skynewsus--2020-11-04--From the outside, looking in: What does a Biden presidency mean for the rest of the world?

The person in the White House determines much more than just what happens in the United States .
When Joe Biden takes office in January , there will be a dramatic shift in global politics .
After the protectionism of Donald Trump , who withdrew from the Paris Climate Agreement , the World Health Organisation and attacked NATO and the UN , Mr Biden is set to play a far less hostile role on the world stage .
Here , Sky News correspondents from around the world give their views on how he will change things where they are .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Europe European leaders expect that Mr Biden will work hard , and enthusiastically , to repair the battered relationship between America and Europe .
They will hope for the US to back down on the tariffs imposed by Donald Trump and to engage more with its historic allies .
In the first instance , that will mean signing back up to the Paris Climate Accord and engaging more constructively with NATO .
Europe 's leaders also expect Mr Biden to share their nervousness towards Russia - an area in which Mr Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The US and the EU are likely to work much closer together in framing policy towards trade with China .
French President Emmanuel Macron will certainly hurry to meet and befriend Mr Biden .
He thinks that relations between America and the UK have frayed and now sees a chance to renew the old ties between France and the US .
Mr Macron is always keen to be seen as Europe 's foremost statesman - expect him to rush over an invitation for Mr Biden to visit Paris .
Little space to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ want to win ?
With Donald Trump , Beijing faced an unprecedented anti-China stance , but also four years of slapdash decision making .
Joe Biden may not be as instinctively anti-China , but he also promises a return to a more traditional , less impulsive foreign policy .
But China is one of the few issues a partisan Washington DC agrees on - even if Mr Biden softens some aspect of US-China confrontation , especially on tariffs , there is little space to change course dramatically .
And he will bring two @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not - genuine concern for human rights abuses and mustering allies , whether in Asia or Europe , to support his position on China .
Two smaller - and very different - east Asian countries may be apprehensive about the Biden presidency - democratic Taiwan and totalitarian North Korea .
A poll before the election showed most Taiwanese favoured Mr Trump to Mr Biden , because of Mr Trump 's perceived toughness on China .
And Kim Jong Un now faces a president who calls him a `` thug '' instead of one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Commitment to re-engage with African youth will be welcomed Joe Biden has not said a whole lot about Africa as he has campaigned for the US presidency .
For those willing to dig , there are a couple of paragraphs submitted by Democratic Party contenders in 2019 on the continent 's population growth .
With the number of young people in Africa fast increasing - and urbanising - Mr Biden wrote : `` The United States can not afford to miss this moment to engage with African youth and to offer them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ democracy . ''
A commitment to re-engage in the political life of the continent , after four years of disinterest at the hands of the Donald Trump administration , will be welcomed by progressive politicians and people looking for a measure of accountability in public life .
However , the continent 's current crop of largely aged and undemocratic leaders would , no doubt , prefer the new US president to stay clear .
Besides , the Chinese are the big economic players now - the Americans are no longer indispensable .
Joe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of advisers who worked under Bill Clinton and Barack Obama - and with the former assistant secretary of state for African affairs , Susan Rice on board , his team will offer continuity with previous Democratic administrations .
Furthermore , in Kamala Harris , Biden has a vice president with an African-American parent , a feature that will stimulate interest and open doors .
Barack Obama , who was the son of a Kenyan economist , was greeted by massive crowds on each of his four trips to Africa during his time in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and more sympathy towards Palestine Expect more predictability ; a return to the cautious diplomacy of the Barack Obama years .
That era was defined by the Arab Spring and the rise of IS but behind these tumultuous events , Mr Obama 's policies achieved little .
The biggest shift will probably be Iran .
Mr Biden was vice president when Mr Obama led the nuclear talks which he sees as a diplomatic triumph .
We may not see Mr Biden rushing back to the table , but expect a lot of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Trump era to be toned down .
On Saudi Arabia , Mr Biden , like Mr Obama , will be more cautious and less effusive in his praise of the monarchy .
Nevertheless the military , diplomatic and strategic relationship will continue .
Mr Trump had been more accommodating of authoritarianism in the region .
Mr Biden has pledged to address this but decades of US policy in the Middle East says otherwise .
The US administration will always turn a blind eye to autocrats as long as their interests are aligned @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with Mr Trump .
This will continue under Joe Biden but the Trump 'Deal of the Century ' between the Israelis and the Palestinians will be ditched or heavily amended .
US policy towards the Palestinians will be more sympathetic .
Reversing the Trumpian drift towards unilateralism with Russia The Kremlin understands that the US political establishment whoever is in charge will remain deeply hostile towards Russia .
Donald Trump has demonstrated unabashed admiration for the Russian leader and has refused to call out Kremlin malfeasance .
At the same time , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his watch and his decision to provide lethal force to Ukraine means his administration 's Russia policy has stayed punitive .
Joe Biden was vice president during the last attempted reset with Russia and understands there can be no improvement in relations with Mr Putin in power .
That said the Kremlin may appreciate a degree of predictability in a US leader and is hopeful Mr Biden will engage on pressing issues like arms control .
A Biden presidency however will reverse the Trumpian drift towards unilateralism .
That , for the Kremlin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump has served their purposes it is by undermining the multilateralism that keeps bad actors like Russia in check .
In contrast , Mr Biden will commit himself wholesale to the democratic values and institutions to which the Kremlin pays lip service while working actively to undermine .
A new period of US involvement and compromise with the Americas From the trading partnerships of countries like Mexico , to the strategic alliances of countries like Colombia , the ideological ties of countries like Brazil , and the economic and political turmoil in places @ @ @ @ @ @ @ US presidential election is a big deal in the Americas .
The countries to the south of the world 's biggest economy and richest nation have got used to dealing with the vagaries of American involvement .
From overt interference to nonchalant ignorance , the countries and political leaders of all the countries have had to fashion their own ways of either accepting the demands or wishes of America , or have looked to form partnerships with countries open to closer ties , predominantly , these days , China .
Latin America finds @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a closer relationship with the US arguably now more than ever .
Political turmoil across South and Central America combined with economic decline , gang violence , corruption and now the COVID-19 pandemic that is wreaking havoc across the continent , has put many of the countries on course for economic and social collapse .
A Joe Biden victory would probably signal a new period of US involvement on the continent .
As the vice president , Mr Biden was President Obama 's Latin America point man .
He visited regularly and is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ build alliances and more importantly listening to the political leaders not just lecturing them on what America wanted .
Mexico could safely assume that President Trump 's often critical , inflammatory and even racist rhetoric will not be repeated and issues like `` The Wall '' will be gone for good .
Mr Biden was already engaged with the so-called Northern Triangle countries of Guatemala , El Salvador and Honduras , where gang violence is out of control and has caused hundreds of thousands to head north and attempt either illegally or legally @ @ @ @ @ @ @ form of economic support would likely start again .
Venezuela , the pariah state of the Trump term in office , could be approached with some form of compromise , reducing or easing swingeing sanctions in return for a commitment to some political reforms .
None of this is certain but Mr Biden knows the continent and is likely to want to engage and continue some of the policies he and Mr Obama devised and operated up until four years ago .

