Published 12:09 IST, November 17th 2020
As Trump refuses to concede, NSA O’Brien pledges ‘professional transition’ to Biden
Trump’s national security adviser Robert O’Brien on November 16 said that he will ensure a “professional transition” to the team led by Joe Biden.
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US President Donald Trump’s national security viser Robert O’Brien on vember 16 said that he will ensure a “professional transition” to team led by Joe Biden. While speaking at Global Security Forum, O’Biren said that he hopes Trump would turn out to have won a second four-year term, but he ded that he would work with a new ministration heed by Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris. Republican incumbent Trump has insisted that vember 3 election was “rigged” and that he will be declared winner after a series of legal challenged in several battleground states.
However, O’Brien said, “If Biden-Harris ticket is determined to be winner — obviously things look that way w — we’ll have a very professional transition from National Security Council. re’s question about it. y’re going to have very professional folks coming in to take se positions.”
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He ded, “We’ve passed baton and h peaceful, successful transitions even in most contentious periods”.
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Trump refuses to concede; Biden prepares for transition
According to US media projections, Biden has won vember 3 election. However, Trump has repeatedly alleged voter fraud and mounted legal fights in a number of battleground states. Trump claimed he “won” race to White House on vember 16, a day after ackwledging president-elect Joe Biden’s victory earlier. Lambasting media for ‘assuming’ that Biden will descend to US Presidency, Trump said that his side is t even being shown. While Twitter labelled all posts by 45th US President as “disputed”, Trump said that presidential elections “attacked like never before”.
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Meanwhile, 46th President-elect and his aides, on or hand, have emphasised importance of being briefed on White House efforts to control pandemic and distribute prospective vaccines. While Trump is working on its own distribution plan, Biden’s chief of staff indicated that his transition team will proceed with ir own planning separately because of obstruction. As of w, Biden has said that his action plan is to deal with every individual, organisation in country from business to labour, Republicans to Democrats, to try to pull toger a serious and consistent plan so that he is rey on day one with everything from staffing to ultimately naming cabinet members.
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12:10 IST, November 17th 2020