US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday that there will be a smooth transition to a second Trump Administration, indicating that he believes Donald Trump won the November 3 presidential election.
“There will be a smooth transition to a second Trump administration. We are ready. The world is watching what is happening here. We are going to count all the votes … ”said Pompeo.
He was answering questions from reporters at the State Department’s Foggy Bottom headquarters whether his department is preparing to engage with Biden’s transition team and, if not, at what point does it delay or hinder a smooth transition or represents a risk to national security.
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has been declared the winner of the elections by the main media networks, as is the tradition in the United States.
President-elect Biden has quickly moved into the transition phase.
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Pompeo said the world must have full confidence that the transition necessary to make sure the State Department is functional today, successful today, and successful with the president taking office on January 20 one minute after noon will also be successful.
“I went through a transition at the front and I’ve been on the other side of this. I am very confident that we will do whatever it takes to ensure that the government, the United States government, continues to play its national security role as we move forward, “he said.
Responding to questions about whether he believed widespread voter fraud exists, Pompeo said he has been receiving calls from around the world.
“These people are watching our election. They understand that we have a legal process. You understand that this takes time, right? It took us more than 37 days in the 2000 election. We made a successful transition at that time. I am very sure that we exercise and we must count all the legal votes, ”he said.
“We have to make sure that no vote that is not legal is counted. That dilutes your vote if done incorrectly. We have to get it right. When we get it right, we get it right. We are in good shape, ”he said.
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