Moving from one US government to the next is a feat.
Trump's administration is currently blocking many processes.
Some Republicans don't like that at all.
More and more Republicans are demanding that
Joe Biden's *
new team take
the necessary steps to
ensure a smooth change of government.
Donald Trump
continues to refuse to admit defeat.
In the area of
national security in
particular, the
Republicans have
an interest in ensuring that there is an orderly handover.
Washington, DC - A growing number of Republican politicians are calling for the
White House
to provide
intelligence briefings to
newly elected President
Joe Biden
.
Influential Senator Lindsey Graham told
CNN
on
Thursday
when
asked if Biden
should get
the
briefings
, "Yes, I think he should."
According to the media, Senators Chuck Grassley, James Lankford and John Thune made similar statements.
The comments could indicate that there among the
Republicans *
there is more and more acceptance for Biden’s election victory.
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine named Biden "President-Elect" for the first time on Thursday.
So far, Biden has been
denied
the legally required support for an orderly transfer of office ("transition") from
Donald Trump's *
government
.
Joe Biden: Acting US President still refuses to acknowledge his defeat
The Republican US President Trump has so far refused to
admit
his
defeat
and presents himself as a victim of fraud without evidence.
For
example, he wrote
on
Friday morning: "Biden did not win."
These states in question should immediately be put in the Trump Win column.
Biden did not win, he lost by a lot!
pic.twitter.com/ywiw6sPicI https://t.co/C1g9LZpMah
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 13, 2020
Leading politicians of his party supported him outwardly.
Observers also see this as a
move
not to turn
their own
electorate
against them and
to keep them motivated
for the immensely important
runoff elections
for crucial Senate seats in Georgia * at the beginning of January.
But especially in the area of
national security
, the Republicans also have an interest in ensuring that there is an orderly handover and that Biden is fully capable of acting from day one in office.
According to media reports, the
White House * is
putting obstacles in the way of Biden's handover in other areas as well.
So he can
not accept
a whole stack of
congratulatory telegrams
.
In the
US State Department
there was mail addressed to Biden by foreign heads of state and government, but he was denied access to it, reported several TV stations, citing department officials.
Congratulations for the newly elected President: Secretary of State does not support Joe Biden
Biden's team had to take
calls with congratulations on his election victory, including from Chancellor
Angela Merkel
, without the support of the Foreign Office with logistics and translation.
Traditionally, the elected US President is supported in all
communications
by the US State Department, which is why numerous countries have sent their congratulatory telegrams there since the weekend.
Trump's chief diplomat
Mike Pompeo
has not yet recognized Biden's victory either.
Instead, he spoke of a "smooth transition to a second Trump administration".
Because of the resistance, Biden's team is missing millions of US dollars and access to all ministries and authorities to prepare the
transition
there
.
After the 2020 US election: US authorities reject Donald Trump's rumors
Several
US authorities
have also rejected rumors spread by President Donald Trump that the presidential election
had been manipulated
through the use of
computer software
.
"There is no evidence that a voting system deleted or changed votes - or was compromised in any way," said a statement on Thursday issued by representatives of the
Department
of Homeland Security's
cybersecurity agency
and the associations
of state
election officers
has been.
Trump had previously referred to claims on Twitter that Dominion software had given him 435,000 votes cast in several states to his ultimately victorious challenger
Joe Biden
.
The company and
electoral authorities
have already rejected this.
For Joe Biden there is also another piece of news:
CNN
and other major US TV stations announced late Thursday evening (local time) based on the current vote counts that the US state of
Arizona would
also go to the Democrats.
Biden has now reached
290 voters
, 270 voters were enough for him to win.
Trump currently has 217 voters behind him after he also won
Alaska
.
North Carolina and Georgia are still open.
Despite the difficulty, Joe Biden is already getting down to work and introducing a first
personality
.
The newly elected president described the
fact that Trump does not admit his defeat and
does not recognize
the outcome of the
US election
as "embarrassment".
(dpa / cibo) * Merkur.de is part of the Ippen digital network.