Trump acknowledges election defeat as calls for his removal grow louder

President Donald Trump offered his most explicit acknowledgement of defeat in November’s election on Thursday, pledging to work with president-elect Joe Biden’s transition team and calling for national unity, a day after crowds violently laid siege to the US Capitol Building in his name.

“We have just been through an intense election and emotions are high,” Trump said in a pre-recorded video message. “But now, tempers must be cooled and calm restored.”