The person in the White House determines much more than just what happens in the United States.
When Joe Biden takes office in January, there will be a dramatic shift in global politics.
After the protectionism of Donald Trump, who withdrew from the Paris Climate Agreement, the World Health Organisation and attacked NATO and the UN, Mr Biden is set to play a far less hostile role on the world stage.
Here, Sky News correspondents from around the world give their views on how he will change things where they are.
Repairing the battered relationship between the US and Europe
By Adam Parsons, Europe correspondent
European leaders expect that Mr Biden will work hard, and enthusiastically, to repair the battered relationship between America and Europe.
They will hope for the US to back down on the tariffs imposed by Donald Trump and to engage more with its historic allies.
Image: European powers will hope Mr Biden signs the US back up to crucial accords
In the first instance, that will mean signing back up to the Paris Climate Accord and engaging more constructively with NATO.
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Europe's leaders also expect Mr Biden to share their nervousness towards Russia - an area in which Mr Trump was seen as being unpredictable and ambiguous.
The US and the EU are likely to work much closer together in framing policy towards trade with China.
French President Emmanuel Macron will certainly hurry to meet and befriend Mr Biden.
He thinks that relations between America and the UK have frayed and now sees a chance to renew the old ties between France and the US.
Mr Macron is always keen to be seen as Europe's foremost statesman - expect him to rush over an invitation for Mr Biden to visit Paris.
Little space to change US anti-China stance
By Tom Cheshire, Asia correspondent
Who did China want to win? With Donald Trump, Beijing faced an unprecedented anti-China stance, but also four years of slapdash decision making.
Joe Biden may not be as instinctively anti-China, but he also promises a return to a more traditional, less impulsive foreign policy.
Image: The Democrat will bring concerns over China's human rights record
But China is one of the few issues a partisan Washington DC agrees on - even if Mr Biden softens some aspect of US-China confrontation, especially on tariffs, there is little space to change course dramatically.
And he will bring two points of pressure that Mr Trump did not - genuine concern for human rights abuses and mustering allies, whether in Asia or Europe, to support his position on China.
Two smaller - and very different - east Asian countries may be apprehensive about the Biden presidency - democratic Taiwan and totalitarian North Korea.
A poll before the election showed most Taiwanese favoured Mr Trump to Mr Biden, because of Mr Trump's perceived toughness on China.
And Kim Jong Un now faces a president who calls him a "thug" instead of one who called him a "friend".
Commitment to re-engage with African youth will be welcomed
By John Sparks, Africa correspondent
Joe Biden has not said a whole lot about Africa as he has campaigned for the US presidency.
For those willing to dig, there are a couple of paragraphs submitted by Democratic Party contenders in 2019 on the continent's population growth.
With the number of young people in Africa fast increasing - and urbanising - Mr Biden wrote: "The United States cannot afford to miss this moment to engage with African youth and to offer them a window into the American model of democracy."
A commitment to re-engage in the political life of the continent, after four years of disinterest at the hands of the Donald Trump administration, will be welcomed by progressive politicians and people looking for a measure of accountability in public life.
However, the continent's current crop of largely aged and undemocratic leaders would, no doubt, prefer the new US president to stay clear.
Besides, the Chinese are the big economic players now - the Americans are no longer indispensable.
Joe Biden has already signed up a number of advisers who worked under Bill Clinton and Barack Obama - and with the former assistant secretary of state for African affairs, Susan Rice on board, his team will offer continuity with previous Democratic administrations.
Furthermore, in Kamala Harris, Biden has a vice president with an African-American parent, a feature that will stimulate interest and open doors.
Barack Obama, who was the son of a Kenyan economist, was greeted by massive crowds on each of his four trips to Africa during his time in office.
Less tough talk on Iran and more sympathy towards Palestine
By Mark Stone, Middle East correspondent
Expect more predictability; a return to the cautious diplomacy of the Barack Obama years.
That era was defined by the Arab Spring and the rise of IS but behind these tumultuous events, Mr Obama's policies achieved little.
Image: Donald Trump's 'deal of the century' with Israel will likely be ditched and Mr Biden will be more sympathetic with Palestine concerns
The biggest shift will probably be Iran.
Mr Biden was vice president when Mr Obama led the nuclear talks which he sees as a diplomatic triumph.
We may not see Mr Biden rushing back to the table, but expect a lot of the tough talk, sanctions and threats from the Trump era to be toned down.
On Saudi Arabia, Mr Biden, like Mr Obama, will be more cautious and less effusive in his praise of the monarchy. Nevertheless the military, diplomatic and strategic relationship will continue.
Mr Trump had been more accommodating of authoritarianism in the region. Mr Biden has pledged to address this but decades of US policy in the Middle East says otherwise. The US administration will always turn a blind eye to autocrats as long as their interests are aligned.
Israel enjoyed an extremely close relationship with Mr Trump. This will continue under Joe Biden but the Trump 'Deal of the Century' between the Israelis and the Palestinians will be ditched or heavily amended.
US policy towards the Palestinians will be more sympathetic.
Reversing the Trumpian drift towards unilateralism with Russia
By Diana Magnay, Moscow correspondent
The Kremlin understands that the US political establishment whoever is in charge will remain deeply hostile towards Russia.
Donald Trump has demonstrated unabashed admiration for the Russian leader and has refused to call out Kremlin malfeasance.
Image: The Democrat will likely have a more predictable approach towards Russia
At the same time, the steady expansion of the sanctions regime under his watch and his decision to provide lethal force to Ukraine means his administration's Russia policy has stayed punitive.
Joe Biden was vice president during the last attempted reset with Russia and understands there can be no improvement in relations with Mr Putin in power.
That said the Kremlin may appreciate a degree of predictability in a US leader and is hopeful Mr Biden will engage on pressing issues like arms control.
A Biden presidency however will reverse the Trumpian drift towards unilateralism. That, for the Kremlin, would be regrettable.
If Donald Trump has served their purposes it is by undermining the multilateralism that keeps bad actors like Russia in check.
In contrast, Mr Biden will commit himself wholesale to the democratic values and institutions to which the Kremlin pays lip service while working actively to undermine.
A new period of US involvement and compromise with the Americas
By Stuart Ramsay, chief correspondent
From the trading partnerships of countries like Mexico, to the strategic alliances of countries like Colombia, the ideological ties of countries like Brazil, and the economic and political turmoil in places like Venezuela, the result of the US presidential election is a big deal in the Americas.
The countries to the south of the world's biggest economy and richest nation have got used to dealing with the vagaries of American involvement.
Image: Mr Biden was already heavily involved with Northern Triangle countries like Guatemala
From overt interference to nonchalant ignorance, the countries and political leaders of all the countries have had to fashion their own ways of either accepting the demands or wishes of America, or have looked to form partnerships with countries open to closer ties, predominantly, these days, China.
Latin America finds itself in serious trouble and could use a closer relationship with the US arguably now more than ever.
Political turmoil across South and Central America combined with economic decline, gang violence, corruption and now the COVID-19 pandemic that is wreaking havoc across the continent, has put many of the countries on course for economic and social collapse.
A Joe Biden victory would probably signal a new period of US involvement on the continent.
Image: Biden
As the vice president, Mr Biden was President Obama's Latin America point man. He visited regularly and is praised in many countries with trying to build alliances and more importantly listening to the political leaders not just lecturing them on what America wanted.
Mexico could safely assume that President Trump's often critical, inflammatory and even racist rhetoric will not be repeated and issues like "The Wall" will be gone for good.
Mr Biden was already engaged with the so-called Northern Triangle countries of Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, where gang violence is out of control and has caused hundreds of thousands to head north and attempt either illegally or legally to enter the United States.
Some form of economic support would likely start again.
Venezuela, the pariah state of the Trump term in office, could be approached with some form of compromise, reducing or easing swingeing sanctions in return for a commitment to some political reforms.
None of this is certain but Mr Biden knows the continent and is likely to want to engage and continue some of the policies he and Mr Obama devised and operated up until four years ago.


skynewsus--2020-11-07--Trump insists he 'won' election in first tweets after losing to Biden

Donald Trump has once more insisted that he has won the election , tweeting for the first time since Joe Biden was announced as the next US president .
Mr Trump repeated unfounded claims of election fraud and suggested votes for his Democratic rival were not legal .
He wrote : `` THE OBSERVERS WERE NOT ALLOWED INTO THE COUNTING ROOMS .
I WON THE ELECTION , GOT 71,000,000 LEGAL VOTES .
BAD THINGS HAPPENED WHICH OUR OBSERVERS WERE NOT ALLOWED TO SEE .
NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE .
MILLIONS OF MAIL-IN BALLOTS WERE SENT TO PEOPLE WHO NEVER ASKED FOR @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with another tweet : `` 71,000,000 Legal Votes .
The most EVER for a sitting President ! ''
Follow live updates as Joe Biden becomes president-elect and watch his victory speech on Sky News at 1am At the time of his posts , there were 70,356,821 votes for Mr Trump and 74,523,535 votes for Mr Biden .
Mr Trump 's comments come after Mr Biden took an unbeatable lead in Pennsylvania - picking up its 20 Electoral College votes and passing the 270 needed to gain the White House .
As the Saturday @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , President Trump was swinging clubs at the Trump National Golf Club .
The 209th outing to the course as president should be one of his last , even if we do n't yet know how long he 'll stick around the 19th hole .
But expect `` rough , bunkered and shanked '' to pepper the political obituaries , much as they did his term in office .
`` Trump , pack your crap and get out , you 're done ! ''
said 47-year-old Biden supporter Tracy Haag , who was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the end of the road into the course in Sterling , Virginia .
A raucous Saturday morning in this quintessential US suburb might extend to the trailer thump of a picnic hamper any other time .
This weekend , it played host to a Trump/Biden cacophony contest of car horns , whistles , shouts and insults .
At one end of the street , Biden supporters sang Kiss Him Goodbye , ( the `` na-na-na-na , hay-hay-hay '' one ) and at the other , Trump supporters chanted `` God Bless Trump '' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lawsuits have no merit , they are lawsuits designed to waste American money and time .
Joe Biden has won , he has a mandate .
He 's going to have more electoral votes than Trump had when he won in 2016 . ''
Standing alongside her , 65-year-old Barbara Moore , a court stenographer from Arlington , Virginia , said : `` I 'm just happy that the exhaustion will be over , the stress of what every day was going to bring with him , the slurs and the misogyny .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' Mr Trump left the course after around four hours to return to the White House .
As he was driven past cheering Trump supporters , he did n't betray the burden of a president on the precipice , posing with a beaming smile and double thumbs up .
His admirers loved it , but you have to wonder at the thoughts of the audience beyond .
Take potential donors to the legal fighting fund .
Since Wednesday Team Trump has been sending out requests for donations to help with the costs of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hard cash will want proof of a plan to underpin their investment .
In these circumstances playing golf , perhaps , was n't a good look .
Back in the White House , Mr Trump would have heard the celebrations of his defeat on the other side of the fence .
This is a city high on politics and the sound from Black Lives Matter Plaza carried into the White House grounds like an excited sports crowd .
Inside the building itself , the talk among staff was of a legal action plan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ spoke of a presidency heading towards a `` great anti-climatic ending '' .
His campaign manager , Bill Stepien , had a conference call with supporters during which they were told to `` stay at the ready '' at a moment 's notice in case they were needed for rallies and protests .
The message was `` this is n't over '' .
It 's a message echoed by the Trump supporters who gathered outside his golf club .
Wally Bunyea , 72 , a military veteran from New York , said : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at all can see that there is massive voter fraud and we have got to adjudicate every instance of that .
`` We 're fighting for the right to free and fair elections .
`` There will come a point when someone has to admit defeat and if we can get rid of all the bad votes that were harvested and the illegal activity , somebody else might be conceding defeat . ''

