President Trump Says There Will Be An Orderly Transition To A Biden Presidency

Trump's grudging acknowledgement that Joe Biden will take office on January 20 was posted on Twitter by White House aide Dan Scavino, after the president's own account was locked for stirring up violence on Wednesday 

Daily Mail: 'This represents end of greatest first term in history': Trump posts tone deaf tweet via aide's cell (after Twitter bans him) in which he agrees to 'orderly transition' after MAGA mob shames America and Pence certifies Biden at 3.41am 

 * Joe Biden's Electoral College victory was certified by Mike Pence at 3.41am, ending a nearly 15-hour saga 

 * Trump finally promised an 'orderly transition' on January 20 but maintained his false claims of election fraud 

 * The president had incited his supporters to storm the Capitol, forcing a halt to the electoral vote proceedings * Trump's violent invaders ransacked offices, waved the Confederate flag and swung from a Senate balcony 

 * The harrowing scenes caused anguish among America's allies and were mocked by its authoritarian rivals 

 * Barack Obama called it a 'moment of shame' while George W. Bush compared it to a 'banana republic' 

 * Congress reconvened at 8pm with some Republicans continuing their doomed bid to overturn the election result, including House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Missouri senator Josh Hawley

 * In the Senate, objections were filed in Arizona and Pennsylvania, but both were torpedoed by majority vote 

 * The entire National Guard was deployed to the Capitol and police declared a 6pm curfew for DC 

 * President-elect Biden called for the 'mob to pull back' and said the uprising bordered on sedition 

 * Trump - after hours of remaining silent - told those inside the Capitol that he loves them and understands their pain but urged them 'to go home' 

Donald Trump finally accepted his fate just before 4am Thursday after Vice President Mike Pence ended his desperate campaign to overturn the election - still not properly conceding and instead boasting it was the 'end of the greatest first term in history' in a tweet from an aide's cellphone. 

The VP brought the gavel down on the Trump coup at 3:41 a.m. Thursday morning and certified President-elect Joe Biden's win – despite the attempt of scores of Republicans and a violent MAGA mob to overturn it. 

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Update #1: Trump says his term is ending, transition will be orderly (AP) 

Update #2: Trump says there will be an orderly transition to Biden presidency (Reuters) 

WNU Editor: There is going to be nothing orderly in this transition. And with the US government now firmly in Democrat hands. I do not see anything orderly in the next 2 - 4 years.

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