US President-elect Joe Biden continued the process of handing over power, urging Americans again to end the season of demonization and division, while outgoing President Donald Trump called on his supporters to work to reverse the election result, and at the same time issued an amnesty for his former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, who was convicted of lying to investigators. In the case of Russian interference in the 2016 elections.
Advisers to US President-elect Joe Biden said on Wednesday that he would reveal his economic team and the personalities that will occupy other key positions next week.
Kate Biddingfield, director of communications for Biden's team, explained that the president-elect plans to announce next week the personalities he has chosen to fill key positions in his administration, including his economic team, and this team is expected to include Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.
Biden presented his foreign policy and his national security team on Tuesday, as part of official moves towards the White House, after he defeated Republican President Donald Trump.
Biden promised to make fighting the pandemic a top priority upon taking office on January 20.
On Tuesday, Biden said his team had managed to coordinate with the Trump administration on the pandemic, and had planned to distribute vaccines and national security files since he got the green light on Monday for the official transition.
Demonization and division
Today, Wednesday, US President-elect Joe Biden warned that Americans "will not allow" to disrespect the outcome of the presidential elections that were held on the third of November.
In a Thanksgiving speech in his home town of Wilmington, Biden urged an end to "the miserable season of division and demonization."
He added that in the United States, "we have free and fair elections ... and after that we respect the results," noting that "the citizens of this nation and the laws of the country will not allow anything else."
Reversal of results
As for the losing candidate, outgoing President Donald Trump, he called on his supporters to work to reverse the results of the presidential elections, claiming that it had been "rigged" to ensure the victory of Democratic candidate Joe Biden.
In a speech over the phone, Trump addressed his Republican supporters in Pennsylvania, saying, "We have to flip the election result."
"These elections were rigged," he added, reiterating some conspiracy theories about Biden’s victory that fell in most US courts.
"It is an election that we won easily, on a large scale," he said.
"It is an important moment in the history of our country. You are providing a very important service," he said.
And on Twitter, he re-posted a link to a poll news that showed that a majority of Republicans would vote for him if he ran again in 2024, commenting, "But 2020 is far from over."
Pardon Flynn
In a related context, the outgoing US President pardoned his former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, who admitted lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), in an investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential elections.
"It is a great honor for me to announce the granting of General Michael T. Flynn a complete pardon. Congratulations to General Flynn and his wonderful family. I know you will now have a really wonderful Thanksgiving," Trump wrote on Twitter.