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While President Donald Trump busies himself with his apoplectic rejection of Joe Biden as president-elect, world leaders have swiftly moved on. In a sign of Biden's legitimacy, leaders of major democracies have stepped up to congratulate the President-elect Joe Biden in recent days. Doubtless salt to his wound, Trump's favorite network--Fox News--and media outlets across the board have also declared Biden the projected winner of the election. Business Insider reports that as a whole, EU leaders and even Israel and Turkey have congratulated Biden. Only Russia's Vladimir Putin, China's Xi Xing Ping, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro have yet to join in.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan receives German Chancellor Olaf Scholz during an official welcoming ceremony in Ankara. The visit marks Scholz's first trip to Turkey since taking office in December 2021, with talks expected to focus on Russia's invasion of Ukraine. IMAGES
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky hold a joint press conference at the Mariinsky Palace in Kyiv. IMAGES
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is greeted by Russia's Vladimir Putin with a bouquet of flowers in Moscow on the anniversary of a nerve-agent attack on now-jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, whose life was saved by Berlin doctors. The pair are expected to discuss the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the simmering war in eastern Ukraine and the authoritarian crackdown in Russian-allied Belarus. IMAGES
On Sunday, Sen. Mitt Romney slammed Pres. Donald Trump. Romney was upset that Pres. Trump shifted the blame for the SolarWinds hack from Russia to China. Trump said "it may be China" that's responsible for the massive attack on US companies and government agencies, without citing evidence. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday that Russia was to blame. Romney told NBC News Sunday he was "disappointed" with Trump's remark. "I think we've come to recognize that the president has a blind spot when it comes to Russia," he said.
On Sunday, Pres. Donald Trump blasted his former national security advisor, John Bolton. Bolton was critical of Trump over a NY Times report saying he was considering martial law to overturn the 2020 election. "What would Bolton, one of the dumbest people in Washington, know?" In the NY Times story fmr. NSA advisor Michael Flynn said Trump should utilize the military to "rerun" the presidential election. Bolton called such an action "appalling."