A week after losing the US election, President Donald Trump remained shut up in the White House on Tuesday, pushing an alternate reality that he is about to win and blocking Democrat Joe Biden’s ability to prepare the transition, reports AFP.
“WE WILL WIN!” the Republican president tweeted, adding: “WE ARE MAKING BIG PROGRESS. RESULTS START TO COME IN NEXT WEEK. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
The message referred to Trump’s unprecedented decision for a US president to dispute a lost election, refusing to concede to his opponent and mounting a string of flimsy court challenges in states where Biden won. Several suits have been thrown out almost immediately and the remainder clearly have no chance of overturning Biden’s slim but convincing victories in multiple states.
Meanwhile, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday promised the world a “smooth transition” after US elections but refused to recognize President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, saying Donald trump will remain in power. “There will be a smooth transition to a second trump administration,” Pompeo said in an at times testy news conference when asked about contacts with the Biden team.❐
