Enormous damage to US security agencies by Donald Trump

Agencies critical to US security have suffered “enormous damage” at the hands of the Trump administration, US President-elect Joe Biden has said.

Mr Biden said his team was not getting the information it needed, including from the Department of Defense, as it makes its transition to power.

He spoke after a briefing by national security and foreign policy aides.

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Mr Biden takes office on 20 January but President Donald Trump has refused to accept defeat in November’s election.

 

For weeks after the 3 November election, Mr Biden was blocked from receiving key intelligence briefings, an essential and normally routine part of a presidential transition.

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Following Mr Biden’s remarks on Monday, Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller said officials had been “working with the utmost professionalism to support transition activities”.

“The Department of Defense has conducted 164 interviews with over 400 officials and provided over 5,000 pages of documents — far more than initially requested by Biden’s transition team,” he said.

A spokesman said the Pentagon had been “completely transparent” with the Biden team.

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In a speech following a video conference call with advisers which he posted on Twitter, Mr Biden said his team was facing “roadblocks” in the Department of Defense and the Office of Management and Budget.

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“Right now, we just aren’t getting all the information that we need from the outgoing administration in key national security areas,” he said.

“It is nothing short, in my view, of irresponsibility.”

The president-elect added that his team needed a “clear picture of our force posture around the world” and that US adversaries could exploit any confusion that resulted.

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He said: “Many of the agencies that are critical to our security have incurred enormous damage.

“Many of them have been hollowed out in personnel, capacity and in morale. The policy processes have atrophied or have been sidelined.”

Mr Trump sacked his Defence Secretary Mark Esper shortly after the election, apparently over Mr Esper’s disagreement with his call to deploy the military against anti-racism protesters.

Mr Trump’s subsequent installation of loyalists in the department was viewed with concern by political opponents, who saw it as an attempt to sow chaos in the final weeks of his administration.

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Joe Biden is US president-elect. But the Democrat won't officially make his move to the White House until inauguration day - a political parade of sorts, when Mr Biden takes the oath of office.

Here's what you need to know about the big day.

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What is the inauguration?
The inauguration is the event where the US president-elect and vice-president elect are sworn in.

"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

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Once he utters these words, enshrined in America's founding document, Mr Biden will take his place as the 46th president and the inauguration will be complete (but that's not all - celebrations traditionally follow).

When is Biden's inauguration? When does the new president take office?
By law, inauguration day is 20 January. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will be sworn in at noon that day in Washington DC. Opening remarks are historically scheduled for around 11:30 EST (16:30 GMT).

Once Mr Biden takes the oath, he has officially assumed office and the power of the presidency is his. He'll move into the White House later in the day - his home for the next four years.

How do you get inauguration tickets?
If you want to attend the inaugural ceremonies, you'll need to talk to your local representatives first.

Senators and members of Congress are the keepers of the keys. Each has an allotted number of tickets that they can distribute.

But this year, with Covid-19 infections still surging across the US, things will be a little different. Only around 1,000 tickets will be up for grabs, where in the past up to 200,000 were made available for the official ceremony.

This year it amounts to each lawmaker plus a guest. Some members of Congress have already opened up submission forms, with the caveat that nothing is guaranteed.

The Biden team has "strongly encouraged" people to refrain from travelling to Washington to attend, amid fears of virus spread.

In normal circumstances, DC would see hundreds of thousands - make that an estimated two million the year President Obama was sworn in - of inauguration revellers flock to the city, swarming the National Mall and selling out hotels.