Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is set to leave Friday for a 10-day trip to seven countries: France, Turkey, Georgia, Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia.
Pompeo has followed President Donald Trump's example and has not recognized President-elect Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 election.
But the leaders in all of the seven countries Pompeo is poised to visit have congratulated Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on their victory in the 2020 election.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is departing Friday on a 10-day journey that will take him to seven different countries.
Pompeo has not recognized President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris as the winners of the 2020 election as President Donald Trump continues to reject the results and push baseless allegations.
The leaders in all of the countries Pompeo is poised to visit have congratulated Biden on his victory in the 2020 election, highlighting the awkward, isolated position the Trump administration is currently in with the president refusing to concede.
Though the president and top Republicans have refused to accept the results of the 2020 election, the world has already begun to move on from the Trump era.
Pompeo on Friday is heading off to France, Turkey, Georgia, Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia. He will be traveling from November 13 to November 23.
Biden on Tuesday also spoke on the phone with Macron, in addition to the leaders of Germany, Ireland, and the United Kingdom.
Leaders like Netanyahu, Erdogan, and the Saudi crown prince have been among Trump's closest international allies during his tenure. But they have still recognized Biden as the legitimate winner of the 2020 election.
Trump and his Republican allies have baselessly suggested Biden won due to mass voter fraud. They have presented no evidence to back-up their assertions, and the Trump campaign has filed lawsuits in a number of states with little chance of success.
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