their concerns. He took them seriously, and he made the sacrifice to improve Democratic chances of winning not just the White House, but Senate and House seats as well.

Polling has reflected a tremendous swing in favor of the Democrats since the Biden/Harris musical chairs took place. The Democratic Party has seen a massive surge in popularity, buoyed even further after Harris announced her pick for VP, Tim Walz.

It’s somewhat about age, too. Walz could serve 8 years as Vice President, get elected President and serve 8 more, and when he left office in 2041, he’d still be younger than Donald Trump is right now.

And Trump is younger than Joe.

Regardless, most agree that Joe did the right thing in dropping out, and polling for Harris shows it. And everyone will agree when they see him sitting at the inauguration in January of 2025 no matter who’s on the stage that he’s done the right thing again.