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In the dying days of his US presidency, a deeply isolated Donald Trump faces the threat of impeachment, a slew of resignations, and calls for his party to “end this nightmare” and remove him from office early.
As Democratic leaders demanded his resignation, Mr Trump came closer than ever to a formal concession on Thursday, hours after he incited a mob that stormed the US Capitol as Congress certified Joe Biden’s election win.
But while he says he is focused on a “smooth, orderly and seamless” transition of power, much about the remaining 12 days of his presidency appears uncertain.
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Commentary: No moving on from US Capitol insurrection until guilty are held to account The protesters who stormed the US Capitol may have been paunchy, middle-aged weekend warriors, but their actions will have revolutionary implications for America’s self-image and standing in the world, says Nina L Khrushcheva.
Supporters of US President Donald Trump protest inside the US Capitol on Jan 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. (Photo: AFP/Roberto Schmidt)
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MOSCOW: The Jan 6 insurrection at the US Capitol lacked the gravitas of the storming of the Winter Palace, that much is certain.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An increasingly isolated President Donald Trump sought on Friday to stave off a new drive to impeach him and Twitter permanently suspended his account, two days after his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol in an assault on American democracy.
Twitter, long Trump’s favorite way to communicate with his supporters and a way to share his false claims of election fraud with his nearly 90 million followers, had been under increasing pressure to take action after Wednesday’s mayhem in Washington.
Trump exhorted thousands of followers to march on the Capitol as Congress met to certify his defeat to Democrat Joe Biden, prompting chaos in which crowds breached the building, forced the evacuation of both chambers and left a police officer and four others dead in their wake.
| Updated: Jan. 9, 2021, 5:19 p.m.
In more aftermath of violence at the U.S. Capitol this week, President-elect Joe Biden suggested Friday that Republicans emulate the courage of Sen. Mitt Romney as they rework their party after Donald Trump. Meanwhile, Utah’s other senator, Mike Lee, was working to stop Trump aides from resigning en masse.
Biden at a news conference hailed those Republicans who have stood up to Trump, including Romney by name, and hoped aloud that more will follow their example.
“I spoke to Mitt this morning again. This is a man of enormous integrity, enormous integrity, who lives his faith,” Biden said. “And I ran against him” with Barack Obama in 2012, when Romney was the GOP presidential nominee.