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Trump aide promises ‘very professional transition’ to Biden

Trump aide promises ‘very professional transition’ to Biden

National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien’s comments are some of the firmest statements yet from a senior official acknowledging the US president’s election loss.
US President Donald Trump’s national security adviser promised a “very professional transition” to the administration of President-elect Joe Biden in an interview broadcast on Monday, even as Trump continues to falsely claim he won the November election.

Speaking to the Global Security Forum hosted in part by Qatar, Robert O’Brien several times mentioned the transition and referred to recent peace 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 represented some of the firmest statements yet from a senior administration official acknowledging Biden’s win in the November 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.”

Since losing, Trump has made unsubstantiated claims about the election on Twitter. There is no evidence of widespread fraud in the vote. Officials from both the Democratic and Republican parties have said the poll went well, as have international observers.

The federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency also said: “The November 3 election was the most secure in American history.”

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 US 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 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 on 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 years-long political dispute. However, there has been no public sign of tensions easing between Doha and Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
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