Deep rift remains after US elections

TOPSHOT - President Donald Trump returns to the White House from playing golf in Washington, DC on November 7,2020, after Joe Biden was declared the winner of the 2020 presidential election. - Joyous celebrations erupted in Washington on Saturday after Joe Biden was declared winner of the US presidency, as several people poured into the streets of the US capital -- some of them chanting, cheering and singing in front of the White House. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/ AFP)

IT’S been a week since the United States’ presidential election and all the major media networks have named Democrat Joe Biden as the winner, claiming he had won 290 electoral votes against incumbent Donald Trump’s 214. But as the popular saying in the country goes, the fat lady is yet to sing.

Although the official results of the 2020 presidential poll are not out yet, several world leaders and politicians have congratulated Biden after he claimed a “clear victory” in a speech to the nation with his vice president-elect Kamala Harris on Saturday.