Social media took one last chance to have a joke at Donald Trump's expense as he left the White Hous

With a fist in the air, outgoing President Donald Trump boarded Marine One to make a fast exit from the White House - but he could not escape the Twitter burn as neatly. Among the trending hashtags on the day Joe Biden took his oath as the 46th president of the US were #Trumpslastday, #byeDon and the predictable, but for Twitter, deliciously relevant #Trumpyourefired.

Donald Trump has vowed he will be "back in some form" after departing the White House for the final time as president. He told supporters as he prepared to fly to Florida that it had been "a great honour to be your president".

""I wish the new administration great luck and great success. I think they will have great success. "But, as with his farewell video address on Tuesday, he did not mention Mr Biden by name. " "He also paid tribute to his Vice-President Mike Pence, who was not at Andrews, having chosen instead to attend the inauguration ceremony. "

Mr Trump will be the first president not to attend his successor's inauguration since Andrew Johnson snubbed Ulysses S Grant in 1869.

He has never congratulated Joe Biden on victory and had always disputed the result of the presidential election, citing unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud. But White House spokesman Judd Deere told AFP that Mr Trump had left a traditional letter for Mr Biden.