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January 8, 2021
As the world watched with growing disbelief, the end of 2020 and the start of 2021 merged into a long transition as Donald Trump’s refusal to concede that he had lost last November’s hotly anticipated U.S. presidential election led to this week’s shocking events in Washington. In the transatlantic space, and more widely, the imminent change from the Trump administration to that of Joe Biden has been awaited as the one crucial development of 2021, and it may prove to be in more ways than many had expected. The ramifications of what has been happening in the United States include the risk of domestic terrorism and the ability of the transatlantic alliance to deal with the new global authoritarian moment.
A growing number of lawmakers and government officials from both parties are calling for Donald Trump’s removal from office following the riot at the US Capitol on Wednesday (6 January). On Thursday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said he would be impeached if not removed by the cabinet. EURACTIV Germany reports.
With less than two weeks before President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, lawmakers fear Trump’s damaging potential in the remaining days, given his incendiary language and his failure to condemn the mob that stormed the US Capitol.
Many were quick to lay the blame at the president’s feet. Republican Senator Mitt Romney did not mince words in a speech on the Senate floor after the riot, saying that the “insurrection” was the result of “a selfish man’s injured pride and the outrage of supporters who he has deliberately misinformed.”
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