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Economic Times | 24 Nov, 2020 | 10.36AM IST
US election 2020 Live updates: Joe Biden builds his foreign policy team
The new appointees also reflect Biden's promise to build an administration that reflects the nation's diversity.
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Trump Wars II: The loser strikes back
- We all knew that Donald Trump would react badly to defeat. But his refusal to concede, the destructiveness of his temper tantrum and the willingness of almost the entire Republican Party to indulge him have surpassed even pessimists’ expectations.
- Even so, it’s very unlikely that Trump will manage to overturn the election results. But he’s doing all he can to wreck America on his way out, in ways large and small. Among other things, his officials are already trying to sabotage the economy, setting the stage for a possible financial crisis on Joe Biden’s watch.
Biden’s choice for secretary of Defense still in flux
In Biden's foreign policy duo, he has a team - but not of rivals
Majority voters believe US elections were fair, Trump must concede defeat: Poll
- A "strong majority" of voters said that the recently concluded US Presidential elections were fair and President Donald Trump must concede defeat to President-elect Joe Biden, according to a poll.
- Citing the latest Harvard CAPS-Harris survey, The Hill reported that nearly two out of three voters believe that Biden won the election and 58 per cent of voters said that the time has come for Trump to concede defeat.
Biden's transition team to begin meeting with federal officials
Biden to name ex-Fed chair Janet Yellen as first female US Treasury chief
- Joe Biden has chosen former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen to serve as treasury secretary, a pivotal role in which she would help shape and direct his economic policies at a perilous time.
- Yellen, who is widely admired in the financial world, would be the first woman to lead the Treasury Department in a line stretching back to Alexander Hamilton in 1789. Her nomination was confirmed to The Associated Press by a person who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss Biden's plans.
Joe Biden to get his delayed presidential transition aid
- Donald Trump
Biden signals US diplomatic shift with new team
Trump finally agrees to Biden transition - but still not conceding
- President Donald Trump came his closest yet to admitting election defeat after the government agency meant to ease Joe Biden's transition into the White House said it was finally lifting its unprecedented block on assistance.
- Trump acknowledged it was time for the General Services Administration to "do what needs to be done."
- In the same tweet he insisted that he was still refusing to concede, saying: "Our case STRONGLY continues, we will keep up the good fight, and I believe we will prevail!"
