Despite Trump's continuing allegations of 'electoral fraud'
Biden chooses Blinken as Secretary of State ... and Sullivan as National Security Adviser
Trump supporters wave flags as his car enters his Virginia golf club.
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Maryland Governor: "Trump is making the country look like a banana republic ... and he should stop playing golf and admit defeat."
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Media revealed that the US President-elect, Joe Biden, chose diplomat Anthony Blinken as Secretary of State, in a decision that would mark a return to the multilateral approach to action, contrary to the policy of the outgoing President Donald Trump, which has raised tension with traditional allies, and Biden intends to reveal the names of the first members His next administration, today, including the designation of Jake Sullivan as a national security advisor, and Linda Thomas Greenfield as the ambassador to the United Nations, despite Trump's continued campaign and his insistence on allegations of fraud during the presidential elections, but without providing evidence.
Blinken (58 years), is one of Biden's main foreign policy advisers, and was the second official in the US State Department during the era of former President Barack Obama, when Biden was running at the time as Vice President.
According to the "New York Times" and "Bloomberg" agency, the president-elect is expected to announce Blinken's candidacy for the position of foreign minister today.
Blinken speaks fluent French, is a tactful interlocutor and a supporter of Europe, and he went to school in Paris where his stepfather was a lawyer.
The appointment of Blinken, which will require Senate approval, could help reassure US allies, who have been marginalized under Trump.
The President of the Council on Foreign Relations, Richard Haass, wrote on the social networking site "Twitter" that Blinken would be a strong Secretary of State for the United States.
In addition to his extensive foreign policy experience, Blinken has a good relationship with Biden, which will allow him to deliver the truth to power, according to Haass.
The Washington Post, and other media, said that Biden would also name Jake Sullivan, one of his closest aides, as a national security advisor, and Linda Thomas Greenfield is an ambassador to the United Nations, who was previously an assistant in the State Department for Africa under Barack Obama.
Biden is going ahead with his preparations to take office on January 20, despite Trump's moves on several fronts, to try to cancel the results of the November 3 vote.
"You will see, today, the first appointments in the administration of the president-elect," Ron Klein, who will head Biden's office, told ABC.
On the other hand, Trump and his lawyers continue to present their appeals to the election results before the judiciary, denouncing what they say is "massive fraud", but without yet providing concrete evidence of this.
Trump's election campaign resumed verbally, rejecting its request to stop the announcement of President-elect Joe Biden's victory in Pennsylvania.
In the lawsuit, the campaign stated that it had challenged the decision of District Court Judge Matthew Bran in the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Bran, a Republican nominated by former President Barack Obama, had rejected a lawsuit filed by the Trump campaign aimed at disqualifying millions of votes cast in the mail in Pennsylvania.
The judge described what was stated in the lawsuit as "baseless legal arguments and accusations based on speculation."
Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who in 2016 served as a consultant during Trump's transitional period, told ABC that the president's series of legal appeals constituted a "national embarrassment," and that it was time for the Public Services Administration to dispose of the funding earmarked for the achievement of The transition process.
For his part, the Republican Governor of Maryland, Larry Hogan, told CNN that Trump is making the country look like a "banana republic", calling, in a tweet, for Trump to stop playing golf and admit defeat.
In turn, Republican Senator, Lisa Murkowski, said on Twitter: “The time has come to start the full and official transition process,” noting that the courts have found, so far, that Trump's legal demands are futile, and that the campaign to pressure state legislators is nothing but Preceded but not consistent with the democratic process.
It is noteworthy that representatives of all states will meet within the framework of the so-called electoral college, to formally announce the next president of the United States, on December 14th.
Maryland Governor
"Trump is making the country look like a banana republic ... and he should stop playing golf and admit defeat."
Trump campaign is challenging the rejection of its request to stop Biden's victory in Pennsylvania.
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