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The day before, Congress confirmed Joe Biden’s victory, and President Donald Trump, faced headwind by his supporters’ intrusion into the Capitol, finally agreed to the election results and declared that he would retire as scheduled.
President Trump said in a video message posted on Twitter on the 8th (local time) that a new government will be launched and that he will focus on orderly transfer of power.
“The parliament has certified the results of the presidential election, and a new administration will be launched on January 20. I will now focus on a smooth, orderly and complete transfer of power. We have a fierce election and emotions are rising. But Now you need to regain your calm and serenity.
Now we need reconciliation and healing. In 2020, the whole people were struggling. A menacing pandemic ruined citizens’ lives and isolated them from home. It has devastated the economy and has taken countless lives.
We all need to join forces to overcome the pandemic and rebuild the world’s greatest economy. It calls for new patriotism and new values of faith, charity, community and family.”
Local media reported that President Trump officially accepted the results of the presidential election for the first time after the election.
He argued that the objection to the presidential election was to ensure the integrity of the vote. He also criticized the protesters who broke into the Capitol the day before. It is completely different from the ones wrapping them up as’patriots’. He also made a suggestion of a return to politics.
“My only goal was to ensure the integrity of the vote. In doing so, I fought to defend democracy in the United States. Those who invade the Capitol defile America’s democracy. Those who have caused violence and destruction are It will not represent this country and will pay a price.
It was a lifetime honor to serve as president of the United States. I know my great supporters have been disappointed, but please let us know that our amazing journey is just the beginning.”
However, the local media interpreted that the staff, who were shocked by the intrusion of the Capitol Hill, resigned one after another and changed their position belatedly when their early resignation theory was raised.
The Associated Press said, “When President Trump left his 13th in office and discussed his early resignation in earnest, it finally came back to reality.”
A senior White House official said in an interview with CNN that “President Trump’s speech and tone should have come on the night of the presidential election, not just because his retirement is imminent.”
In addition, Transport Minister Elaine Chao, White House Secretary General Mick Mulvaini, Northern Ireland Envoy, White House Deputy National Security Adviser Matthew Pottinger, and First Lady Stephanie Grisham, Chief Secretary of State, criticized the situation the day before and resigned one after another.
White House National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien also announced his intention to resign, but to protect democracy, he put it on hold at the request of Democrats to stay until the Biden administration was launched. However, he stipulated that he would observe President Trump’s words and actions for the rest of his term.
Senate leader Chuck Schumer of the Democratic Party said, “President Trump should not be in office for one more day,” and demanded that Vice President Mike Pence and the Cabinet invoke Article 25 of the Amendment and suspend his duties immediately.
Furthermore, Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called for impeachment, saying, “The US President has instigated an armed uprising against the United States. He is a dangerous person who should no longer serve, and this is an emergency.”
Conservative <월스트리트저널>In an editorial insisted that “the country is not wasting time on another impeachment fight, and the best thing for President Trump is to resign itself.”
However, as Vice President Pence opposes the 25th Amendment on the grounds that it is not conducive to national unity, and biden-elect’s suspension or impeachment is not conducive to national unity, the possibility of reality seems unlikely.