Mr Donald Trump has won the electoral college by a clear margin. Yet America is in ferment. Cities around the world are holding candlelit vigils for US democracy and smaller Democratic states have joined California to threaten "Calexit". Unions plan a general strike to pressure chief executives to back America's majority.
To be fair, Mr Joe Biden won six million more votes than Mr Trump - 52 per cent to 47 per cent. Turnout was low because of rampant coronavirus cases and obstacles to absentee voting. Yet Mr Trump was re-elected according to the rules. What court in the United States would dare question the outcome?
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