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Trump’s power transfer 'tacit acceptance of reality'

25 November 2020

Commenting on Donald Trump’s acceptance of Joe Biden’s formal transition to power while refusing to concede the election, Dr Brain Klaas (UCL School of European Languages, Culture & Society) says the president does not need to admit defeat for the transfer to begin.

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