Criticism of Trump after refusing to guarantee a peaceful transfer of power | Abroad

“You are not a dictator, and America will not allow you to be one,” Chuck Schumer tweeted in response to Trump’s refusal to guarantee a peaceful transfer of power. “He says the most irrational things,” responded Trump’s Democratic challenger Joe Biden. “I don’t know what to say to this.”

Trump’s party colleague Mitt Romney, who is considered a critic of the president, argues that a peaceful transfer of power is fundamental to democracy. “Without it you have Belarus. The mere suggestion that the president would not honor that constitutional guarantee is both unthinkable and unacceptable. ”

Trump has been trying to cast doubt on the legitimacy of the election for some time now. Because of the corona epidemic, more American voters than ever will vote by mail, but Trump says that encourages electoral fraud. Incidentally, there is no evidence for this claim.

The president has long hinted that he has no intention of just leaving the White House, even if he loses the election. “We will see what happens,” he said Wednesday, after being asked if he would guarantee a peaceful transfer of power in that case.

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