Donald Trump has once more insisted that he has won the election, tweeting for the first time since Joe Biden was announced as the next US president.
Mr Trump repeated unfounded claims of election fraud and suggested votes for his Democratic rival were not legal.
Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 0:40 The moment Trump's lawyer learned they'd lost
He wrote: "THE OBSERVERS WERE NOT ALLOWED INTO THE COUNTING ROOMS. I WON THE ELECTION, GOT 71,000,000 LEGAL VOTES. BAD THINGS HAPPENED WHICH OUR OBSERVERS WERE NOT ALLOWED TO SEE. NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE. MILLIONS OF MAIL-IN BALLOTS WERE SENT TO PEOPLE WHO NEVER ASKED FOR THEM!"
He soon followed up with another tweet: "71,000,000 Legal Votes. The most EVER for a sitting President!"
At the time of his posts, there were 70,356,821 votes for Mr Trump and 74,523,535 votes for Mr Biden.
Mr Trump's comments come after Mr Biden took an unbeatable lead in Pennsylvania - picking up its 20 Electoral College votes and passing the 270 needed to gain the White House.
As the Saturday morning news swung Mr Biden's way, President Trump was swinging clubs at the Trump National Golf Club.
The 209th outing to the course as president should be one of his last, even if we don't yet know how long he'll stick around the 19th hole.
But expect "rough, bunkered and shanked" to pepper the political obituaries, much as they did his term in office.
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"Trump, pack your crap and get out, you're done!" said 47-year-old Biden supporter Tracy Haag, who was among a crowd who had gathered at the end of the road into the course in Sterling, Virginia.
A raucous Saturday morning in this quintessential US suburb might extend to the trailer thump of a picnic hamper any other time. This weekend, it played host to a Trump/Biden cacophony contest of car horns, whistles, shouts and insults.
Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 2:38 Trump supporters protest in Arizona
At one end of the street, Biden supporters sang Kiss Him Goodbye, (the "na-na-na-na, hay-hay-hay" one) and at the other, Trump supporters chanted "God Bless Trump".
Ms Haag added: "The lawsuits have no merit, they are lawsuits designed to waste American money and time. Joe Biden has won, he has a mandate. He's going to have more electoral votes than Trump had when he won in 2016."
Standing alongside her, 65-year-old Barbara Moore, a court stenographer from Arlington, Virginia, said: "I'm just happy that the exhaustion will be over, the stress of what every day was going to bring with him, the slurs and the misogyny. I'm happy it's over."
Mr Trump left the course after around four hours to return to the White House. As he was driven past cheering Trump supporters, he didn't betray the burden of a president on the precipice, posing with a beaming smile and double thumbs up.
His admirers loved it, but you have to wonder at the thoughts of the audience beyond.
Take potential donors to the legal fighting fund. Since Wednesday Team Trump has been sending out requests for donations to help with the costs of its election challenge.
Anyone parting with hard cash will want proof of a plan to underpin their investment. In these circumstances playing golf, perhaps, wasn't a good look.
Back in the White House, Mr Trump would have heard the celebrations of his defeat on the other side of the fence.
This is a city high on politics and the sound from Black Lives Matter Plaza carried into the White House grounds like an excited sports crowd.
Inside the building itself, the talk among staff was of a legal action plan that lacked any co-ordination. One source spoke of a presidency heading towards a "great anti-climatic ending".
His campaign manager, Bill Stepien, had a conference call with supporters during which they were told to "stay at the ready" at a moment's notice in case they were needed for rallies and protests. The message was "this isn't over".
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It's a message echoed by the Trump supporters who gathered outside his golf club.
Wally Bunyea, 72, a military veteran from New York, said: "Anybody who's got any sense at all can see that there is massive voter fraud and we have got to adjudicate every instance of that.
"We're fighting for the right to free and fair elections.
"There will come a point when someone has to admit defeat and if we can get rid of all the bad votes that were harvested and the illegal activity, somebody else might be conceding defeat."


skynewsus--2020-11-07--Kay Burley: Delight on the streets of DC - but can Biden reunite a divided country?

Shouting , chanting , singing , dancing , hanging precariously from the sunroof of a car , or holding a Biden-Harris placard while pedalling excitedly past the heavily-guarded White House , down Constitution Avenue .
All this spontaneous reaction to the news that America had voted for a change of leader - a 46th president of the United States .
Basking in the early November sunshine , I witnessed the scenes above in Washington and could n't help but think , after days of uncertainty , how it compared with the mood of loyal Trump supporters around the 50 states @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or Atlanta , Georgia - and many other places around the country - where Trump supporters turned out in their droves at counting centres , concerned the election was being stolen from them .
In a valid election , each vote cast must be counted .
That 's the cornerstone of any democracy .
The problem is what constitutes 'valid ' .
Does a vote have to be counted on the night ?
Or can the courts provide an arbitrary date for that priceless piece of paper to be submitted ?
The argument @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on 20 January .
I first heard the news that Biden had won while writing this article at the Washington Monument - a tribute to the first president .
It started as a ripple , as the news came through that Mr Biden had reclaimed Pennsylvania .
Trump was on the golf course in Virginia - his loyal supporters in Florida , who made this race as tight as it was , must surely have wished the president was with them to offer comfort and support .
Their man , who has never @ @ @ @ @ @ @ across the world stage claiming at every turn to represent all the American people .
Whatever you think of him , almost half of those who voted believe he had their best interests at heart .
It 's tough for them and for him .
Vice president-elect Kamala Harris - Kamala means lotus flower in Sanskrit - was jogging when she heard she will be the first woman vice president ; the first African-American vice president and the first Asian-American vice president .
She rang her boss , simply to say `` we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
He will soon become president on the third time of asking .
His task : to reunite a divided country .
Visiting his childhood home in the Pennsylvania town of Scranton on polling day , Mr Biden graffitied on the wall `` from this house to White House , by the grace of God . ''
And so , Donald Trump must now vacate 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue to make way for the new incumbent .
He will leave surrounded by his loyal family .
A daughter who said he left nothing on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ travelled to Pennsylvania to tell the world , on behalf of his dad , `` this is not fair '' .
: : Subscribe to Divided States on Apple podcasts , Google Podcasts , Spotify , and Spreaker Whatever next for '45 ' , be safe in the knowledge he 's surrounded by the love and support of his family .
But my last word , must go to Ms Harris ' level-headed mum , who told her daughter - soon to be among the world 's most famous women - it 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ make sure you 're not the last .
Sending the elevator back down is what every woman should do .

