Joe Biden pledged Thursday to ensure a “peaceful and orderly” transfer of power with Donald Trump, his predecessor and soon-to-be successor in the White House. “I hope that we can, no matter who we vote for, see ourselves as fellow citizens and not as adversaries,” Joe Biden said during his first speech since the Republican billionaire’s resounding victory in the presidential election.
Information to remember:
⇒ Donald Trump on Vladimir Putin: “I think we will talk”
⇒ Susie Wiles will be Donald Trump’s chief of staff
⇒ The head of the Fed will not resign, even if Donald Trump asks him to
Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump ready to talk
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump both signaled on Thursday that they were ready to reconnect, following the Republican’s victory in the US presidential election. “If someone wants to get back in touch, that doesn’t bother me. I’m ready,” Vladimir Putin said during a forum about Donald Trump. “I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate him on his election to the presidency of the United States.”
“I think we’re going to talk to each other,” Donald Trump said about Vladimir Putin on Thursday, during an interview with NBC. The president-elect said he had “probably” already spoken to 70 foreign leaders since his victory in Tuesday’s election.
Before the American election, Vladimir Putin publicly declared that he would prefer to see Joe Biden, then Kamala Harris, in the White House, deeming them more “predictable” for Moscow than the Republican candidate. According to a book published by famous journalist Bob Woodward, Donald Trump has spoken to Vladimir Putin in secret up to seven times since he left the White House in 2021.
Donald Trump will make Susie Wiles his chief of staff
President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday that he would make Susie Wiles, the architect of his campaign, his chief of staff at the White House. “Susie Wiles just helped me win one of the greatest political victories in American history,” greeted the Republican in a statement. She “will continue to work tirelessly to make America great again,” assured Donald Trump, referring to the famous slogan of his campaigns.
He stressed that the sixty-year-old would be the first woman to occupy this prestigious position, an “honor” according to him “well deserved”. The position of chief of staff, or “chief of staff” in English, is perhaps the most strategic in the American executive branch. In France, he is similar to that of secretary general of the Elysée.
Fed boss won’t resign, even if Donald Trump asks him to
The Chairman of the Federal Reserve (Fed), Jerome Powell, assured Thursday that he would not resign, even if President-elect Donald Trump asked him to do so, while the latter has repeatedly criticized the choices of the institution in terms of monetary policy. “No,” Jerome Powell, whose term ends in 2026, simply replied to the question of whether he would leave if the president-elect made a request to do so. “No,” he repeated when asked if he thought he would be legally obligated to leave in such a scenario.
The Republican billionaire has repeatedly attacked the president of the Fed, whom he had appointed to this position during his first term, accusing him in particular of seeking to favor Kamala Harris, the unsuccessful Democratic candidate, through his decisions. , and implying that he would replace him if he was elected again. However, he revised his remarks, subsequently ensuring that he would let Jerome Powell complete his mandate. Donald Trump does not legally have the capacity to fire him, nor even any of the members of the college of governors of the Fed, assured the president of the institution.
Joe Biden will go to the G20 summit in Brazil with a detour through the Amazon rainforest
Joe Biden will go to the G20 summit in Brazil in November, his spokesperson confirmed Thursday, and will make an unprecedented detour through the Amazon rainforest to talk about climate change. “He plans to go to these two summits”, the one which will bring together the Apec (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) countries in Lima, Peru in mid-November and the one which will bring together the leaders of the twenty greatest powers economic events in Rio on November 18 and 19, indicated Karine Jean-Pierre during her daily press conference. That is, two months before handing over the keys to the White House to the Republican tribune, who denies the existence of climate change and advocates aggressive protectionism, with heavy taxes on imported products.
After leaving Peru, the Democratic president will stop in Manaus, northeast of Brazil, to “visit the Amazon rainforest and interact with local leaders, indigenous and others, who are working to preserve and protect this extremely important ecosystem” , the spokesperson announced later in a press release. She specified that this was the first trip of this type for an American president.