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The pace of the transfer of power in the United States to the administration of President-elect Joe Biden accelerated and the Pentagon received an official notification from the federal government after outgoing President Donald Trump issued the green light following his failure to reverse the result of elections, while Biden’s MP spoke about unprecedented challenges inherited by the new administration.
The Defense Ministry said last night (Washington time and early Wednesday morning, Mecca time) that it had received a notification from the General Services Administration – which is independent but part of the federal government – about the start of this administration. government in the proceedings for the transfer of power, in preparation for Biden to take office on January 20. Next January.
The ministry added that it had been contacted by Biden’s transition team and that it would immediately begin implementing its plan to provide support in accordance with the regulations that govern it.
He added that the ministry’s transition working group will organize and coordinate all contacts in the Pentagon and Biden’s transition team, expressing its willingness to provide post-election services and support in a professional, organized and effective manner consistent with its commitment to security. national.
This development comes shortly after the Department of Services announced that it had informed Biden in a letter that the transfer of power could officially begin. White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows received a copy of the letter, according to CNN.
The transition team of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris welcomed the decision and viewed it as a critical administrative procedure for the formal start of the transition process.
Trump lost most of the demands he filed to change the election results in his favor (Reuters)Zero options
Trump agreed to initiate the formal transfer of power after having exhausted most of his legal options to turn the election results in his favor, as his campaign lost most of the lawsuits he had filed in the courts of the states that had had a major role in deciding Biden’s vote, such as Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin and Arizona.
The outgoing president was forced to back down from his rigid position of allowing the handover of power shortly after the ratification of the results in Michigan, that Biden got his 16 votes in the 538-member electoral college, which will elect the next president. during a session in the middle of next month.
The latest results showed that Biden won 306 of the electoral college votes compared to Trump’s 232 votes, and advanced in the popular vote by nearly 6 million votes (80 million versus 74 million).
Despite being given the green light to begin the handover process, Trump continues to insist on continuing his legal battles in hopes of reversing the results in some states.
In a tweet he posted yesterday, Trump wrote that despite his belief in victory, for the good of the United States, he recommended that Public Services Director Emily Murphy and her team do what is necessary regarding the initial protocols, referring to his admission of defeat in the elections, and at the beginning of the procedures for the transfer of power to the president-elect, saying that he reported. Your team has to do the same.
But the head of the Department of Public Services, Emily Murphy, said that starting the presidential transition to Joe Biden is only her decision, denying any pressure on the decision or its timing.
In recent days, the outgoing president has faced pressure from Republican lawmakers and officials who demanded that he admit defeat and begin the transfer of power.
The Republican criticisms of Trump’s behavior echo the words of the Republican governor of Maryland, Larry Hogan, in a statement to “CNN” that Trump is making the country look like a “banana republic.”
On the other hand, the head of the Intelligence Committee of the United States House of Representatives, Democrat Adam Schiff, warned about the negative repercussions on the national security of his country, because the services administration that supervises the transfer of power had not approved of Biden’s victory.
Heavy legacy
Meanwhile, US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris said the new administration will inherit unprecedented challenges.
She described the candidates for the offices of State and National Security Council Anthony Blinken and Jake Sullivan who have experiences and knowledge that allow the protection of the United States and reestablish its leadership in the world, as she herself put it.
Ahead of today’s official announcement, the president-elect revealed a group of the names of his team members, saying in a tweet yesterday: “The time has come to restore American leadership, and I have confidence in the team I chose to serve. achieve it. “
Biden announced some of the names ahead of the specified date, in a move that reflects his efforts to quell the political clamor in Washington and restore the country to its leading role in the international arena, according to the French Press Agency.
On Monday, Biden elected veteran politician Anthony Blinken as Secretary of State and decided to assign the Department of National Intelligence to Avril Haynes, 51, for the first time in the country’s history, and appointed former Secretary of State John Kerry as presidential envoy. special for climate issues, committing to take an experience-based approach. After years of turmoil that overshadowed the era of outgoing President Donald Trump.
At the head of the Department of National Security, Biden was appointed for the first time, of Spanish origin Alejandro Mayorcas, 60, born in Havana, who would supervise immigration matters.
African American Linda Thomas Greenfield (68 years old), who served as Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, will be an ambassador to the United Nations and has also appointed a close adviser, Jake Sullivan (43 years old), to be her adviser for National security.
Joe Biden intends to appoint former Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen as Secretary of the Treasury, according to US media citing a source close to the US President-elect’s team.
Biden chose experienced politicians, in contrast to the approach taken by Trump, who often chose inexperienced political figures who later turned out to be unsuitable for the position and suddenly left the administration, according to the French Press Agency.
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