Tag: US elections

• Friday, November 27th 2020 - 09:51 UTC

  Trump will leave the White House when the Electoral College votes for Joe Biden

  

  US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he will leave the White House if the Electoral College votes for president-elect Joe Biden, the closest he has come to conceding the Nov 3 election, even as he reiterated his unfounded claims of massive voter fraud.

• Thursday, November 26th 2020 - 08:37 UTC

  Chinese president Xi Jinping finally congratulates president elect Joe Biden

  

  Chinese President Xi Jinping has congratulated President-elect Joe Biden, state media reported on Wednesday, becoming one of the last world leaders to do so.

• Tuesday, November 24th 2020 - 09:38 UTC

  Trump gives go-ahead to presidential transition, but continues with legal challenges

  

  President Donald Trump on Monday said he had given Emily Murphy, the head of the General Services Administration, the go-ahead to proceed with a transition for President-elect Joe Biden’s administration despite plans to continue with legal challenges.

• Monday, November 16th 2020 - 08:22 UTC

  Macron favors Europe's own independent and sovereign strategy, no matter how governs in US

  

  Europe still needs its own independent and sovereign defence strategy, even if it is dealing with a new U.S. government which may result in friendlier ties, French President Emmanuel Macron told the “Revue Grand Continent” publication.

• Saturday, November 14th 2020 - 08:57 UTC

  China congratulates Biden and Kamala on winning the November 3 election

  

  China finally congratulated Mr. Joe Biden and Ms. Kamala Harris on winning the November 3 US presidential election ending days of speculation about when Beijing would formally acknowledge the victory.

• Friday, November 13th 2020 - 09:23 UTC

  For Bolsonaro, US elections are not over, “Have they really finished?”

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, a close ally of Republican President Donald Trump and one of the few prominent world leaders still not to have congratulated Democratic President-elect Joe Biden on his election win, asked on Thursday whether the vote in the U.S. was really over.

• Friday, November 13th 2020 - 08:29 UTC

  Pope Francis spoke with Biden and offers blessings to the president elect

  

  Pope Francis spoke with Joe Biden by telephone on Thursday to offer “blessings and congratulations” to the US president-elect on his victory, the Democrat's transition team said in a statement.

• Thursday, November 12th 2020 - 09:32 UTC

  Johnson congratulates Biden and pledges not to undermine the Good Friday Agreement

  

  United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson has congratulated Joe Biden on his US election win. Mr Biden called the PM ahead of the leaders of other major European countries.

• Thursday, November 12th 2020 - 09:20 UTC

  “Mexico ”is not a colony” and will recognize the new US government when it is legitimately constituted

  

  Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday dug in his heels as one of the few leaders of major countries yet to congratulate Joe Biden on his presidential election win, saying it was too early and that his country was “not a colony”.

• Monday, November 9th 2020 - 09:40 UTC

  Brazil and Mexico, close friends of Trump, have yet to congratulate Joe Biden

  

  There were two notable holdouts among the world leaders who rushed to congratulate Joe Biden on his victory in the U.S. elections: the leaders of Latin America’s two largest countries, both of whom have been seen as friendly to President Donald Trump in different ways.