Shouting, chanting, singing, dancing, hanging precariously from the sunroof of a car, or holding a Biden-Harris placard while pedalling excitedly past the heavily-guarded White House, down Constitution Avenue.
All this spontaneous reaction to the news that America had voted for a change of leader - a 46th president of the United States.
Basking in the early November sunshine, I witnessed the scenes above in Washington and couldn't help but think, after days of uncertainty, how it compared with the mood of loyal Trump supporters around the 50 states of America.
Image: People celebrated Mr Biden's win on Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington
Consider Phoenix, Arizona or Atlanta, Georgia - and many other places around the country - where Trump supporters turned out in their droves at counting centres, concerned the election was being stolen from them.
In a valid election, each vote cast must be counted. That's the cornerstone of any democracy.
Follow live updates as Joe Biden becomes president-elect
The problem is what constitutes 'valid'. Does a vote have to be counted on the night? Or can the courts provide an arbitrary date for that priceless piece of paper to be submitted?
Joe Biden says yes, Donald Trump disagrees.
The argument will rage on well past inauguration day on 20 January.
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Image: Donald Trump was playing golf as the news spread that he had lost the election
I first heard the news that Biden had won while writing this article at the Washington Monument - a tribute to the first president.
It started as a ripple, as the news came through that Mr Biden had reclaimed Pennsylvania.
Trump was on the golf course in Virginia - his loyal supporters in Florida, who made this race as tight as it was, must surely have wished the president was with them to offer comfort and support.
Their man, who has never identified as a politician, has strutted across the world stage claiming at every turn to represent all the American people.
Whatever you think of him, almost half of those who voted believe he had their best interests at heart. It's tough for them and for him.
Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 0:36 'We did it!': VP-elect Harris calls Biden
Image: The message written by Joe Biden in his childhood home. Pic: Biden pool/Axios
Vice president-elect Kamala Harris - Kamala means lotus flower in Sanskrit - was jogging when she heard she will be the first woman vice president; the first African-American vice president and the first Asian-American vice president.
She rang her boss, simply to say "we did it".
They certainly did. He will soon become president on the third time of asking. His task: to reunite a divided country.
Visiting his childhood home in the Pennsylvania town of Scranton on polling day, Mr Biden graffitied on the wall "from this house to White House, by the grace of God."
And so, Donald Trump must now vacate 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue to make way for the new incumbent.
He will leave surrounded by his loyal family.
A daughter who said he left nothing on the field, and a son who travelled to Pennsylvania to tell the world, on behalf of his dad, "this is not fair".
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Whatever next for '45', be safe in the knowledge he's surrounded by the love and support of his family.
But my last word, must go to Ms Harris' level-headed mum, who told her daughter - soon to be among the world's most famous women - it's okay to be the first, but make sure you're not the last.
Sending the elevator back down is what every woman should do.


skynewsus--2020-11-06--Adam Boulton: Reagan to Trump - covering US elections for 40 years has changed so dramatically

Ronald Reagan universally swept the board to victory in 1980 - the contrast with Donald Trump is dramatic .
US Election 2020 : Reagan to Trump - covering US elections for 40 years has changed so dramatically The first American election I was in Washington DC for was in 1980 .
President Jimmy Carter had been fatally damaged by the taking of US hostages in Iran and a botched attempt to rescue them .
Ronald Reagan pretty much swept the board and was declared president-elect before the election night parties had even begun .
The contrast to 2020 , 40 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has been no quick finish here .
Vote counting stretched over days , the result was disputed by one of the candidates and , technically at least , is likely to be contested in courts for weeks - at least up until 14 December when the Electoral College is convened to endorse the winner .
In 1980 there was a near universal urge to get behind the new Republican president who had a unifying slogan of `` morning in America '' .
By contrast Donald Trump depicted `` American carnage '' in his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cuts directly to the divisiveness which the incumbent has systematically encouraged in his campaign .
In his many mass rallies - dubbed `` COVID superspreaders '' by his opponents - he whips up the crowd by suggesting that his Democratic opponents are criminals trying to steal the election and should be `` locked up '' .
His other targets include `` fake news '' , or the mainstream media , and even Dr Anthony Fauci , the US adviser on coronavirus .
Even though the virus is surging in the United States , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the country is getting on top of the virus and that it will be forgotten after election day .
That is all exactly what they wanted to hear , even if many would regard it as an alternative reality .
He carried on in the same style after ballots had been cast .
He claimed the election was a fraud and being stolen from him and sent out his lawyers and supporters in a vain attempt to stop the counts .
I have little doubt that Donald Trump would have been re-elected if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ US voters are very conservative by European standards , and they seemed persuaded by Mr Trump 's boasts that jobs and the stock exchanges had done well under his presidency .
Instead COVID-19 has brought 230,000 deaths , and counting , to America .
Four times more than the loss of American lives in the Vietnam war .
Mr Trump has been at least as incompetent in handling the disease as the British government .
He has been even more reluctant to rely on what we call the state to handle the pandemic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who want to ignore or dismiss the outbreak .
Mr Trump 's vote is up in the increased turnout at this election from 46 % to 48 % of the record turnout .
But Joe Biden 's share is up even more .
He has more than 50 % of the votes cast .
Significant numbers of women , the elderly , the college educated , young voters and ethnic minorities have been energised to vote against Mr Trump , some for the first time .
Mr Biden 's offer is the exact @ @ @ @ @ @ @ public health programme to deal with the outbreak .
His main message before and after election day was : `` I am running as a Democrat , but I will govern for all Americans . ''
COVID-19 has become yet another divisive issue in the culture war and in election politics .
If you are worried about coronavirus , you are more likely to be a Democrat and you are more likely to have voted in advance or by mail .
This big turnout explains why Mr Biden caught up in Pennsylvania and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ last .
: : Subscribe to Divided States on Apple podcasts , Google Podcasts , Spotify , and Spreaker Earlier this year , nobody thought that Arizona and Georgia would be battlegrounds in this presidential election .
They were regarded as `` ruby red '' Republican states .
Instead , Donald Trump had to bite his nails as the vote counts came down to fractions of 1 % .
He needed to win both states to stand a chance of being re-elected .
Georgia , the home of the peanut farmer and Democratic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Martin Luther King , is having the last laugh .

Ronald Reagan universally swept the board to victory in 1980 - the contrast with Donald Trump is dramatic.
US Election 2020: Reagan to Trump - covering US elections for 40 years has changed so dramatically
The first American election I was in Washington DC for was in 1980.
President Jimmy Carter had been fatally damaged by the taking of US hostages in Iran and a botched attempt to rescue them.
Ronald Reagan pretty much swept the board and was declared president-elect before the election night parties had even begun.
Image: Outgoing US President Jimmy Carter (L) and Ronald Reagan en route to Reagan's Presidential Inauguration Ceremony
The contrast to 2020, 40 years later, is dramatic. There has been no quick finish here.
Vote counting stretched over days, the result was disputed by one of the candidates and, technically at least, is likely to be contested in courts for weeks - at least up until 14 December when the Electoral College is convened to endorse the winner.
In 1980 there was a near universal urge to get behind the new Republican president who had a unifying slogan of "morning in America".
By contrast Donald Trump depicted "American carnage" in his inauguration address four years ago.
That cuts directly to the divisiveness which the incumbent has systematically encouraged in his campaign.
In his many mass rallies - dubbed "COVID superspreaders" by his opponents - he whips up the crowd by suggesting that his Democratic opponents are criminals trying to steal the election and should be "locked up".
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His other targets include "fake news", or the mainstream media, and even Dr Anthony Fauci, the US adviser on coronavirus.
Even though the virus is surging in the United States, the president repeatedly told his reporters that the country is getting on top of the virus and that it will be forgotten after election day.
That is all exactly what they wanted to hear, even if many would regard it as an alternative reality.
He carried on in the same style after ballots had been cast.
He claimed the election was a fraud and being stolen from him and sent out his lawyers and supporters in a vain attempt to stop the counts.
I have little doubt that Donald Trump would have been re-elected if the coronavirus outbreak had not happened.
US voters are very conservative by European standards, and they seemed persuaded by Mr Trump's boasts that jobs and the stock exchanges had done well under his presidency.
Instead COVID-19 has brought 230,000 deaths, and counting, to America. Four times more than the loss of American lives in the Vietnam war.
Image: Trump disregarded the pandemic to hold 'superspreader' campaign rallies
Mr Trump has been at least as incompetent in handling the disease as the British government. He has been even more reluctant to rely on what we call the state to handle the pandemic.
This hasn't alienated his base who want to ignore or dismiss the outbreak. Mr Trump's vote is up in the increased turnout at this election from 46% to 48% of the record turnout.
But Joe Biden's share is up even more. He has more than 50% of the votes cast.
Significant numbers of women, the elderly, the college educated, young voters and ethnic minorities have been energised to vote against Mr Trump, some for the first time.
Mr Biden's offer is the exact opposite. He has promised a concerted public health programme to deal with the outbreak.
His main message before and after election day was: "I am running as a Democrat, but I will govern for all Americans."
COVID-19 has become yet another divisive issue in the culture war and in election politics. If you are worried about coronavirus, you are more likely to be a Democrat and you are more likely to have voted in advance or by mail.
This big turnout explains why Mr Biden caught up in Pennsylvania and Georgia, with the not-on-the-day ballots counted last.
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Earlier this year, nobody thought that Arizona and Georgia would be battlegrounds in this presidential election.
They were regarded as "ruby red" Republican states. Instead, Donald Trump had to bite his nails as the vote counts came down to fractions of 1%. He needed to win both states to stand a chance of being re-elected.
Georgia, the home of the peanut farmer and Democratic President Jimmy Carter as well as Dr Martin Luther King, is having the last laugh.


