Joe Biden was elected President of the United States at the age of 77 on Saturday, defeating Donald Trump and ending an unprecedented political streak that shook America and the world.
The next few months will not be easy for the former Democratic vice-president, who was already preparing an ambitious plan on Sunday to repair the mess ahead of his inauguration in January.
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5:51 pm | Two relatives of Donald Trump who spent election night at the White House tested positive for coronavirusUS media reported on Monday.
4:45 p.m. | Police chief in Arkansas, southern United States, had to resign after calling for the killing of Democratic “traitors” on social media in the wake of Joe Biden’s election victory presidential.
4.30 p.m. | Minister of International Relations and La Francophonie Nadine Girault is delighted to see Kamala Harris become the first woman elected to the American vice-presidency and dreams of sending her an official invitation to Quebec.
2:51 pm | The arrival at the White House of Joe Biden, who for example promised strong support for clean energy or a hike in the minimum wage, may be a game-changer for certain economic sectors.
2:09 pm | Given defeated against Democrat Joe Biden, Donald Trump refuses to concede defeat. The US president has become one of those “losers” he loathes and finds himself threatened with legal action, but his posture could also be a political gamble.
13:20 | Trump sacks Pentagon chief Mark Esper
12:35 pm | The victory of US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris resonates at Westmount High School where she graduated in 1981.
12:30 pm | Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday he was still awaiting the official US election result before congratulating the winner.
12:15 pm | Wearing a mask “is not a political posture,” said United States President-elect Joe Biden on Monday, who “implored” Americans to protect themselves and others from the novel coronavirus pandemic.
“Please I implore you to wear a mask,” he said during an address in Wilmington, Delaware, when many supporters of incumbent President Donald Trump are reluctant to do so. “Do it for yourself, for your neighbor, the mask is not a political posture, but it is a good way to start bringing the country together.”
9:05 am | Joe Biden said he saw a sign of “hope” in theannounces by Pfizer and BioNTech laboratories of a vaccine “90% effective” against COVID-19, while warning that the “battle” was still far from won.
“I congratulate the talented women and men who helped make this breakthrough and give us so much reason to hope,” he said in a statement, indicating that his public health advisers had been informed as early as Sunday. evening of this “excellent news”.
8:15 am | Donald Trump had made him a scapegoat on economic and defense issues: Germany is in a hurry to turn the page, even if the issues of friction will continue with the new US President Joe Biden.
7:00 am | The President-elect of the United States Joe Biden is setting up a crisis unit on Monday to try to curb the COVID-19 pandemic in his country.
6:00 am | The decisions US President-designate Joe Biden makes in the coming weeks could be felt so far. Here are six decrees that we could see bouncing in the backyards of Canadian leaders or in the pockets of maple leaf consumers.
4h20 | The Kremlin said Monday that Vladimir Putin was awaiting the announcement of the official result of the presidential election in the United States to congratulate the winner, the victory of Joe Biden being contested by Donald Trump.
4h20 | China refrained from congratulating Joe Biden on his election to the presidency of the United States, with Beijing explaining on Monday that the final result of the poll was not yet known.
THE OPINION OF OUR CHRONICLES
Richard Martineau
Now that the curtain has fallen on the tragic yet comical play that has been played out in recent days south of the border, the time has come for the monks of the two opposing parties to look at each other in the mirror and do an examination of conscience.
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Loïc Tassé
It was a beautiful speech. Joe Biden has outdone himself. Many breathed a great sigh of relief. Biden’s conciliatory tone contrasted so sharply with Donald Trump’s snarling tone. Yes, but Trump is back.
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Maka kotto
In my life experience, I have constantly made an effort to always see the bright side of things; in all circumstances … So thank you for showing us the face of the Other America. The dark side of America.
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Denise Bombardier
I admit it. If Donald Trump was re-elected, I would sell my oceanfront condo in Florida. Living a few months in the greatest democratic power in the world, even with its faults, energized me. But to find myself again in this Trumpist Florida with Donald Trump in the White House was too painful for me.
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Madeleine Pilote-Côté
The new Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris, is making history. She is the first woman to enter the White House. When a baby girl is born, it is not written in her genetic code that she is worth less than a boy. Yet even without realizing it, this is how she will feel as she grows up.
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