Outgoing US President Donald Trump started his last full day in the office on Tuesday hiding from the public, mulling pardons, with his lowest approval rating ever while President-elect Joe Biden was set to arrive in Washington ahead of an inauguration that his predecessor will skip, reported AFP.

Limited by social media giants, Twitter and Facebook, and boycotted by some of his top aides, the isolated President did not appear in public since his supporters staged a deadly riot at the US Capitol on January 6.

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Trump has yet to publicly congratulate Biden on his win, wish him luck, or invite him for the traditional cup of tea in the Oval Office.

Historically impeached by the US House of Representatives for the second time for playing his role in inciting the Capitol violence, Trump now faces an impeachment trial in the Senate. 

In one of his last acts, before he flies to Florida from Joint Base Andrews on Wednesday morning, the president is expected to issue at least a hundred pardons, according to CNN. Not to forget, he is infamous for his controversial pardons in the past.

As per the reports by The New York Times, Trump’s pardoning list is expected to be a mix of white-collar criminals and people whose cases have been championed by criminal justice activists.

More controversial possible pardons that have been the subject of speculation for months would be for the likes of Edward Snowden, Julian Assange and Trump’s influential advisor Stephen Bannon.

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If Trump gave himself or his family a pardon — something currently not expected, according to latest US media reports — that would likely harden anger among previously fully supportive Republicans in the Senate as they prepare the impeachment trial.

Meanwhile, outside the White House, central Washington has taken on a dystopian look ahead of Biden’s inauguration, swarming with National Guard troops and largely emptied of ordinary people.

COVID-19 restrictions meant the swearing-in ceremony at noon on Wednesday was always due to be sparsely attended.