skynewsus--2020-11-08--'Like a movie': Biden's name finally up in lights - but now he has to deliver

The victory party his campaign and supporters had waited five days to hold was a moment of release similar to those being expressed across the country .
Yes , they were celebrating Biden 's victory but to many Democrats it was just as much the beginning of a long goodbye to Donald Trump .
`` It has taken so long , '' said one woman .
`` This country needed change . ''
Even if the COVID-19 pandemic had forced them to turn the event into another drive-in rally , the glitz and choreography of this peculiarly American political moment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vice president-elect Kamala Harris were joined on stage by their spouses and extended families , the music and confetti and those fireworks creating the mood of celebration .
But in their words was the recognition that this is a time of extreme peril in this country and that the problems will soon be theirs to fix .
The work has already begun , they said .
Biden 's empathy for those who voted for Donald Trump and would be feeling the disappointment now was perhaps typical of him and the sort of olive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ plentiful supply .
So too his frustration with Republicans and Democrats who refuse to cooperate - not a mysterious force but a `` decision '' he said - and something he will not tolerate .
It was encouraging in the spirit of healing .
Whether it is pie-in-the-sky in the current political atmosphere is another matter .
The presence of Harris , the first woman ever elected vice president and a woman of colour at that , did make this literally a moment the like of which America has never seen .
That @ @ @ @ @ @ @ n't be the last , her powerful message of inspiration to young girls everywhere , is certain to go down as a defining statement of modern America .
The election of Harris has undoubtedly shattered the glass ceiling Hillary Clinton was unable to break through four years ago , and it tells the story of the changing face of America and a country that wants to be represented in a whole new way .
As Biden looked up at his name spelled out in that spectacular fireworks display , how he must have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 48 years ago to the day .
On 7 November 1972 , he was elected to the US Senate for the first time .
: : Subscribe to Divided States on Apple podcasts , Google Podcasts , Spotify , and Spreaker Triumph was swiftly followed by tragedy , the loss in a car accident of his wife and daughter , and a personal story so American it could have been a movie .
It has now carried him to his ultimate goal , the top job he has sought for more than 30 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will not except legitimacy of his presidency and are certain to hound him throughout his term in office .
The current president may be among them .
But love him or hate him , in a time of crisis , most Americans are now banking on Joe Biden succeeding .

The victory party his campaign and supporters had waited five days to hold was a moment of release similar to those being expressed across the country.
Yes, they were celebrating Biden's victory but to many Democrats it was just as much the beginning of a long goodbye to Donald Trump.
"It has taken so long," said one woman. "This country needed change."
Even if the COVID-19 pandemic had forced them to turn the event into another drive-in rally, the glitz and choreography of this peculiarly American political moment was all there.
Image: The glitz of this peculiarly American political moment was all there.
Image: Biden supporters cheered their man as he took to the stage for his big moment
Joe Biden and vice president-elect Kamala Harris were joined on stage by their spouses and extended families, the music and confetti and those fireworks creating the mood of celebration.
But in their words was the recognition that this is a time of extreme peril in this country and that the problems will soon be theirs to fix. The work has already begun, they said.
Biden's empathy for those who voted for Donald Trump and would be feeling the disappointment now was perhaps typical of him and the sort of olive branch that will need to be in plentiful supply.
Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 4:08 'This is the time to heal in America' - Biden
So too his frustration with Republicans and Democrats who refuse to cooperate - not a mysterious force but a "decision" he said - and something he will not tolerate.
It was encouraging in the spirit of healing. Whether it is pie-in-the-sky in the current political atmosphere is another matter.
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Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 2:41 Harris honours 'generations of women'
The presence of Harris, the first woman ever elected vice president and a woman of colour at that, did make this literally a moment the like of which America has never seen.
That she may be the first but won't be the last, her powerful message of inspiration to young girls everywhere, is certain to go down as a defining statement of modern America.
Image: Kamala Harris has shattered the glass ceiling where Hillary Clinton failed
The election of Harris has undoubtedly shattered the glass ceiling Hillary Clinton was unable to break through four years ago, and it tells the story of the changing face of America and a country that wants to be represented in a whole new way.
As Biden looked up at his name spelled out in that spectacular fireworks display, how he must have pondered the political journey that had begun 48 years ago to the day.
On 7 November 1972, he was elected to the US Senate for the first time.
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Triumph was swiftly followed by tragedy, the loss in a car accident of his wife and daughter, and a personal story so American it could have been a movie.
It has now carried him to his ultimate goal, the top job he has sought for more than 30 years.
A whole slice of America will not except legitimacy of his presidency and are certain to hound him throughout his term in office. The current president may be among them.
But love him or hate him, in a time of crisis, most Americans are now banking on Joe Biden succeeding.


skynewsus--2020-11-08--Armed hardcore 'Trumpers' among protesters in Vegas defending baseless election fraud claims

Freezing wind , drizzle and snow-sprinkled mountains , towering above a small group of pro-Trump `` stop the count '' protesters shouting at passing cars outside the election centre in Las Vegas 's Clark County .
This was my Joe Biden victory day .
After days of balmy weather awaiting the result of a very slow presidential electoral vote count in Nevada , my team and I found ourselves surrounded by hardcore `` Trumpers '' convinced that their leader - the president - was being fraudulently stolen of `` four more years '' .
They had kept a vigil night @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to stop the count continuing in this democratic stronghold in the world 's most famous gambling arena .
Nevada remaining a blue state overwhelmingly depended on the votes counted here in Las Vegas .
The Trump supporters here are determined in their belief that there has been a coordinated campaign to suppress their voices .
As news spread from the country 's east that the election had been called for Biden , they continued with their vociferous campaign , demanding an end to the election - not just a recount , but a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ scared of what may happen .
Masked men with assault rifles , alien to us but common here , made up their number .
I asked one of the gunmen , ludicrously dressed for the apocalypse , for an interview .
`` So , you are the fake news , '' he said .
`` No , I 'm from British television and we do n't make up stories , so let me speak to you , '' I replied .
`` No , '' he said .
Some 30 people had gathered @ @ @ @ @ @ @ outside a remote and anonymous building with no likely threat near .
That , all helped by the open carry gun laws here , was clearly absurd .
But this is where America has gone and it 's where the president has taken them .
The fact is that the overwhelming majority of United States citizens I have met over decades of visiting are really lovely - even those who simply refuse to believe this election is n't a fraud .
Among the crowd , I met Brandon .
He would n't share @ @ @ @ @ @ @ happy to chat .
He was a really nice guy .
He was also adamant that everything is fraudulent , that the mail-in ballots were illegal , and that COVID-19 was not a legitimate excuse for not coming out to vote in person .
`` To think that this election has any kind of credibility is just ridiculous , '' he said .
`` You ca n't put out a multimillion-dollar smear campaign and then send out tens of millions of ballots and think that the numbers are going to come back accurately @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to Divided States on Apple podcasts , Google Podcasts , Spotify , and Spreaker Regardless of there being no evidence of corruption , just hearsay and otherwise fake Twitter posts , apparently sensible and pleasant activists in the `` stop the steal '' campaign remain resolute in one thing : they wo n't stop .
One of them , Courtney Holland , did not think it was too late to change the result .
`` I think there 's still a fight to be had , you know , if you go and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ statement that he made this morning , '' she said .
`` There 's a written statement where they are going to be starting Monday , filing different lawsuits and a lot of litigation , so I think there 's a long battle ahead and that 's going to be going to the courts . ''
Trump has been omnipresent in so many walks of life throughout the United States and indeed across the world for years .
Driving into downtown Las Vegas , the Trump hotel stands on the skyline next to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ immortalised in movies for generations .
His hotel is a gaudy gold .
Beneath its shadow is Las Vegas Boulevard , part of the famous Las Vegas Strip .
The sounds of honking horns , cheers , clapping and celebration greeted us as we came to film .
Biden supporters were celebrating .
In a town known for its partying , they were in full flow .
There was a sense of relief .
The odd Trump supporter was shouting against them , but nobody was listening anymore .
It felt like a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is worth remembering - amid the celebrations , this was an incredibly tight election .
Trump did well .
The paradox of his success was that he galvanised just enough people to vote against him .
This country is divided and it was close .
It should n't be forgotten .
Joe Biden has a lot to do to unite this nation - and that ca n't start until the litigation stops .

