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WASHINGTON – US President-elect Joe Biden took the first steps Sunday to enter the White House in 73 days as Donald Trump again refused to admit defeat and tried to cast doubt on the election results. .
With congratulations from world leaders and hangover supporters after an evening of celebrations, Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris announced that they would receive a joint briefing Monday in Wilmington, Delaware, from their Covid- Transition Advisory Team. 19.
Biden would later comment on the coronavirus and economic recovery.
They also launched a transition website, BuildBackBetter.com, and a Twitter feed, @ Transition46.
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Meanwhile, Trump played golf at his course near Washington, the same place where he was on Saturday when it emerged that Biden had obtained enough Electoral College votes for victory.
“Since when does Lamestream Media say who will be our next president?” Trump complained in a tweet on Sunday.
Trump, who has no public events scheduled for Monday, plans to file a series of lawsuits next week, according to his attorney Rudy Giuliani, who said he had “a lot of evidence” of fraud.
But former President George W. Bush said “the result is clear” and added that he had called “President-elect” Biden and Harris to extend his congratulations.
Bush said in a statement that “the American people can trust that this election was fundamentally fair … We must unite for the good of our families and neighbors, and for our nation and its future.”
Biden’s transition website lists four priorities: Covid-19, economic recovery, racial equity, and climate change.
“The team that is meeting will face these challenges on day one,” he said in a reference to January 20, 2021, when Biden will be sworn in as the 46th president of the United States.
Biden, who will turn 78 on November 20, is the oldest elected to the White House. Harris, 56, a senator from California, is the first woman, the first black person and the first person from South Asia to be elected vice president.
Biden plans to appoint a task force Monday to address the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed more than 237,000 in the United States and is increasing across the country.
He has also announced plans to rejoin the Paris climate agreement and will reportedly issue an executive order on his first day in office to reverse Trump’s travel ban to mostly Muslim countries.
Biden has vowed to appoint a cabinet that reflects the diversity of the country, though he may have trouble getting approval from more progressive appointees if Republicans retain control of the Senate, a result that will hinge on two runoff elections in Georgia in January.
