Future US President Joe Biden will soon receive the Presidential Daily Briefing with classified information, just like current President Donald Trump. The Democrat said in the first interview since his election that the transfer of power is already underway, with “genuine rapprochement.” He’s even considering appointing a Republican who voted for Trump to his administration.
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The briefing is a summary or collection of documents containing security information from the secret services. With the decision, Biden has access to the latest classified information on the top global threats to national security.
The fact that Biden now has access to that data eases the transfer of power. Trump has blocked all cooperation in recent weeks, but start of this week there was still a green light. However, he still refuses to recognize Biden as the winner, insisting that the results are the result of massive fraud. There has been no contact between Trump and Biden since the election.
Republican in government
In his first comprehensive interview since his election, Biden told NBC News that the transfer of power has already begun: “I don’t think we’re going to be as far behind as we previously thought. There are many direct conversations and I must admit that the overtures are genuine. So far there has been no grudging. And I don’t expect this to happen. ‘
In his own words, Biden – in the interests of national unity – has already considered appointing a Republican who voted for Trump to his administration. ‘And we still have a lot of appointments to make. I want this country to be united. The goal of our government is to unite again. We cannot continue this vicious political dialogue. It has to stop. ‘
No investigation into Trump
Biden also denied ordering his Justice Department to investigate Trump: “ I will not do what this president is doing and use the Justice Department as my means of demanding that something happen. There are a number of studies that I have read about at the state level. There is absolutely nothing I can or cannot do about it. ‘
While many he has nominated already worked under Barack Obama while Biden was vice president, he stressed that this is “not a third Obama term” because “it is a very different world from the Obama-Biden administration.” President Trump has changed the landscape. America got it first. It was America alone. We are in a position where our alliances are being worn down. ‘
According to Biden, he has therefore found people who represent the spectrum of the American people and the spectrum of the Democratic party. However, he is reluctant to give progressive senators Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren a position in his administration: “Taking someone out of the Senate or out of the House, especially an influential person, is a really tough decision to make.”
‘Ready to lead the world’
Earlier on Tuesday, Biden had suggested a number of key figures on his government team. He said his new US administration is ready to lead the world. “It’s a team that reflects the fact that America is back.” He said the team would “tell him what I need to know, not what I want to know.”
“Let’s start reuniting America and the world,” he referred to Trump’s America First policy, which withdrew from numerous treaties. “We have no time to waste when it comes to national security and foreign policy.”
With the Trump administration allowing government information to be shared with Biden’s team, his administration will be much more active in fighting the corona pandemic that hit the US hard. Vice-president-to-be Kamala Harris said that in that battle the economic sectors can get back to work in a responsible manner, “guided by facts.”
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