Freezing wind, drizzle and snow-sprinkled mountains, towering above a small group of pro-Trump "stop the count" protesters shouting at passing cars outside the election centre in Las Vegas's Clark County.
This was my Joe Biden victory day.
After days of balmy weather awaiting the result of a very slow presidential electoral vote count in Nevada, my team and I found ourselves surrounded by hardcore "Trumpers" convinced that their leader - the president - was being fraudulently stolen of "four more years".
Image: 'Trumpers' - some armed - are defending the president's unfounded election fraud claims in Nevada
Image: Trump supporters in Las Vegas are convinced he should have won the election
They had kept a vigil night and day since the election, trying to stop the count continuing in this democratic stronghold in the world's most famous gambling arena.
Nevada remaining a blue state overwhelmingly depended on the votes counted here in Las Vegas.
The Trump supporters here are determined in their belief that there has been a coordinated campaign to suppress their voices.
As news spread from the country's east that the election had been called for Biden, they continued with their vociferous campaign, demanding an end to the election - not just a recount, but a new election.
They said they were scared of what may happen. Masked men with assault rifles, alien to us but common here, made up their number.
I asked one of the gunmen, ludicrously dressed for the apocalypse, for an interview.
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Image: The president's supporters have been out in force
"So, you are the fake news," he said.
"No, I'm from British television and we don't make up stories, so let me speak to you," I replied.
"No," he said.
Image: The group believes the claim that the election was rigged
Some 30 people had gathered with their machine guns in freezing weather outside a remote and anonymous building with no likely threat near.
That, all helped by the open carry gun laws here, was clearly absurd.
But this is where America has gone and it's where the president has taken them.
The fact is that the overwhelming majority of United States citizens I have met over decades of visiting are really lovely - even those who simply refuse to believe this election isn't a fraud.
Image: 'There's still a fight to be had' says the pro-Trump group
Among the crowd, I met Brandon. He wouldn't share his family name, but he was happy to chat.
He was a really nice guy. He was also adamant that everything is fraudulent, that the mail-in ballots were illegal, and that COVID-19 was not a legitimate excuse for not coming out to vote in person.
"To think that this election has any kind of credibility is just ridiculous," he said.
"You can't put out a multimillion-dollar smear campaign and then send out tens of millions of ballots and think that the numbers are going to come back accurately at all."
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Regardless of there being no evidence of corruption, just hearsay and otherwise fake Twitter posts, apparently sensible and pleasant activists in the "stop the steal" campaign remain resolute in one thing: they won't stop.
One of them, Courtney Holland, did not think it was too late to change the result.
"I think there's still a fight to be had, you know, if you go and take a look at President Trump's statement that he made this morning," she said.
"There's a written statement where they are going to be starting Monday, filing different lawsuits and a lot of litigation, so I think there's a long battle ahead and that's going to be going to the courts."
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Trump has been omnipresent in so many walks of life throughout the United States and indeed across the world for years.
Driving into downtown Las Vegas, the Trump hotel stands on the skyline next to some of the most famous hotel names immortalised in movies for generations.
His hotel is a gaudy gold. Beneath its shadow is Las Vegas Boulevard, part of the famous Las Vegas Strip.
The sounds of honking horns, cheers, clapping and celebration greeted us as we came to film.
Image: But Biden supporters have also been out celebrating in Vegas
Biden supporters were celebrating. In a town known for its partying, they were in full flow. There was a sense of relief.
The odd Trump supporter was shouting against them, but nobody was listening anymore. It felt like a metaphor.
But, crucially, it is worth remembering - amid the celebrations, this was an incredibly tight election.
Trump did well. The paradox of his success was that he galvanised just enough people to vote against him.
This country is divided and it was close. It shouldn't be forgotten.
Joe Biden has a lot to do to unite this nation - and that can't start until the litigation stops.


skynewsus--2020-11-08--Full speed ahead: Biden launches website and details first order of business

Victorious Joe Biden and his team have launched their official transition website and social media channels , laying the groundwork for taking over as US president .
The team has spent months making the arrangements and on its website , BuildBackBetter.com , pledged to focus on tackling coronavirus as a priority and promised : `` We are n't just going to rebuild what has worked in the past .
This is our opportunity to build back better than ever . ''
In a statement , Mr Biden 's team said : `` The crises we are facing are severe - @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recession to racial injustice to the climate crisis .
Our work continues full speed today . ''
And in their first Tweet , the Biden transition team said : `` We stand together as one America .
We will rise stronger than we were before . ''
On Monday , Mr Biden - now president-elect - will name a group of leading scientists as his advisers to create an `` action blueprint '' on how to deal with the pandemic .
He also has `` agency review teams '' to consider how he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ statement continued : `` Across the board we will continue laying the foundation for the incoming Biden-Harris administration to successfully restore faith and trust in our institutions and lead the federal government . ''
Donald Trump is still refusing to concede and has fired off a barrage of tweets with unfounded claims about electoral fraud - including that tens of thousands of votes were illegally cast .
In one post , using capital letters , he declared : `` I WON THE ELECTION , GOT 71,000,000 LEGAL VOTES '' - Twitter immediately flagged @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's latest tweets on Sunday , he wrote : `` We 're seeing a number of affidavits that there has been voter fraud .
We have a history in this country of election problems .
`` In Pennsylvania you had an order by a Supreme Court Justice to compel them to separate ballots that were received after the legislative deadline .
It required the intervention of Justice Alito .
`` That 's a large group of ballots .
When you talk about systemic problems , it 's about how these ballots were authenticated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the system about authentication , that would seriously affect the ENTIRE ELECTION .
`` And what concerns me is that we had over a hundred million mail-in ballot in cites like Philladelphia ( sic ) and Detroit with a long series of election problems ( to put it mildly ) . ''

Victorious Joe Biden and his team have launched their official transition website and social media channels, laying the groundwork for taking over as US president.
The team has spent months making the arrangements and on its website, BuildBackBetter.com, outlined a "seven-point plan to beat COVID-19", and said: "We aren't just going to rebuild what has worked in the past. This is our opportunity to build back better than ever."
In a statement, Mr Biden's team said: "The crises we are facing are severe - from a global pandemic to an economic recession to racial injustice to the climate crisis. Our work continues full speed today."
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And in their first tweet, the Biden transition team said: "We stand together as one America. We will rise stronger than we were before."
On Monday, Mr Biden, 77 - now president-elect - will name a group of leading scientists as his advisers to create an "action blueprint" on how to deal with the pandemic.
He also has "agency review teams" to consider how he wants to run the country.
The statement continued: "Across the board we will continue laying the foundation for the incoming Biden-Harris administration to successfully restore faith and trust in our institutions and lead the federal government."
Image: Donald Trump leaving the White House on Sunday
Donald Trump - who was back playing golf in Sterling, Virginia on Sunday - is still refusing to concede and has fired off a barrage of tweets with unfounded claims about electoral fraud - including that tens of thousands of votes were illegally cast.
In one post, using capital letters, he declared: "I WON THE ELECTION, GOT 71,000,000 LEGAL VOTES."
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Twitter immediately flagged it as misleading.
In Mr Trump's latest tweets, he appeared to quote a law professor as saying: "We're seeing a number of affidavits that there has been voter fraud. We have a history in this country of election problems."
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Image: Donald Trump returned to the golf course in Sterling, Virginia on Sunday
He is the first incumbent president to lose re-election since fellow Republican George HW Bush in 1992.
Democrat Joe Biden defeated Mr Trump to become the 46th president of the United States on Saturday, positioning himself to be a leader who "seeks not to divide, but to unify".
His victory followed more than three days of uncertainty as election officials sorted through a surge of mail-in votes that delayed processing, but Mr Biden crossed the winning threshold of 270 Electoral College votes with a win in Pennsylvania.
"I sought this office to restore the soul of America," he said in a prime-time victory speech not far from his Delaware home, adding: "And to make America respected around the world again and to unite us here at home."
Kamala Harris made history as the first black woman to become vice president, and she is also the highest-ranking woman ever to serve in government, four years after Mr Trump defeated Hillary Clinton.
Image: Kamala Harris made history as the first black woman to become vice president
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The California senator introduced Mr Biden "as a president for all Americans" and nodded to the historic nature of her ascension to the vice presidency.
She said: "Dream with ambition, lead with conviction and see yourselves in a way that others may not simply because they've never seen it before.
"You chose hope and unity, decency, science and, yes, truth - you ushered in a new day for America."


skynewsus--2020-11-04--Will Brexit drive a wedge between Boris Johnson and Joe Biden?

