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Most Republicans would support Trump in 2024
Donald Trump would be preferred in a hypothetical primary election for the presidential campaign in four years Republican candidate. The outgoing US president would have the support of 53 percent of party supporters and Republican sympathizers.
Vice President Mike Pence ranks second with just 12 percent support. Donald Trump Jr. gets the third-highest support at 8 percent, while other Republican politicians like Tom Cotton, Ted Cruz and Mitt Romney or Nikki Haley each get less than 5 percent support.
That comes from a survey by the magazine «Politico», The link opens in a new window and the Morning Consult survey institute. According to the poll, Trump (today) would be a workhorse for Republicans for the presidency of 2024. More details in the poll, The link opens in a new window but also show that only 31 percent of respondents believe that developments in the United States are heading in the right direction – 69 percent believe that “things are very bad.”
(Sample: 1990 registered voters, margin of error ± 2 percent).
Pennsylvania Confirmed Joe Biden as Election Winner
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has confirmed Joe Biden as the winner of the Pennsylvania state elections. Wolf wrote on Twitter that “the results of the November 3 election in Pennsylvania for president and vice president of the United States have been confirmed.” “As required by federal law, I signed the voter registration certificate for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.”
President Donald Trump, who lost all 20 state votes to Biden, had tried unsuccessfully in Pennsylvania to legally invalidate the election result.
The political world is silent on Trump’s resistance
Asking for recount after an election or contesting an outcome is perfectly legitimate. But inciting political supporters against the successor and obstructing the transition from official business is neither democratic nor legitimate. This should have been criticized by heads of state and government from around the world, says Fredy Gsteiger, analyzing the “deafening silence in the world” on the strength of Donald Trump to deliver the cargo to Joe Biden.
Does Trump want to run again in 2024?
The current president of the United States, Donald Trump, has cleared the way for the handover. However, it still does not recognize the electoral defeat. Trump is working on his own legend to take on the “establishment” again in 2024, says US political scientist and expert Joseph Braml in an interview with SRF News. From Trump’s point of view, this is finally back in power.
Biden’s governing team is taking shape
The handover can begin and the formation of the government is also taking shape. The president-elect of the United States, Joe Biden, has announced his nominations for various government departments. Not all positions have been filled yet, and the Senate has yet to give its approval to the nominees anyway.
“Strong Supporter of the Alliance”: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Joe Biden
According to the Secretary General of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, the future US president, Joe Biden, he insists, and the like Donald Trump in an increased defense spending of European allies. This is what Stoltenberg told the newspapers of the German media group Funke. However, he is sure that in Biden, NATO will have a “strong supporter of the alliance.” Stoltenberg and Biden spoke on Monday for the first time since the Democrat was elected the next president of the United States.
Now it is looking forward to how Biden is positioned for the future of the training mission of NATO in Afghanistan. Trump actually wanted to end the operation in support of the Afghan government by May next year. He is counting on the US-mediated peace talks between the Afghan government and Islamic militants Taliban for success.
The new government of the United States as a reflection of American society?
Joe Biden promised early in the election campaign that he would take the diversity of American society into account when composing his cabinet: “My government will look like America.” Now the first nominations have been known. US correspondent Isabelle Jacobi has analyzed the personnel decisions.
Asian Exchanges delighted with Yellen’s nomination
The beginning of the transfer of power in the United States has also been felt in the Asian stock markets. Japanese Nikkei index rose 2.6 percent according to the latest reports from Washington, the broader Topix index rose 2.2 percent. According to observers, the appointment of Janet Yellen as secretary future of the US Treasury sparked optimism, even if this appointment has not yet been officially confirmed.
Trump relents as he prepares for Biden’s inauguration
For weeks, Donald Trump’s fight against the outcome of the US presidential election blocked an orderly preparation for Joe Biden’s inauguration. Now you are changing your position on an important point. The elected President of the United States, Joe Biden, gains access to government infrastructure previously was denied.
Incumbent Donald Trump instructed authorities to cooperate with Biden, as he announced on Twitter. The responsible administrative authority GSA (General Services Administration) had previously classified Biden as the likely winner of the election and therefore gave the green light for the Trump administration to cooperate with the Democratic team.
