The head of American diplomacy Mike Pompeo refused Tuesday, November 10 to recognize the victory of Democrat Joe Biden in the presidential election, by promising a "
smooth transition
" to a "
second
" mandate of Donald Trump.
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Asked about the steps taken by the State Department, a key national security ministry, to facilitate the transition with the President-elect's teams, he replied: "
There will be a smooth transition to a second Trump administration.
".
"
We are going to count all the votes,
" he added at a press conference, assuring that leaders around the world were aware that this was a "
legal process
" which "
takes time. time
”.
Many leaders of countries allied with the United States, from France to the United Kingdom, including Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Israel, have congratulated Joe Biden on his election.
But the outgoing Republican president refuses to recognize his defeat and has promised to fight in court to obtain a reversal of the results, without however providing the slightest proof of the
massive
“
frauds
” he denounces.
In the Republican camp, a handful of moderate senators recognized the Democrat's victory, another handful of hawks agreed with Donald Trump, while the majority stress that it is in his right to consider remedies, without however, take over the fraud charges.
Mike Pompeo, one of the ministers most loyal to the billionaire for four years, seems to position himself among the die-hards of the Trumpist camp.