Donald Trump says he will leave the White House if Electoral College confirms Biden victory
Trump continued to claim there was “massive fraud” in the recent election and refused to confirm he would attend Joe Biden’s inauguration as US president. Donald Trump has said he will leave the White House if Joe Biden’s victory is certified by the US Electoral College next month. Trump’s admission was yet another signal he […]
5 years ago
Recount confirms Joe Biden’s victory in Georgia
16 electoral college votes for Biden. Joe Biden has been confirmed as the winner of the state of Georgia in the US election after a recount, taking his electoral vote count to 306. Biden is the first democrat to win the southern state since Bill Clinton in 1996. The recount brought Donald Trump 1,400 votes […]
5 years ago
Trump claims nobody has done more for the black community, with the “possible exception” of Abraham Lincoln
Keep an eye on Joe Biden’s face when the current president mentions one of his most famous predecessors. Donald Trump defended himself against accusations that he has contributed to racial strife in the United States by suggesting that no president in history has done more for the black community than he has, with the “possible […]
5 years ago
Trump: “I feel so powerful… I’ll kiss everyone in that audience.”
Regarding treatment for Covid-19, the president said he planned to distribute “whatever the hell they gave me” to hospitals in the United States. Donald Trump claimed to feel “so powerful” and “immune” to Covid-19 in his first public rally since he was released from hospital after a positive diagnosis of the virus. Speaking to large […]
5 years ago
America the loser as Trump and Biden slug out pitiful draw
“That was the worst presidential debate I’ve seen in my life.” Reacting to the first of the 2020 US presidential debates, George Stephanopoulos summed it up best. Stephanopoulos has been working in politics for four decades – trying to get Michael Dukakis elected as president in the late 1980s and successfully doing so with Bill […]
5 years ago
Greens “will leave negotiations” if certain criteria not met
The Green Party won 12 seats in February’s General Election. Green Party TD for Dublin West Roderic O’Gorman has said that any programme for government must address a number of problem areas in Irish society, or the Green Party will walk away from negotiations. It was announced yesterday that the Greens would enter into formal […]
6 years ago