However, Trump does not want to know anything about an electoral defeat and says victory was stolen from him through massive electoral fraud. On Monday he made it clear that he would continue fighting and was confident of victory again. However, the courts have dismissed more than 30 claims from his lawyers.
Michigan makes voting results official
The supreme electoral body of the US state of Michigan has certified the result of the election. This is a major setback for current President Donald Trump’s efforts. He has questioned the outcome in the state through numerous lawsuits.
Joe Biden left Donald Trump in Michigan in the November 3 election by around 150,000 votes. The certification guarantees Biden the 16 electoral votes of the state.
US media such as CNN comment: “Trump has no apparent way of reversing the outcome of the presidential election by legal means.”
The EU and NATO await Biden
President of the EU Council, Charles Michel, has invited the US president-elect, Joe Biden, at a special meeting with the heads of state and government in Brussels Europe next year. During a phone call, Michel suggested rebuilding a “strong transatlantic alliance,” his office said.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg also phoned Biden for the first time after the elections. The defense alliance announced that it thanked Biden for his many years of support for NATO and transatlantic relations. Stoltenberg looks forward to close cooperation to further strengthen the connection between North America and Europe.
Under President Trump, who was still in office, relations between the United States and NATO, as well as with the EU, were at times extremely tense.
Yellen to become finance minister
According to the Wall Street Journal and CNBC, Joe Biden nominates former Federal Reserve Chief Janet Yellen as Secretary of the Treasury. Biden’s team has yet to confirm the name. The US media cite “informed persons” as the source.
Biden is currently compiling the list of candidates for his cabinet. He has already announced the names, but not who he would like to elevate to the top of the finance department. In addition to Yellen, Fed chief Lael Brainard, Atlanta central bank chief Raphael Bostic, and former Fed chief Sarah Bloom Raskin were also considered candidates for the key position. Biden’s selection must be confirmed by the Senate.
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Biden ins by Biden Holt John Kerry
US President-elect Joe Biden wants to appoint former Secretary of State John Kerry as special envoy for climate. Biden’s team also confirmed that Antony Blinken should be nominated as foreign minister. Blinken is an advocate for multinational cooperation and has been advising Biden for nearly 20 years. Alejandro Mayorkas will become the first Latino to hold the position of Minister of National Security, according to the will of Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.
For the first time, with Avril Haines, a woman will coordinate the various secret services as director of intelligence. Biden’s team also confirmed media reports that Jake Sullivan will become National Security Advisor in the White House and Linda Thomas-Greenfield will represent the United States as Ambassador to the United Nations.
“We have no time to waste when it comes to our national security and foreign policy,” Biden said in the statement. “I need a team ready from day one to help me regain America’s place at the head of the table, unite the world for the greatest challenges we face, and advance our security, prosperity and values.” Nominations must be confirmed by the Senate.
According to the media, Biden Blinken’s confidant will be chancellor
It is not official yet. But several US media, including CNN and the “New York Times”, believe they already know who the new US Secretary of State will be: Antony Blinken, Joe Biden’s foreign policy adviser during the election campaign.
The 58-year-old was recently undersecretary of state and previously deputy national security adviser in the Obama administration. Blinken and Biden have been known for almost 20 years: Blinken was already working for Biden when he was still senator and head of the foreign committee there.
The president-elect of the United States, Joe Biden, wants to present his “first” candidates for ministerial positions in his cabinet on Tuesday. This was announced by Biden’s designated chief of staff, Ronald Klain, in an interview with ABC television.
The most important of the weekend
- In Pennsylvania, Donald Trump’s camp is appealing the decision of Judge Matthew Brann who refused to stop the certification of election results in Pennsylvania. Additionally, Trump is requesting a vote recount in Georgia.
- The Russian head of state, Vladimir Putin, has indirectly offered US President Joe Biden appointed their cooperation for the first time.
- Trump’s legal team distances itself from conservative attorney Sidney Powell. This was after several turbulent days in which Powell made false statements about the voting process, spread conspiracy theories, and vowed to blow up the election result in Georgia with a demand of “biblical proportions.”
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