Donald Trump is back. The Republican leader won the American elections and will govern in the White House until 2029. The former president beat Kamala Harris, the Democrats’ last-minute candidate after the resignation of Joe Biden.
The Republican victory causes Democrats to say goodbye to the presidential office for the next four years. Biden’s term began in January 2021 after the storming of the Capitol pushed by Trump and his complaints of “pucherazo”.
However, the controversial tycoon will not immediately occupy the Oval Office. Actually, There are still more than two months until we officially see Donald Trump as the new president of the United States. Biden will remain acting chief executive, with Harris as vice president.
Key dates before Trump’s inauguration
The first key date before the White House I officially changed ownership on November 22. On that day, states must publish official records of the votes received by the two candidates in the elections.
On November 23, a day later, Governors must send a report to confirm which electors will represent each state in Congress. December 17 is the deadline for state votes to be sent to the U.S. president and vice president.
January 6 is the scheduled date to officially proclaim Donald Trump as the new president. Congress will do this after verifying that the vote of all constituencies is correct.
The last step is January 20, 2025, when the Republican leader will take office and He will become the new president after an event at the Capitol. There are still two months left before Trump returns to the White House.
The assault of January 6
four years ago, The most controversial date of this entire bureaucratic process took place on January 6 as Congress was going to formalize Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 presidential election.
Since election night, Donald Trump took it upon himself to sow doubt about the outcome of the elections. The Republican declared himself the winner and accused Democrats of “election fraud.” After continued messages like this, Trump incited his supporters to storm the Capitol on January 6.
That afternoon, Biden was to be officially installed as the new president, but a crowd of fans invaded the seat of popular sovereignty. The result was the deaths of five agents and a series of legal consequences for Donald Trump.
