DONALD TRUMP AND MIKE PENCE MET MONDAY NIGHT IN THE OVAL OFFICE
The American president, whose mandate will end in a week, and his vice-president, had not seen each other since the violent intrusion on Capitol Hill last Wednesday.
US President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence met in the Oval Office on Monday evening, a US official told AFP. The two men, for whom it was the first meeting since the violence on Wednesday at the Capitol, had a "good conversation", according to the same source.
Trump does not intend to resign
According to this official, Donald Trump does not intend to resign before the end of his mandate on January 20. For his part, the vice-president does not intend to remove him from his functions by invoking the 25th amendment of the American Constitution, by declaring him, with the support of his principal ministers, unfit to exercise his function.
The president and vice president "reiterated that those who broke the law and invaded the Capitol do not represent the 'America First movement supported by 75 million Americans," the official said.
Furious at Mike Pence
Despite pressure from the tenant of the White House, Mike Pence had announced Wednesday in a letter that he would not oppose the validation of the results of the presidential election before Congress, triggering the fury of the president and his supporters.
"Mike Pence did not have the courage to do what he should have done to protect our country and our Constitution," Donald Trump tweeted, as a horde of his supporters invaded the Capitol.
Videos posted on social media show a compact crowd chanting "Hang Mike Pence" outside the Capitol. Other activists walked the halls of the temple of American democracy screaming that the vice president was a "coward," according to the New York Times.