The pair clashed over the issue earlier this year , but now the Democrat is heading for the White House .
US election results : Will Brexit drive a wedge between Boris Johnson and Joe Biden ?
Joe Biden has made no secret of his opposition to Boris Johnson 's career-defining flagship policy : Brexit .
Mr Biden claims - wrongly , according to the prime minister - that the Good Friday Agreement is threatened by the Internal Market Bill , currently going through the House of Lords .
It 's a dispute that has the potential to cause problems @ @ @ @ @ @ @ between the UK and US , an accord that UK prime ministers care about much more than US presidents .
That was very much alluded to in Mr Johnson 's statement congratulating the president-elect .
He wrote : `` The US is our most important ally and I look forward to working closely together on our shared priorities , from climate change to trade and security . ''
Back in September , Downing Street got into the sort of unseemly clash with the Democrats that soured John Major 's early relationship with Bill @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to his Republican opponent George Bush Senior .
The dispute began when Mr Biden tweeted : `` Any trade deal between the US and the UK must be contingent upon a respect for the Good Friday Agreement and preventing the return of a hard border .
Period .
`` We ca n't allow the Good Friday Agreement that brought peace to Northern Ireland to become a casualty of Brexit . ''
It was a move that infuriated Mr Johnson and his Downing Street inner circle of Brexiteers .
But in a slap-down that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to Mr Biden , Downing Street appeared to suggest the Democratic contender for the White House did n't know what he was talking about .
`` We will continue to work with our US partners to ensure our position is understood , '' said Number 10 .
And the PM 's Brexit cheerleader Iain Duncan Smith sneered : `` We do n't need lectures on the Northern Ireland peace deal from Mr Biden . ''
Trump-loving Tory Brexiteers wo n't forget , either , that Joe Biden was vice-president to Barack Obama when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the UK in 2016 that Brexit would leave the UK `` at the back of the queue '' in trade deals with the US .
At the same time , Mr Obama was offended by Mr Johnson claiming his `` part-Kenyan heritage '' made him anti-British .
Officials in Brussels were claiming the Brexit negotiations had stalled while the outcome in Washington was in doubt , and now there 's a Biden victory the UK will feel the squeeze .
Inevitably , the relationship between Mr Biden and the prime minister - @ @ @ @ @ @ @ disclosed this week - will not be as close as that between Mr Johnson and his soulmate in the White House for the past four years , Donald Trump .
It 's claimed the president gave Mr Johnson his personal mobile phone number and they speak on a regular basis .
Ideologically , the PM 's relationship with `` the Donald '' has been as close as those between soulmates Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan and Tony Blair 's with Bill Clinton .
So Mr Johnson has a big job on now to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ That may not be easy .
It 's claimed that after Mr Trump 's support for Brexit , Mr Biden wants to build relations with the European Union .
In that case , Mr Johnson could be frozen out and fall behind the likes of French president Emmanuel Macron and Germany 's Angela Merkel in the race to be invited to meet Mr Biden in the White House .
Charles Grant , director of the Centre for European Reform think-tank , told Sky News : `` The Biden advisers I talk to are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reasons of national interest .
`` They saw Britain as a friend and helper in Europe who helped steer the EU in a pro-US direction , pushing Atlanticist agendas on free trade , a strong NATO and standing up to Russia .
`` More generally , Biden 's people are strong believers in multilateralism and believe the world is a better place with big international organisations with lots of power , like the World Health Organisation , the World Trade Organisation and the European Union .
`` Although Boris Johnson , to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Health Organisation , the World Trade Organisation or the Paris climate change agreements , he has been strongly opposed to the EU , which Americans see as a force of stability in Europe .
`` They see the West as weakened with Britain leaving the EU .
They see the EU without Britain as weaker strategically , economically , diplomatically and in defence terms , facing other countries such as Russia . ''
But it 's not all bad news for the prime minister , even though Mr Biden identifies himself as a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Irish heritage , because that always plays well in American politics , that was his mother 's side of the family .
His father 's side hailed from Sussex .
Looking back on Mr Biden 's long career in US politics , spanning nearly half a century , UK critics claim he was a key figure in persuading President Clinton to grant a US visa to Sinn Fein 's Gerry Adams in 1994 .
But a more careful and detailed look at 77-year-old Mr Biden 's long record suggests he is not at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Look back far enough into his record in US politics and the record shows that in 1982 the young Senator Biden was one of the strongest US supporters of the UK over the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands , while President Reagan and his Secretary of State Alexander Haig at first stayed neutral .
Mr Biden was the sponsor of a Senate resolution demanding that Washington declare itself to be on Britain 's side .
In a TV interview at the time , he said : `` My resolution calls for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on - the British side .
: : Subscribe to Divided States on Apple podcasts , Google Podcasts , Spotify , and Spreaker '' The Argentines must be disabused of this notion that the US is neutral in this matter .
It is clear that Argentina is the aggressor .
It is clear that Britain is in the right and it should be clear to the whole world where the US stands . ''
Challenged in the interview if he was risking damaging relations with South American allies , Mr Biden replied : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by not standing with our oldest and closest ally . ''
So in many respects , Mr Biden is a good and reliable friend of the UK .
But Brexit threatens to damage that friendship .

The pair clashed over the issue earlier this year, but now the Democrat is heading for the White House.
Joe Biden has made no secret of his opposition to Boris Johnson's career-defining flagship policy: Brexit.
Mr Biden claims - wrongly, according to the prime minister - that the Good Friday Agreement is threatened by the Internal Market Bill, currently going through the House of Lords.
Image: Boris Johnson will be hoping to have a good relationship with the new regime in America
It's a dispute that has the potential to cause problems for the so-called "special relationship" between the UK and US, an accord that UK prime ministers care about much more than US presidents.
That was very much alluded to in Mr Johnson's statement congratulating the president-elect.
He wrote: "The US is our most important ally and I look forward to working closely together on our shared priorities, from climate change to trade and security."
Back in September, Downing Street got into the sort of unseemly clash with the Democrats that soured John Major's early relationship with Bill Clinton after the Tories lent their help to his Republican opponent George Bush Senior.
The dispute began when Mr Biden tweeted: "Any trade deal between the US and the UK must be contingent upon a respect for the Good Friday Agreement and preventing the return of a hard border. Period.
"We can't allow the Good Friday Agreement that brought peace to Northern Ireland to become a casualty of Brexit."
It was a move that infuriated Mr Johnson and his Downing Street inner circle of Brexiteers. But in a slap-down that will not have endeared the prime minister to Mr Biden, Downing Street appeared to suggest the Democratic contender for the White House didn't know what he was talking about.
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"We will continue to work with our US partners to ensure our position is understood," said Number 10. And the PM's Brexit cheerleader Iain Duncan Smith sneered: "We don't need lectures on the Northern Ireland peace deal from Mr Biden."
Image: Mr Biden cultivated relationships with other UK political leaders
Image: Some will remember he served during Barack Obama's Brexit intervention
Trump-loving Tory Brexiteers won't forget, either, that Joe Biden was vice-president to Barack Obama when Mr Obama controversially declared during a visit to the UK in 2016 that Brexit would leave the UK "at the back of the queue" in trade deals with the US.
At the same time, Mr Obama was offended by Mr Johnson claiming his "part-Kenyan heritage" made him anti-British.
Officials in Brussels were claiming the Brexit negotiations had stalled while the outcome in Washington was in doubt, and now there's a Biden victory the UK will feel the squeeze.
Inevitably, the relationship between Mr Biden and the prime minister - who have never met, Downing Street disclosed this week - will not be as close as that between Mr Johnson and his soulmate in the White House for the past four years, Donald Trump.
It's claimed the president gave Mr Johnson his personal mobile phone number and they speak on a regular basis.
Ideologically, the PM's relationship with "the Donald" has been as close as those between soulmates Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan and Tony Blair's with Bill Clinton.
So Mr Johnson has a big job on now to repair relations with the Biden camp.
That may not be easy. It's claimed that after Mr Trump's support for Brexit, Mr Biden wants to build relations with the European Union.
In that case, Mr Johnson could be frozen out and fall behind the likes of French president Emmanuel Macron and Germany's Angela Merkel in the race to be invited to meet Mr Biden in the White House.
Charles Grant, director of the Centre for European Reform think-tank, told Sky News: "The Biden advisers I talk to are concerned about Brexit, partly just for reasons of national interest.
Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 3:01 Could Joe Biden interrupt Brexit talks?
"They saw Britain as a friend and helper in Europe who helped steer the EU in a pro-US direction, pushing Atlanticist agendas on free trade, a strong NATO and standing up to Russia.
"More generally, Biden's people are strong believers in multilateralism and believe the world is a better place with big international organisations with lots of power, like the World Health Organisation, the World Trade Organisation and the European Union.
"Although Boris Johnson, to be fair, is not against the World Health Organisation, the World Trade Organisation or the Paris climate change agreements, he has been strongly opposed to the EU, which Americans see as a force of stability in Europe.
"They see the West as weakened with Britain leaving the EU. They see the EU without Britain as weaker strategically, economically, diplomatically and in defence terms, facing other countries such as Russia."
But it's not all bad news for the prime minister, even though Mr Biden identifies himself as a passionate Irish-American.
While he emphasises his Irish heritage, because that always plays well in American politics, that was his mother's side of the family. His father's side hailed from Sussex.
Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 11:46 'Biden feels Brexit reduced UK influence'
Looking back on Mr Biden's long career in US politics, spanning nearly half a century, UK critics claim he was a key figure in persuading President Clinton to grant a US visa to Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams in 1994.
But a more careful and detailed look at 77-year-old Mr Biden's long record suggests he is not at all anti-British, far from it.
Look back far enough into his record in US politics and the record shows that in 1982 the young Senator Biden was one of the strongest US supporters of the UK over the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands, while President Reagan and his Secretary of State Alexander Haig at first stayed neutral.
Mr Biden was the sponsor of a Senate resolution demanding that Washington declare itself to be on Britain's side. In a TV interview at the time, he said: "My resolution calls for the US to state whose side we are on - the British side.
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"The Argentines must be disabused of this notion that the US is neutral in this matter. It is clear that Argentina is the aggressor. It is clear that Britain is in the right and it should be clear to the whole world where the US stands."
Challenged in the interview if he was risking damaging relations with South American allies, Mr Biden replied: "We lose a great deal more by not standing with our oldest and closest ally."
So in many respects, Mr Biden is a good and reliable friend of the UK. But Brexit threatens to damage that friendship.


