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The ransacking of the US Capitol Wednesday was Trump's last gift to the Republican Party. They have had a "hell of a journey" together, as Lindsey Graham said from the Senate floor. But now Trump has given the party a convenient reason to spit him out just as quickly as they popped him like a pill four years ago.

According to the AP, Trump, who on Thursday morning still unfoundedly claimed that the elections were rigged, announced in the evening that he would focus on the unhindered and peaceful transition of power to the Biden administration.

The question of whether Trumpism will survive Trumpism is pointless as the conditions that favoured his rise to power remain unchanged.

One might even say that there is now more fertile ground than in 2016 for the blossoming of such leaders as inequalities have deepened further due to the pandemic.

Republicans say that Trump has done nothing to be blamed for

As a US naval officer, I took an oath to serve all Americans and support and defend the US Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. An oath to the rule of law and country, not to an individual or political party. That oath doesn't expire.

"At this hour our democracy is under unprecedented assault unlike anything we've seen in modern times," Biden said, adding that what unfolded was, "an assault on the rule of law like few times we have ever seen it."
"I call on this mob to pull back and allow democracy to go forward," Biden said. "At their best the words of a president can inspire, at their worst they can incite."

US intelligence agencies have said they believe Russia was behind the "serious" cyber compromise revealed in December.

In a joint statement, the intelligence bodies say they currently believe fewer than 10 US government agencies saw their data compromised, although other organisations and private companies outside of government were also affected.

Germany, France and Great Britain fought fiercely for the nuclear treaty with Iran, which was signed five years ago. Since the end of 2018, since Trump left the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), or the Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty, its stability has been in question, reports Deutsche Welle.

The House of Representatives of US Congress (lower house) rejected a presidential veto on Monday. Thus, the provisions for the defense budget, which include the extension of sanctions against the Nord Stream-2 and Turkish Stream pipelines, enter into force. Both chambers, for the first time in Trump's presidency, have managed to override his veto.

Joe Biden's election is generating anxiety in Moscow that Russia's global ambitions will be more directly challenged. While President Trump focused on withdrawing American forces from Europe and avoiding embroilment in any new conflicts, the Kremlin fears that President Biden will reengage in disputed regions in pursuit of Western integration.