Tag: BIDEN
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Brazilian President Bolsonaro dumps Trump, congratulates Biden
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday sent a belated congratulations to United States President-elect Joe Biden. Bolsonaro, along with Russian and Mexican Presidents notably declined to congratulate Biden after his victory was declared on 7 November. The Brazilian leader had hoped that Donald Trump, his political model, would upturn the verdict. But on Monday, the…
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Biden and I can’t promise to end COVID-19 in 100 days – Harris
US Vice President-elect, Kamala Harris says she and president-elect, Joe Biden cannot promise to end COVID-19 in the first 100 days of their administration. But she said they would do everything they could to get this pandemic under control. Harris said the incoming administration’s priorities included ensuring American wear a mask. She added that it…
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US election: Trump lists condition to vacate White House
United States President Donald Trump says he will relinquish power if the Electoral College affirms Democrat Joe Biden’s win but he signals he may never formally concede defeat. The 74-year-old Republican candidate, who lost his re-election bid, also declined to say if he would attend Biden’s inauguration next year, as is the custom for an…
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BREAKING: China’s Jinping congratulates Biden on election win
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday congratulated Joe Biden on his US election victory, state media reported. In his telegram, Xi said both countries should “stick to no conflict or confrontation, mutual respect, (and) the spirit of win-win cooperation” in order to promote the “noble cause” of world peace and development. This comes weeks after…
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BREAKING: Trump bows to pressure, signals commencement of power transition to Biden
After two weeks of grandstanding, U.S. President Donald Trump has finally accepted to allow a transition of power to his potential successor, Joe Biden. In a Monday evening tweet, Trump said he had recommended that the General Services Administration (GSA) “do what needs to be done” in that regard. The president’s tweet came amid reports…
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Biden begs Americans for ‘transition funds’ as Trump refuses to concede, cooperate
President-elect Joe Biden’s team is making a fundraising push for its transition operations as the General Services Administration has yet to ascertain Biden as the election winner — a move that would open up millions of dollars in federal money for the President-elect’s transition work. Here's the deal: Because President Trump refuses to concede and…
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Biden wins in Georgia after recount, calls Trump ‘most irresponsible president in American history’
The recount of ballots in the US state of Georgia offered no electoral redemption for President Donald Trump. President elect Joe Biden has won again and Trump has lost. In a much expected announcement, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said a hand audit of ballots in the state had confirmed Joe Biden as the…
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Biden announces more top White House appointments
President-elect Joe Biden has announced a raft of top White House staff positions, drawing from the senior ranks of his campaign and some of his closest confidants to fill out an increasingly diverse White House leadership team. Biden confirmed that former campaign manager Jen O’Malley Dillon will serve as a deputy chief of staff, while…
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BREAKING: After admitting Biden won, Trump makes U-Turn, declares self winner of US presidential poll
Few hours after admitting his main challenger, Joe Bidden won the election (allegedly by rigging), U.S. President Donald Trump in a new tweet has declared himself the winner of the 3 November election. I WON THE ELECTION! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 16, 2020 “I won the election”, Trump declared in all-caps tweet on…
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JUST IN: Trump finally acknowledges Biden won, no concession speech yet
U.S. President Donald Trump is gradually embracing reality about his 3 November election thrashing by Democrat Joe Biden. In a tweet on Sunday, the outgoing president seemingly acknowledged Biden’s victory, by using the words, ‘he won’. The tweet however embodied his unending sulking that the Democrats rigged him out. “He won because the Election was…