At the White House, President Trump spent the day as he has most others this week — sequestered from public view, tweeting grievances, falsehoods and misinformation about the election results and about Fox News’s coverage of him. AD“Any suggestion that the President has given up on governing is false,” White House spokesman Judd Deere said in a statement. Since the Nov. 3 election, Trump has addressed reporters twice — both times baselessly alleging widespread fraud in the ballot counting and promising to pursue legal challenges in swing states. Michael McFaul, who served as U.S. ambassador to Russia in the Obama administration, tweeted: “Sir, COVID19 cases in the US are exploding. But there was no public signing ceremony, and it was White House national security adviser Robert C. O’Brien, not Trump, who issued a statement on the order.

Source: Washington Post November 13, 2020 00:33 UTC