On average, Biden is the president of the United States.

The suffocating wait and the end of the stalemate. Democrat Joe Biden has been elected the 48th president of the United States on average. His victory was confirmed last night (Bangladesh time) in the state of Pennsylvania. At the same time, his dream of becoming president in his five-decade long political career is coming true. Under US regulations, he will assume office after being sworn in on January 20, 2021. With this, 6-year-old Biden becomes the oldest president in the first term of the White House.

In an immediate response after the victory was confirmed, Biden said: “I am honored to have been chosen to lead the country. The tasks ahead are difficult for us; but I promise you, it does not matter if you vote for me or no, I will be the president of all Americans. I will reciprocate your trust in me. “Meanwhile, Kamala Harris is the first female vice president in US history. At the same time, she is the first Asian and black.

After news of Biden’s victory broke, people were seen at BLM Plaza in Washington DC chanting ‘Praise God, Donald Trump has been fired.’ Current President Donald Trump is still reluctant to accept defeat despite Joe Biden being elected on private results. President Trump said in a statement shortly after news broke of Joe Biden’s victory that Biden was rushing to falsely assume victory and that the voting battle was far from over. The current president invited the new president to the White House before taking office as usual; But Trump’s team said Trump has no such plans so far.

Meanwhile, governments and heads of state around the world congratulated Joe Biden on his victory. The first congratulations were given by the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson, and the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, also congratulated him. Former President Barack Obama congratulated Biden and Orange Harris for speaking separately after the victory was confirmed. Former Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton also congratulated Biden.

The presidential election in the United States took place last Tuesday. Due to the Corona epidemic, this time a record 100 million votes has been cast in advance. Most of which are votes by mail. This is the longest delay in vote counting since 2000 due to differences in voting and counting times in different states. Joe Biden led the way in counting votes in 44 states on Election Night. Of the 260 electoral college votes needed to win, 253 were confirmed. On the other hand, President Trump is stuck at 214. Delays in the counting of votes in the remaining six states have created a suffocating situation. At the same time, there is a risk of election-focused violence. Meanwhile, Donald Trump was declared the winner; But in the end, Biden went ahead with counting votes in four states. He was very close to victory.

He was yesterday at 10:30 pm Bangladesh time Won in Pennsylvania. Through this he obtained 263 electoral votes. He then won the states of Georgia (18 electoral vote), Arizona (11) and Nevada (06). In total, he received 308 votes from the electoral college. On the other hand, President Donald Trump’s dream of a second term ended with Biden’s victory. After Jimmy Carter in 1980 and George HW Bush in 1992, Donald Trump has a place in American history as a single-term president. He received 232 votes in the electoral college.

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However, Donald Trump refused to accept defeat. He said in a statement Friday that he had no plans to accept defeat. Instead, it will enter a lengthy legal battle over the vote count. “It is not just a choice,” he said. It is a matter of transparency in our electoral process. The American people expect full transparency in the process of counting and verifying all votes. “We are going through this process to make sure the American people have confidence in the government,” he said.

According to his campaign team, the fight is not over yet. The legal battle will begin on Monday. Also at a press conference in Philadelphia yesterday, Trump’s attorney Rudy Giuliani said legal challenges against the election results would begin starting Monday. Complaining about voting irregularities, he said that many dead Philadelphia residents had voted this time. The name of actor Will Smith’s late father was also voted on. According to Giuliani, the number of votes we anticipated could not have disappeared without corruption. By the way, Trump has been alleging vote rigging without evidence since Election Day. However, the US Federal Election Commission said it had found no evidence of voter fraud.

Meanwhile, it is feared whether Trump will hand over power peacefully. But the top Republican leader, Sen. Mitch McConnell, has said there will definitely be a peaceful transfer of power. “We have been handing over power peacefully since 1892,” he said. Every four years we have passed a new administration.

Biden received the most votes in US history.

In this election, Joe Biden received a record number of popular votes or votes from the common people. He got 6 crore 44 lakh 6,569 votes as of last night. Which is 50.5% of the total votes. On the other hand, Donald Trump received 6 crore 3 lakh 36,214 votes (48.6). Biden received about 4.1 million more votes than Trump. The number of people who voted in this election is unmatched by any other election since 1900. Joe Biden is scheduled to deliver the winning speech this morning at Bangladesh time. News from CNN, BBC and New York Times.

Ittefaq / AAAM