US presidential transition crisis prelude to larger domestic rifts
By Yang Xiyu Source: Global Times Published: 2020/12/20 23:53:40
Pentagon File photo:VCGActing US Defense Secretary Chris Miller ordered a Pentagon-wide halt to cooperation with the transition of US president-elect Joe Biden, according to American news website Axios on Friday. The move has shocked officials across the Defense Department, Axios said.
This is a very typical phenomenon of the US' current complicated domestic political situation. At present, the most complicated factor in US domestic politics is the possibility that Trump might not acknowledge the outcome of the election. Such controversy has not ended even after the electoral votes were officially counted and Biden was congratulated by Republican Senate majority-leader Mitch McConnell. This has brought great uncertainty to the transfer of power.