"We all know why Joe Biden is in such a hurry to falsely portray himself as the winner, and why his media allies are helping him: They don't want the truth to come out," said President Donald Trump shortly after the US Choice.
A sentence that was unthinkable four years ago and no one is surprised today.
Nobody is surprised that Donald Trump does not seem to admit defeat to his Democratic challenger Joe Biden.
Nobody in Washington wonders how it can be that Trump is not the size to congratulate his challenger.
"It is what it is," say observers, trying to get a Trump sentence about the corona pandemic.
Eight billion host Juan Moreno talks to Ralf Neukirch, SPIEGEL correspondent in Washington, about the current situation in the USA.
Neukirch explains why the legions of lawyers, who are now gradually catching defeat in court, only act superficially irrational.
With a view to the race in the Senate, the post-election roar can make perfect sense.
The second part of the conversation is about Joe Biden.
Will Joe Biden live up to his reputation as a middle man?
Or will Republicans block practically everything as they did in Obama's second term?
What can and what should the world expect from his presidency?
"One thing is certain for me," states Washington correspondent Ralf Neukirch, "it will be a turbulent four years."
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