The USA has elected a new president.
Donald Trump does not want to recognize Joe Biden's victory.
What does he do after the election?
Update from November 8, 4.35 a.m.:
After the first two
tweets
, the feed of incumbent President
Donald Trump
has become quiet.
That's why his son Donald Jr.
very active for hours and retweeted unsubstantiated allegations of election fraud.
He also insulted a journalist as a "clown".
Donald Trump makes false claims again - he does not recognize defeat
Update from November 8, 1:06 a.m.:
After
returning to the White House
, Donald Trump
falsely declared
himself
the election winner
on
and made allegations of election fraud, which he did not substantiate with evidence.
There
should be no
official statement
, at least as planned, on Saturday (local time).
So far, he does not acknowledge
his
defeat
, and so far there should not have been
an invitation for Joe Biden to the White House
.
The incumbent president usually greets his successor there.
However, thanks to his time as Vice President under Obama, Biden should be very familiar with the premises of the White House.
2020 US election: After losing the election - Trump returns to the White House
First report from November 7th:
Washington DC / (USA) - Saturday morning, Saturday afternoon in the USA:
Joe Biden
*
is proclaimed the winner of the 2020 US election by numerous media.
Thousands of people flock to the streets celebrating Joe Biden and Kamala Harris' victory.
But one person remains silent - and that is the incumbent US President
Donald Trump
*
.
Immediately after the US broadcaster CNN announced his defeat,
Trump
* held
a press conference.
His lawyer Rudy Giualiani, the former mayor of New York, repeated the allegations of fraud against the
Democrats
*
.
He himself was on the golf course.
There he was spotted taking selfies with a bridal couple - as if nothing had happened.
US election 2020: what is Donald Trump's strategy?
He returned to the White House in silence, only waved briefly to the cameras:
President Trump returns to the White House on Saturday after Joe Biden was declared to be the winner of the 2020 presidential election.
📸 Carlos Barria / Reuters pic.twitter.com/uuAloRWnWc
- NBC News (@NBCNews) November 7, 2020
Observers suspect that the immediate environment was already influencing
Donald Trump
here
.
Only in the past few days had he had an emotional outburst and there were increasing signs that he did not want to accept the impending defeat.
His lawyers also seem to be working to ensure that the counting of votes is counted differently.
Trump had already announced that he
wanted to go to
the
Surpreme Court
.
His lawyers have already filed lawsuits in several states.
After the 2020 US election: Will Donald Trump hold the traditional “concession speech”?
Since 1896 it has been a tradition in the USA for the losing candidate to congratulate his opponent on his victory and, by admitting defeat, clear the way for the next term of office.
So far there is nothing to indicate that
Trump will
also
follow
this tradition of
concession speech
.
If his supporters stay with the fraud allegations, it should
not be easy
for
Joe Biden
and
Kamala Harris *
.
Will
Trump
*
cling to his power, possibly even paving the way for a possible successor?
Does he also pursue very personal interests by holding on to his office - because otherwise he is threatened with severe private cuts?
In the evening when CNN announced Biden's victory, anything seems possible - even that he quietly withdraws and leaves the next 70 days largely to his advisors.
(kat)
* Merkur.de is part of the Germany-wide Ippen-Digital editors network.