Trump Commits To Transition After Congress Certifies Joe Biden's Victory WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - After two months of desperate efforts not to concede defeat in the U.S presidential election, President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he is committing to smooth transition on January 20. In a statement published on his spokesperson's Twitter account, the billionaire-turned president said the greatest first term in presidential history comes to the end. Meanwhile social media majors Facebook and Twitter temporarily blocked Trump's accounts on their platforms after his supporters clashed with police in the Capitol Hill. Here is the full text of the statement by Trump on the Electoral Certification, posted on his spokesperson Dan Scavino's Twitter wall: