Donald Trump concedes defeat, says there will be ‘orderly transition’ on January 20
'While this represents the end of the greatest first term in presidential history, it's only the beginning of our fight to Make America Great Again,' he said.
'While this represents the end of the greatest first term in presidential history, it's only the beginning of our fight to Make America Great Again,' he said.
As Biden appealed to Americans to "turn the page" on the divisive contest, electors met across all US states to seal his win, with California pushing Biden over the majority of 270 votes.
"This election was rigged. This election was a total fraud," he claimed, again without backing this up. "We won the election easily."
The confirmation makes Biden the first Democratic presidential candidate to win the southern US state.
Trump has yet to concede nearly a week after US media announced that his Democratic challenger Joe Biden had defeated him in the November 3 presidential election.
Ostensibly, Trump is exercising his right to complain that the count showing Democrat Joe Biden with a solid if a close win was wrong. "Rigged Election!" he tweeted in his latest broadside Thursday.
Former President Bush agreed that Trump had 'the right to request recounts and pursue legal challenges.'
Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris launched a transition website, BuildBackBetter.com, and a Twitter feed, @Transition46.
Biden is expected to reverse the move of the outgoing Trump administration to revoke work permits to the spouses of H-1B visas, which had adversely impacted a large number of Indian families in the US.
Already trailing Democrat Joe Biden in the all-important, state-by-state Electoral College vote tally -- the handwriting on the wall was becoming impossible to ignore.