U.S. President Donald Trump is coming to grips with his re-election defeat, according to aides and advisers, even as he continues to publicly discredit the outcome and delay the start of the official transition to President-elect Joe Biden¡¯s administration.
Trump began a tweet Sunday morning with the phrase ¡°He won,¡± interpreted by even fellow Republicans as a possible concession. But pressure is growing both from Biden¡¯s team and from within Trump¡¯s party for the government to begin the formal transition process, delayed by the president¡¯s refusal to concede.
¡°I think that¡¯s a start of an acknowledgment,¡± Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, a Republican, said on ¡°Meet the Press.¡± After news organizations published stories saying Trump had acknowledged defeat for the first time, the president followed up with a tweet proclaiming, ¡°I concede NOTHING!¡±
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