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Despite the fact that it has not been possible to begin the transition in the United States due to the refusal of the Donald Trump government to acknowledge its defeat, Joe Biden is already forming his work team. Bet on veterans for times of crisis.
US President-elect Joe Biden has chosen seasoned diplomat Antony Blinken as secretary of state, moving forward in shaping a cabinet that includes the first female intelligence director and a special climate post, a turn from the government. of Donald Trump.
Despite the outgoing president sticking to his strategy of questioning the election results and failing to acknowledge defeat, Biden marked the first breakthrough ahead of the change of command on January 20.
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The first appointments before the official announcement scheduled for Tuesday are aimed at assembling a team aimed at restoring America’s traditional leadership. In a sign of renewal, Biden chose Alejandro Mayorkas as head of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Mayorkas -who was born in Havana- will be the first Latino to direct this portfolio that is in charge, among other issues immigration.
“We have no time to waste when it comes to our national security and our foreign policy,” Biden said in a statement that was issued in English and Spanish.
Biden stressed that the members of his cabinet are “experienced” and that they have proven their qualities “in crisis situations” and that they will be doomed to the task of “rebuilding” institutions and renewing and reformulating “American leadership.”
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In addition, Biden chose the former head of diplomacy John Kerry as Special Delegate for Climate, Linda Thomas-Greenfield as ambassador to the UN; Avril Haines, as Director of National Intelligence and Jake Sullivan, as National Security Advisor.
All appointments point to a team of veterans who were part of the Barack Obama administration 2009-2017, in which Biden was vice president and who have long experience in their field.
With these appointments, the elected government aims to move beyond the Trump-sponsored “America First” policy to adopt a more multilateral approach.
Kerry’s appointment points in particular to Biden’s promise to return to the Paris Climate Agreement to fight global warming.
Kerry said on Twitter that the United States is going to have a government that addresses the “climate crisis with the urgency that this threat to national security requires.”
Despite the fact that Biden moved with the announcements of key positions for his government, the outgoing president continues to be determined not to admit his defeat and has blocked the transition process, which usually involves access to documents for the new administration.
Biden is going to be sworn in in less than two months, but so far only a minority of Republicans have denounced Trump’s conspiracy theories, which he claims without proof that Democrats stole the election.
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Many of the appointments that the Democratic government plans will have to go through the Senate where until now the Republicans have a narrow majority, which they could lose depending on the result of the extraordinary election of the two seats for the Upper House in Georgia, on January 5.
Trump, fewer and fewer options
With the expected certification of the results in Michigan, the hopes of the Republican president fade, especially since his team lost an ongoing legal battle in Pennsylvania, which is also preparing to make its calculations official.
This Monday, the White House announced again that the president has no public events on his agenda, a constant in the last two weeks.
The president has also avoided the press, marking a sharp contrast to his communication strategy during his government.
While the results show that Biden had a comfortable majority, Trump’s tactics aim to disrupt the certification processes of the different states ahead of the formal Electoral College vote on December 14.
See more: So are the accounts of the Electoral College of the United States.
As the days go by, cracks gradually appear among Republicans: former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie – who was a close confidant of the president – distanced himself and referred to Trump’s legal team as a “national shame.”
Pennsylvania Senator Patrick Toomey said after the court decision that Trump had exhausted “all plausible legal options.”
The last heavyweight to step down and pressure Trump to accept the results was Stephen Schwarzman, a banker who runs the private fund Blackstone and who was very close to the president. “The country should turn the page,” he told Axios on Monday.
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