Donald Trump continues to fight against his election defeat.
All defense ministers still alive have now called on the president to recognize the result.
On January
6th,
the official
result of the US election will be announced
in Congress.
Joe Biden
is
sworn in
as the new
US President
on
January 20th
.
Several
Republican senators
have announced their
opposition
to Biden's appointment as Donald Trump's successor.
Washington DC -
Donald Trump
will not be deterred.
Against all odds, the president is sticking to his resistance to the results of the US election, even though his case has
failed a
dozen times before
American courts
.
Many politicians and experts fear that
Donald Trump
could instrumentalize
the
US military
for his own purposes.
That is why all
ex-defense foreign ministers
still alive have now
turned
to the outgoing
US president
with an urgent appeal
.
Donald Trump: Ex-Defense Secretary Clearly Warn US Presidents - "This Time Is Over"
In
an
opinion article
in the
Washington Post,
ten former US defense ministers
appealed
to
Trump
to recognize the result of the
2020 US election
and warned that the
US military should not play a role in the outcome of the election
.
The signatories include Ashton Carter, Dick Cheney, William Cohen, Robert Gates, Chuck Hagel, Leon Panetta, William Perry, Donald Rumsfeld - as well as James Mattis and Mark Esper.
Mattis
and
Esper
both headed
the Department of Defense
under
Trump
.
In the article,
Defense Ministers
stressed
that
Trump had
exhausted
his options to challenge the outcome
.
The US President must now give in.
“
Our elections took place.
The results were
recounted and checked
.
Motions contesting the election result were examined by the courts.
The governors have confirmed the results.
And the electoral council voted.
The time to question the outcome is over
. ”In addition, they warned that efforts to
involve
the
US armed forces
in solving electoral disputes could lead the US“ into
dangerous, unlawful and unconstitutional territory
”
Senior military officials such as
US Chief of Staff
Mark Milley
have
emphasized
the
neutrality of
the US armed forces
in the past
.
In August
Milley
stated,
“If there is a dispute over any aspect of the election, the law requires the US courts and Congress to resolve all disputes,
not the US military
.
I do
n't
see
any role
for the
US armed forces in this process.
"
After losing the US election: Trump and supporters are sticking to their course
Many in the
US
apparently fear that
Donald Trump
could
stay in power
through
unconstitutional means
.
A recently by the
Washington Post
published
telephone conversation
between
Donald Trump
and the returning officer of
Georgia
,
Brad Raffensperger
,
made that clear recently.
In the
hour-long conversation
,
Trump
exerted
massive pressure and asked the
election officer
to
recount
the votes
in his favor
.
On
January 6
are
Republicans
and
Democrats
to come together in Congress and officially the election of
Joe Biden
to confirm.
Actually, this is a
purely formal matter
.
The votes of the electorate are counted and the election result officially confirmed.
However, a group of
eleven senators
around
Ted Cruz
announced
in advance
that they would object to the election result.
At the meeting on Wednesday they want to
call for
a
commission of inquiry to be set up
.
This is to carry out a ten-day check of the
election results
.
Leading Republicans like Senate Majority
Leader Mitch McConnell
have called on their party friends to
recognize
Donald Trump's
defeat
and to validate the electoral vote.
Even before this date, on Tuesday (January 5th), all eyes will be on Georgia: There a runoff election will determine the future majority in the Senate.
(
phf
)
