Acting US Secretary of Defense Chris Miller ordered to stop cooperation with the transition by the team of the US President-elect Joseph Biden . This is reported on Friday, December 18, Axios portal citing sources.
It is clarified that the question of resuming cooperation remains open. Currently, all meetings related to the transfer of power to the future administration have been canceled. At the same time, according to the portal, employees of the ministry are “shocked” by the decision of the head of Pentagon and do not know whether it was agreed with the current American leader Donald Trump .
In the Axios material, this act was called “the largest manifestation of hostility and mistrust towards the Biden team on the part of the Trump administration.
December 15 it became known that the presidential candidate from Democratic Party Joseph Biden received the electoral votes needed to win the presidential race.
Earlier, Biden announced a speech in honor of the election victory. He noted that the elections were fair and called on the people to unity. The politician will also urge to fight the pandemic and develop a package of measures to support the economy.
On November 3, the next presidential elections were held in the United States. Biden scored the necessary electoral votes to win and beat incumbent President Donald Trump.