Instead, in the early hours of Thursday morning, the leader of the free world took to social media to share a post criticising the response of … Wales.
Now, political leaders and campaigners in the land of the dragon have hit back.
Mr Trump retweeted Fox News presenter Laura Ingraham, who, alongside a story about a potential winter of rolling lockdowns initiated by Cardiff, had written: “Your future under Biden”.
But people here were quick to point out that, actually, such a future may not be considered such a bad thing by many Americans.
“Like quite a lot of people I’m actually surprised that Donald Trump has even heard of Wales – and I’d be even more surprised if he has a detailed grasp of the situation here.
“If Donald Trump and Fox News are now criticising Wales then clearly Wales is doing something right,” Adam Price, leader of Plaid Cymru, told The Independent.
“I look forward to welcoming Joe Biden to Wales as the next president of the United States,” he added. »