skynewsus--2020-11-08--Jubilant Biden supporters party into the night across the US

Jubilant Biden supporters have partied into the night to celebrate the Democrat becoming president-elect , letting loose after several days when the result appeared on a knife-edge .
People honked their horns and hung out of car windows in cities such as Chicago and Washington , others danced and hugged , while some banged pots and pans , and others paraded with cut-outs of the new president .
There were tears among some in New York 's famous Times Square as they looked up at screens showing Mr Biden and Kamala Harris making their victory speeches on Saturday night .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ rally in Delaware cheered America 's incoming leader as he made a passionate speech pledging to unify the country .
The party was triggered after Mr Biden took the key state of Pennsylvania to seal his presidential win - despite Donald Trump 's insistence he will fight the result amid unfounded allegations of fraud .
Some of the biggest celebrations were not far from the White House itself , with Biden supporters gathering on Black Lives Matter Plaza as fireworks rocketed into the sky .
In the city 's Dupont Circle , several @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the sound of honking horns and clanging cowbells .
Duane Fitzhugh , 52 , a teacher celebrated outside the Trump Hotel in Washington , and said it was as if a spell had been lifted .
`` It 's like a pall fell over the country four years ago , and we 've been waiting years for it to end , '' he said .
Donna Thomas , another Washington resident said : `` I jumped off the bus to come right down here to the White House .
It is something to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ long . ''
Celebrations and spontaneous block parties also sprang up in New York City .
People in Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village danced and jumped in the park 's fountain , a planned demo in Columbus Circle turned into a party , and people banged on kitchenware and honked their horns in many neighbourhoods .
In San Francisco 's famous Castro district , a pinata effigy of President Trump was paraded around - with signs among the crowd reading `` you 're fired '' and `` lock him up '' .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ was also celebrated in Oakland , where block parties also broke out .
America 's first woman and African-American vice president was born in the California city .
In Boston , police shut traffic from streets near the State House to allow people to party .
Supporters of President Trump also turned out in places - but their gatherings in states such as Pennsylvania , Michigan and Arizona - were smaller and more muted .
Hundreds gathered in Lansing , Michigan , waving Trump-Pence flags and shouting `` this is not over '' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ . ''
There were some isolated cases of rival groups confronting each other , such as in Harrisburg , Pennsylvania , where about 100 from each side faced off .
: : Subscribe to Divided States on Apple podcasts , Google Podcasts , Spotify , and Spreaker However , there were no immediate reports of violence .
In Phoenix , Arizona , some Trump supporters were carrying firearms as they chanted slogans like `` Trump won '' and `` We will win in court . ''
Mr Trump 's claims of voter fraud @ @ @ @ @ @ @ yet to offer any evidence despite invoking the threat of taking his case to the Supreme Court .

Jubilant Biden supporters have partied into the night to celebrate the Democrat becoming president-elect, letting loose after several days when the result appeared on a knife-edge.
People honked their horns and hung out of car windows in cities such as Chicago and Washington, others danced and hugged, while some banged pots and pans, and others paraded with cut-outs of the new president.
There were tears among some in New York's famous Times Square as they looked up at screens showing Mr Biden and Kamala Harris making their victory speeches on Saturday night.
More than 1,000 supporters at a drive-in rally in Delaware cheered America's incoming leader as he made a passionate speech pledging to unify the country.
Image: There was ecstasy among some Biden supporters as he took to the stage in Delaware
Image: Some people in Times Square were in tears as they watched Mr Biden speak
The party was triggered after Mr Biden took the key state of Pennsylvania to seal his presidential win - despite Donald Trump's insistence he will fight the result amid unfounded allegations of fraud.
Some of the biggest celebrations were not far from the White House itself, with Biden supporters gathering on Black Lives Matter Plaza as fireworks rocketed into the sky.
In the city's Dupont Circle, several hundred people marched towards the centre to the sound of honking horns and clanging cowbells.
Image: There were large crowds in Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington
Image: Biden supporters took to the streets of Chicago
Image: A woman films in Chicago
Duane Fitzhugh, 52, a teacher celebrated outside the Trump Hotel in Washington, and said it was as if a spell had been lifted.
"It's like a pall fell over the country four years ago, and we've been waiting years for it to end," he said.
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Donna Thomas, another Washington resident said: "I jumped off the bus to come right down here to the White House. It is something to celebrate. We have been waiting so long."
Celebrations and spontaneous block parties also sprang up in New York City.
Image: Many people gathered in Times Square in Manhattan
Image: New Yorkers were in high spirits as dusk fell
People in Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village danced and jumped in the park's fountain, a planned demo in Columbus Circle turned into a party, and people banged on kitchenware and honked their horns in many neighbourhoods.
In San Francisco's famous Castro district, a pinata effigy of President Trump was paraded around - with signs among the crowd reading "you're fired" and "lock him up".
Image: People in San Francisco's Castro district sent Trump a simple message...
Image: There was also a champagne shower for some in San Francisco
Kamala Harris - the vice-president elect - was also celebrated in Oakland, where block parties also broke out.
America's first woman and African-American vice president was born in the California city.
In Boston, police shut traffic from streets near the State House to allow people to party.
Image: A woman raises her fist on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles
Image: Atlanta in Georgia was one of many cities to see celebrations
Image: A woman holds up photos of Kamala Harris and Joe Biden in Austin, Texas
Supporters of President Trump also turned out in places - but their gatherings in states such as Pennsylvania, Michigan and Arizona - were smaller and more muted.
Hundreds gathered in Lansing, Michigan, waving Trump-Pence flags and shouting "this is not over" and "we will be here forever."
There were some isolated cases of rival groups confronting each other, such as in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where about 100 from each side faced off.
Image: Armed Trump supporters demonstrated at the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing
Image: Trump supporters also turned out in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
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However, there were no immediate reports of violence.
In Phoenix, Arizona, some Trump supporters were carrying firearms as they chanted slogans like "Trump won" and "We will win in court."
Mr Trump's claims of voter fraud appear unfounded however, and he has yet to offer any evidence despite invoking the threat of taking his case to the Supreme Court.