The day after Donald Trump’s victory, outgoing President Joe Biden launched a call on Thursday to “lower” political tensions, while reminding his supporters that “setbacks are inevitable, but abandonment is unacceptable.”
From the White House Rose Garden, the 81-year-old outgoing president pledged to ensure a transition peaceful and orderly
with the Republican administration of President-elect Donald Trump.
Joe Biden left his place in July for his vice-president to represent the Democrats in the presidential election. President Biden praised Thursday authentic personality
and the righteousness of Kamala Harris, who made a whole-hearted effort
during the inspiring campaign
which she led.
She and her team can be proud of their campaign.
In democracy, the people vote and choose
said Joe Biden, according to whom the United States electoral system is fair, transparent and trustworthy
.
For Joe Biden, electoral campaigns are contests in which opposing visions clash
. And from one electoral exercise to another, setbacks are inevitable
he said. But abandonment is unacceptable.
You can’t love your country only when you win. You cannot love your neighbors only when you agree with them.
Joe Biden represented Delaware for 36 years before becoming the 47th vice president of the United States, then the 46th president in 2020. On Thursday, he recalled that 74 days remained in his term: Let’s make every day count. It is our responsibility to the American people
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Outgoing President Joe Biden pledges to ensure a “peaceful and orderly” transition in January.
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Upcoming meeting between Trump and Biden
Since his victory, Donald Trump, 45th and soon 47th President of the United States, has received congratulations from Joe Biden, who defeated him in November 2020, from Barack Obama (2009-2017), whom he succeeded, and by Kamala Harris, who admitted defeat on Wednesday.
Joe Biden invited the Republican to the White House on an unspecified date.
The two men were on television on June 27 during their only debate, catastrophic for the Democrat, which precipitated the withdrawal of his race for a second term.
Donald Trump, who never admitted his defeat in 2020, looks forward to this meeting, which should take place soon, and greatly appreciated the call
his team said.
“Unify the country”
Badly beaten, Kamala Harris pledged to “help” with the transfer of power and called on her supporters, in tears, in Washington, to accept the results of this election
historical.
The New York real estate magnate – target during the campaign of two assassination attempts, charged and sentenced in criminal and civil proceedings – insisted to his ex-rival on the telephone on the need tounify the country
fractured into two camps.
Donald Trump, who will be sworn in on January 20 and who has spent the last three months of the campaign denigrating Kamala Harris, found her on Wednesday strength, professionalism and tenacity
according to his team.
The vice-president has been an incredible partner
affirmed for his part President Biden, praising in a press release integrity, courage and temperament
of this former prosecutor and senator from California, born 60 years ago to an Indian mother and a Jamaican father who had emigrated to the United States.
Where to shock
Donald Trump’s clear victory has caused turmoil in the world’s leading power and throughout the world.
Millions of Americans expressed their joy. However, millions of others are alarmed by the shift that a new Trump presidency would take, towards far-right rhetoric.
While he left in chaos in January 2021, the populist tribune, at the age of 78, achieved an incredible comeback by convincing a majority that he understood the socio-economic and security concerns of everyday life.
The president-elect was congratulated by a number of foreign dignitaries who sometimes did not even wait for his victory to be made official.
He notably met with the French President, Emmanuel Macron, the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and the Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky.
Very critical of the tens of billions of dollars in arms that the United States has released for Ukraine, Donald Trump is committed to resolving this conflict in 24 hours
with Russia, but without saying how.
The war in the Middle East will also be resolved quickly, assured the businessman, very close to Israel.
Tax cuts and customs duties
On the economy, Donald Trump promised to steal jobs from other countries
through tax cuts and customs duties.
On Thursday, Beijing affirmed that there would be no no winners in a trade war
with Washington.
The American Federal Reserve, the Fed, should, for its part, announce on Thursday a further reduction in its rates, a movement initiated in September thanks to the fall in inflation, and which should continue the day after the election of the republican.
A notorious climate skeptic, Mr. Trump has pledged to once again leave the Paris Agreement.
And he promised biggest operation
never seen the expulsion of millions of illegal immigrants from the border with Mexico.
Donald Trump, whose critics, as well as Democrats, fear that he will govern in tyrant
remains unclear on the subject of the right to abortion that the Supreme Court undermined in 2022.
He will be able to rely on the Senate, which the Republicans took back from the Democrats. His party is also on track to maintain a majority in the House of Representatives.
With information from Agence France-Presse
