Biden considers refusing to facilitate the transition to the next administration means more deaths

Trump's National Security Adviser Pledges a Smooth Transition of Power

Biden receives a virtual briefing on economics with his economic advisers in Wilmington, Delaware.

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The US President's National Security Adviser, Robert O'Brien, pledged a smooth transition of power to a new administration led by President-elect Joe Biden, on the verge of acknowledging the loss of Donald Trump, who refuses to acknowledge his defeat in the presidential elections, while Biden considered Trump's refusal to work on moving to the next administration would harm the efforts of Fighting the emerging corona virus pandemic, which means more deaths.

In detail, O'Brien, who coordinates national security affairs at the White House, said, "The United States has witnessed peaceful and successful transfers of power, even during the darkest periods."

He added, in a video conference of the Global Security Forum: "If Biden and Harris win, and it is clear that things are going in this direction now, there will be a very professional transition in the National Security Council, there is no doubt about that."

With a usual open-heartedness after an election, but Trump has not shown it yet, O'Brien said that Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris have "very professional people" who are able to take over, and that he will remain silent after the inauguration.

"They deserve some time to prepare and set their policies," O'Brien said. "We may have political differences."

About two weeks after the end of the elections, Trump is still insisting that he is the winner of the merit, claiming that there is widespread fraud, without providing any evidence for that, although current estimates give Biden irreparable progress in critical states, and great progress in terms of voting. Pdf.

With Biden scheduled to take office on January 20, whether Trump acknowledges his defeat or not, the US General Services Administration, the agency that manages federal bureaucratic affairs, refuses to recognize him as an elected president, and is reluctant to inform him of the content of classified meetings, or to grant him the resources allocated for the process. Transitional.

O'Brien, the Republican lawyer who previously handled hostage affairs, seemed to acknowledge the election results when he referred to the efforts made to secure the release of the American photojournalist, Austin Tice, who was missing in Syria.

"We're doing everything we can to get Austin back," O'Brien said, adding: "The president wants to see him before he leaves office."

A US official visited Damascus in August to obtain information about Tice, whose news has been scarce since his arrest in August 2012.

On the other hand, President-elect, Joe Biden, said that the Trump administration's refusal to work on moving to the next administration would harm efforts to combat the Coronavirus pandemic, and lead to more deaths.

"More people may die if we do not coordinate with each other," Biden said, in response to journalists' questions after an event focused on the US economy.

Biden also said that he would "not hesitate to get the vaccine" if senior US health officials, such as Anthony Fauci, and companies like Moderna and Pfizer, deem the doses to be safe.

Biden added: "The only reason people are suspicious of the vaccine, right now, is Donald Trump."

Corona cases in the United States jumped from 10 million registered cases to 11 million in just six days, and deaths are also increasing.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has warned of a leadership crisis in the White House, and active efforts within the administration to urge people to revolt against the restrictions being imposed to help reduce the daily reported cases of infection.

"We are in the middle of the worst weeks of this pandemic," said Whitmire, a Democrat who has come under repeated attack from the Trump administration.

"In the leadership vacuum in Washington, DC, state governors should do what they can to save lives," she said on MSNBC news channel.

Whitmire was the focus of a kidnapping plan thwarted by local police and federal agents, and it appears that the alleged plot, at least in part, came out of anger at the orders I issued this year regarding restricting business and movement, in order to contain the spread of the Corona virus.

Earlier this year, Trump urged citizens to "liberate" Michigan, as Whitmire imposed restrictions to help limit the spread of the disease.

Biden is focusing his efforts on forming the main team for his staff in the White House, while Trump continues his legal battle to change the election result in his favor, despite the increasing signs of his weak position.

A source familiar with the developments said that a number of senior staff in Biden's election campaign are discussing their roles in the transitional period, and the new administration that takes office on January 20.

The source added that US Rep. Cedric Richmond, who was a co-chair of Biden's campaign, and the former head of the congressional black community, are expected to join the administration in a senior position, as will Steve Ricketti, who was a close advisor to Biden for a long time.

This would leave Richmond's seat in Congress for Louisiana vacant.

Media reported that Jane O'Malley Dillon, who joined Biden's team early this year, is expected to be named as a vice president of the White House staff.

She is the first woman to lead a successful Democratic campaign to win the White House.

O'Brien: "Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris have (very professional people) who can handle the reins."

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