After Joe Biden’s victory, will Donald Trump wreck the transition?

The president can make the handover of power unpleasant, but he cannot stop it

THE ECONOMIST (Nov 8, 2020)

SHORTLY after the Associated Press declared Joe Biden the winner of Pennsylvania’s 20 electoral votes—and therefore the presidency—video clips of celebratory scenes began appearing on Twitter. Bells rang over the Paris skyline in the gloaming. People danced in the streets in Houston. Whoops echoed through Manhattan’s concrete canyons. A parade of cars, horns honking in joy, drove through streets thronged with cheering people outside the White House. Boris Johnson, Britain’s prime minister, congratulated Mr Biden and Kamala Harris—who will become the first female, black and Asian-American vice-president. Emmanuel Macron, France’s president, quickly followed suit, as did other world leaders. Continue leyendo →