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Trump Administration In Denial Lashes Out At Incoming Government

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TOPSHOT - US First Lady Melania Trump and President Donal Trump arrive for a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier for Veterans Day at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, on Novemb... TOPSHOT - US First Lady Melania Trump and President Donal Trump arrive for a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier for Veterans Day at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, on November 11, 2020. - US President Donald Trump made his first official post-election appearance Wednesday for what should be a moment of national unity to mark Veteran's Day, now marred by his refusal to acknowledge Joe Biden's win. The president visited Arlington National Cemetery, four days after US media projected his Democratic rival would take the White House. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images) MORE LESS

November 12, 2020 6:29 p.m.

In the five days since all major media organizations projected that former Vice President Joe Biden would be the next president of the United States, the current occupant of the White House has turned the gears of state backwards, preventing Biden from starting his work and grabbing whatever levers of power he can still manage to get his hands on.

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