WASHINGTON/PRAHA The current US President Donald Trump still did not acknowledge the defeat in the recent election, but ordered the state administration and his team to cooperate with the Biden people. Joe Biden, meanwhile, continues to form his future government.
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“Our case continues STRONGLY, we will continue to fight and I believe we will win!” President Donald Trump wrote on Twitter on Monday night. “Nevertheless, bearing in mind the best interests of our country, I recommend (Director of the General Services Office) Emily (Murphy) and her team to start with an introductory protocol (transfer of power). I ordered the same for my team, “he added.
The president’s statement came after a key “swing state” Michigan confirmed the preliminary election results. Not even the president’s two lawsuits and the invitation of Michigan lawmakers to the White House, which took place for an unclear purpose on Friday, reversed this. The meeting was preceded by a brief controversy, in which two Republican members of the Wayne County District Electoral Commission first refused to certify the results, then changed their minds, but sworn the day after to swear that they had acted under duress. Joe Biden eventually won by 150,000 votes in Michigan.
Confirmation of results continues in other countries. Of the “controversial” where the president filed lawsuits, only Nevada and Arizona remain, where it will be clear by the end of November. Officially, the elections will take place on December 14, when their voters will vote for their candidates. Biden secured 306 – as did Donald Trump in 2016 – and Trump 232. However, these may not be definitive numbers, as sometimes so-called “unfaithful voters” choose to cast their vote on another candidate of their party. In 2016, Donald Trump lost two and Hillary Clinton even lost five votes.
Old acquaintances
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Newly elected President Joe Biden, meanwhile, continues to form his government team. With few exceptions, he still reaches for personalities he knows well and who have extensive experience working in Washington. Ron Klain, an adviser to the last two Democratic presidents, has been appointed chief of staff and has worked alternately for Biden since the late 1980s.
Antony Blinken, Biden’s election of foreign minister, has a very similar profile. Joe Biden has set up a new “climate tsar” office for John Kerry, a 70-year-old former head of US diplomacy. Its agenda should be international cooperation in the fight against climate change.
Other nominations attract attention due to their gender or racial dimension, which is traditionally emphasized in the United States. Alejandro Mayorkas, 61, will be the first Hispanic interior minister. Mayorkas was born in Cuba, where his parents fled after the Cuban Revolution in 1960. He also has extensive experience in public administration, where he has served for over thirty years as a prosecutor and senior civil servant. He held the position of Deputy Minister of the Interior during the presidency of Barack Obama in 2013–2016.
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Two women will be the first in history to hold office in the Biden administration. Avril Haines will become director of national intelligence, a post created in response to the 9/11 attacks, and Janet Yellen will be finance minister. Haines has extensive experience in her field, as under Barack Obama she was first deputy director of the CIA and later deputy national security adviser. Seventy-four-year-old Yellen again chaired the Governing Council of the United States Central Bank (FED) in 2014–2018. She was first appointed to the Council by Bill Clinton in 1994 and again by Barack Obama in 2010.
Speculation is multiplying in the game for other high positions in Biden’s government. One of the leading candidates for Secretary of Justice is Merrick Garland, a longtime federal judge. Garland became most “famous” in 2016, when he became a candidate for Barack Obama as a Supreme Court judge, but the Republican-controlled Senate refused to give him a hearing. Perhaps Biden will not “forget” his rivals from the presidential primaries, who did not fail to support him in time. Andrew Yang, Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders are said to be at stake for various government positions.
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