DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — President Donald Trump’s national security adviser promised a “very professional transition” to the administration of President-elect Joe Biden in an interview broadcast Monday, even as Trump continues to claim he won the November election.
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Speaking to the Global Security Forum hosted in part by Qatar, Robert O’Brien several times mentioned the transition and referred to recent normalization deals that Bahrain, Sudan and the United Arab Emirates struck with Israel as “a great legacy for the president to have as he leaves office.”
While caveating that Trump did have outstanding court challenges, O’Brien’s comments signaled some of the firmest statements yet from a senior administration official acknowledging Biden’s win in the Nov. 3 vote.
“If the Biden-Harris ticket is determined to be the winner — obviously things look that way now — we’ll have a very professional transition from the National Security Council. There’s no question about it,” O’Brien said. “They’re going to have very professional folks coming in to take these positions.”
He added: “We’ve passed the baton and had peaceful, successful transitions even in the most contentious periods.”
O’Brien, Trump’s fourth national security adviser, previously served as his special envoy on hostage affairs. Asked about American journalist Austin Tice, who disappeared covering Syria’s civil war in 2012 and is believed to be held by Damascus, O’Brien said the U.S. was using “every lever” to get him back home.
“We are using every tool, whether it’s through allies, whether it’s through adversaries,” O’Brien said. “We would like to get him back and I’d like to see him him back and I know the president would like to see him back before he leaves office.”
Syria has not acknowledged holding Tice. A top Lebanese security official said Saturday that he visited Syria for two days to speak with officials there about Tice.
O’Brien also said he hoped to see Qatar Airways be able to overfly boycotting Arab countries “in the next 70 days” before the end of Trump’s presidency amid a yearslong political dispute. However, there’s been no public sign of tensions easing between Doha and Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
Time is short and there is much to do. Work needs to begin at once.
Maybe trump should be forgiven for Quarter Million Deaths from Covid, kids in cages, vote repression, claiming vote fraud, being a suporter of pogromist Proud Goys and nazi groups. Maybe not.
Phineas= dumb people are not smart= Jer= henry.
As the president elect would say can you shut up man? We get your point why must you outshout and troll like a two yr old via 4 screen names. Cmon man
BTW Phineas do you live in 5 towns or kew gardens? Oh or do toy send your daughter from 5 towns all way to kew gradens in 5th grade? Wow that’s a drive. Did you move recently? Just wondering
Notice how he said if the Biden Harris ticket is determined to be the winner. Right now they are not the winner at all, fake news doesn’t determine the president election outcome, it’s the legal votes that determine the elections, therefore with all the evidence, trump will win.
This guy is bought and paid for by Soros.