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What happens if Trump refuses to recognize the election results

Joe Biden may become the new US president, and Donald Trump may become the outgoing head of state. Or at least it should be, but Trump doesn't seem to want to go away. What will happen if he refuses to recognize the election results, the publication said VOX.

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Trump's campaign said "the elections are not over yet," and Trump himself tweets that the Pennsylvania results cannot be trusted.

Trump's behavior raises an uncomfortable question: What if Trump refuses to recognize the US election and stays in the White House after inauguration day? If so, the country will enter a dark new chapter in its history.

But how likely is this to happen? And what can you do about it?

Previous presidents have disputed the accepted election results, although none of them went to the extreme of refusing to leave office. The likelihood that this will happen this time remains extremely low, although Trump's assurances that he has already won the election do not exclude such a possibility.

So let's suppose: Biden is officially declared the winner by the counting of votes in the states, Trump does not give in and says something like: "In fact, I won and will be president for another four years." At this point, Biden has one option: go through the inauguration and then kick Trump out of the White House with the help of the Secret Service.

However, if the result is contested and a lengthy legal battle begins to determine the winner, then few people can do anything to expel Trump from his residence or remove him from power.

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This is a dangerous situation the US could face if Trump illegally decides to stay in the White House. As wild as these situations are, it is worth trying to figure them out.

President Biden may order the Secret Service to remove Trump

The Constitution clearly states when one presidency ends and another begins. “The terms of the President and Vice President shall expire at noon on the 20th day of January,” says the 20th Amendment, “and the terms of their successors shall then begin.”

When Biden wins, he will deliver the inaugural address within the time limit provided by law. Trump can and should be behind Biden, as this is a traditional gesture symbolizing a peaceful transfer of power. But if Trump decides to watch what is happening from the White House and stays in place after Biden was sworn in, the new president could take matters into his own hands.

“Will President Biden have the “right to order the Secret Service to physically remove Trump from the White House like any other intruder?” asked Barbara McQuaid, who served as a prosecutor in the Eastern District of Michigan from 2010 to 2017.

It's simple enough. On the afternoon of January 20, Biden will become president and Trump will lose his powers. The Presidential Secret Service Department will be instructed to keep intruders out of the building, and therefore Biden's agents will lead Trump out of the White House and deny him access to property.

The Biden campaign even hinted that this was entirely possible: “The United States government is quite capable of removing the abusers from the White House,” said Andrew Bates.

It is important to note that the US Army is a separate organization from the Secret Service. She has no plans to play any role in the US electoral process, even if Trump tries to usurp power. Asked by lawmakers about the situation, Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said, “If there is a dispute over any aspect of the election, by law it is decided by the U.S. courts and Congress, not the military.”

However, a scene in which a new leader forcibly eliminates the previous one would be very unpleasant for the country and, more importantly, dangerous for national democracy.

But everything would not be as bad as in the worst case ...

A constitutional crisis of epic proportions

If the US government does not confirm the winner, Trump may simply remain in the White House.

Again, it is common for Congress to certify the results of the Electoral College two weeks before Inauguration Day.

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But let's say it's an unusual situation now. Even though Biden won, Trump and his team dispute the results (which is already happening). If Trump decides to remain in the White House until these legal problems are settled (and these problems delay the confirmation of the results by Congress), then everyone will find themselves in frightening and unexplored territory.

“If the president refuses to concede or step down, nothing can be done about it until there are election results,” said Lindsey Cohn, an expert on national security law. In other words, Trump may simply remain in the White House beyond the January 20 transition date required by the Constitution.

This situation will become even more difficult if Trump's lawsuit reaches the Supreme Court. The country's highest legal body, which currently includes three Trump-appointed judges, could make a decision that would bring Trump to victory.

But what if this decision is made after Congress confirms the outcome?

“Then there will be a real conflict between people who argue that the rightful winner is the one who won according to the Supreme Court, and people who believe that the rightful winner is whoever is certified by Congress,” Cohn said. She emphasized that such a scenario is extremely unlikely, but it could lead to a constitutional crisis for the nation.

No one expects or wants such a result. It is assumed that Trump will concede even if he starts a legal battle. But Trump's post-election actions have so far made the impossible possible—and that's already alarming.

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