President-elect, Joe Biden, said that he hoped that "Trump becomes more sensible. I find this situation more embarrassing for the country than detrimental to the ability to take my action."
We asked Giampiero Gramaglia, former editor-in-chief of the ANSA news agency and expert on US affairs, how long this impasse can last and what damage it is causing both to the transition between the two administrations and to the image of American democracy in the world.
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