19 days.
This is the time that will have elapsed between the announcement of Joe Biden's victory in the US presidential election on November 7 and the announcement by Donald Trump that he would consent to leave his post.
Only and only if the big voters validate the election of the Democrat on December 14.
“Of course I will.
And you know it, ”he replied Thursday to reporters, after presenting his wishes to the armed forces for Thanksgiving.
But is it really new?
"He is faced with a fait accompli because he is obliged to admit what is put on the table, but he always coats this by saying that he has not lost", points out the political scientist Jean-Eric Branaa, lecturer at the University of Paris-II.
The one who has occupied the White House since 2016 and until January continues to insist that he is a victim of fraud.
"I won", he still bubbled over on Twitter Thursday night, accusing the media of broadcasting "fake news".
I gave a long news conference today after wishing the military a Happy Thanksgiving, & realized once again that the Fake News Media coordinates so that the real message of such a conference never gets out.
Primary point made was that the 2020 Election was RIGGED, and that I WON!
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 27, 2020
Go back.
In the days following the announcement of his defeat, Donald Trump seems to wall himself into denial, multiplying angry messages on Twitter to challenge his announced defeat.
"Georgia will be a great presidential victory," he said on November 9.
" We will win!
»He adds the next day, in all caps, on the social network which displays warning messages on his tweets.
" Time will tell us "
On November 13, he finally released a more cryptic message.
“Who knows what the administration will be [in January]?
Time will tell, ”he declared at a press conference devoted to the vaccine against Covid-19, for his first public appearance since the announcement of his defeat.
If he does not provide more details on his thinking that day, he seems to be back pedaling very quickly.
“He won because the election was rigged,” he tweeted two days later, referring to his Democratic opponent, Joe Biden.
He only won in the eyes of the FAKE NEWS MEDIA.
I concede NOTHING!
We have a long way to go.
This was a RIGGED ELECTION!
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 15, 2020
As the days go by and these procrastinations, the vote recounts take place and the legal actions filed by the Trump camp are examined one by one.
All confirm the absence of fraud likely to call into question the result.
After Georgia, the state of Michigan in turn certifies the victory of Joe Biden on November 23.
"For Trump, there are now two solutions: do an about-face immediately and unblock the public transition or else continue to claim to have won until December 14, without any real recourse, at the risk of total marginalization," said L historian Corentin Sellin via Twitter.
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Thing done a few hours later.
Trump announces that he is recommending to Emily Murphy, the boss of the General Service Administration (GSA), to "do what is necessary with regard to the first protocols".
He thus gives the green light at the start of the official transition period.
Joe Biden's team hails in the wake of a step "allowing a peaceful transfer of power".
Biden's victory widely recognized by Americans
This Thursday, however, Trump indicated that he would "happen a lot of things by January 20", suggesting, against all evidence, that the results could still evolve.
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“His line is never to give in, no matter what.
Even if the council of the grand voters elects Joe Biden, he will continue to say that he was stolen the election, which will totally satisfy his electorate who will only wait for that, ”points out Jean-Eric Branaa.
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Or at least the most “radical” fringe of his electorate, since a large majority of Americans, going beyond Republican sympathizers, now consider that he has lost.
As early as November 10, an Ipsos poll for Reuters learned that 80% of citizens polled, half Republicans, recognized Joe Biden as President-elect.
And Jean-Eric Branaa concludes: “I think it has increased a bit, there is a side
We move on
.
But there will always be just under 20% of people who believe Trump won and the system is rotten.
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