Iran urges Trump to rethink his “maximum pressure” policy.
Trump has been recently elected as the president of United States of America for second time with a clear majority.
Biden invites Trump
US President Joe Biden has invited him on Wednesday. Biden, who has pledged a non-violent transfer of power, will meet Trump at the Oval office at 11 am.
The US Secret Service has also increased Trump’s security after an Afghan man was charged with plotting to kill the president-elect on instructions from the Iran regime.
The focus now is on how Trump will change the US government’s policies, especially those governing immigration and border affairs.
Trump wins Arizona
Donald Trump has won Arizona as Republicans snatched the state and its 11 electoral votes from the Democrats.
It was won by Trump in 2016 as well. Trump’s victory dims the hopes of the Arizona Democrats, who sought to continue their ascendance, which began with the 2018 flip of a longtime GOP-held Senate seat and continued in 2020 and 2022.
Biden was only the second Democrat to win Arizona in 70 years.
Pompeo, Nikki won’t be reappointed
Meanwhile, Donald Trump has denied re-appointing two senior figures from his first administration, ex-secretary of state Mike Pompeo and former UN ambassador Nikki Haley.
Trump wrote on his Truth Social network that he “will not be inviting” either figure to join his administration.
Pompeo had outlined a hawkish plan for Ukraine in July involving more weapons transfers and tough action against Russia’s energy sector which analysts noted on Saturday was at odds with Trump’s campaign statements.
Haley ran against Trump in the Republican primary this year before endorsing him, but she offered at times blunt advice such as when she urged him to “quit whining” about Democrat candidate Kamala Harris.
Iran welcomes Trump
Iran has welcomed Donald Trump, calling on him to adopt new policies towards it after Washington accused Tehran of involvement in a plot to kill him.
Iran Vice President for Strategic Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif urged the US president-elect Trump to rethink the policy of “maximum pressure” he employed against the Islamic republic during his first term.
“Trump must show that he is not following the wrong policies of the past,” Zarif told reporters.
