Live updatesTrump says his focus is now on the transfer of power
Trump acknowledges new administration and vows a smooth transition, a day after his supporters stormed the US Capitol.
![Trump pictured in a conciliatory video released on Thursday, January 7 [Screenshot via Twitter]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Screenshot-2021-01-07-at-19.34.44.png)

![In a prerecorded video message, President Donald Trump calls for calm after protesters stormed the US Congress during the electoral college certification of Joe Biden as president [Twitter via Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2021-01-08T003901Z_1358776668_RC2C3L999O29_RTRMADP_3_USA-ELECTION-1.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
![Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said Trump should be immediately replaced by Vice President Mike Pence after violent protesters loyal to Trump stormed the US Congress [J Scott Applewhite/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/AP_21007705712855.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
![White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany arrives to face reporters a day after supporters of US President Donald Trump occupied the US Capitol, at a news briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, January 7, 2021 [Joshua Roberts/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2021-01-07T222651Z_1655775423_RC2A3L916L6D_RTRMADP_3_USA-ELECTION.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
![On Wednesday, police said 68 arrests were made, the majority for breaking a curfew put in place by the mayor of Washington, DC [Ahmed Gaber/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2021-01-07T192059Z_83160277_RC273L9FO79J_RTRMADP_3_USA-ELECTION.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
![Supporters of US President Donald Trump in the Capitol Rotunda after breaching Capitol security in Washington, DC [Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA-EFE]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/h_56604899.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
![United States President-elect Joe Biden speaks during an event at The Queen theatre in Wilmington, Delaware on January 7, 2021 [Susan Walsh/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/AP_21007684164941.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
![Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said Trump should be immediately replaced by Vice President Mike Pence after violent protesters loyal to Trump stormed the US Congress [J Scott Applewhite/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/AP_21007705712855.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
![In a prerecorded video message, President Donald Trump calls for calm after protesters stormed the US Congress during the electoral college certification of Joe Biden as president [Twitter via Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2021-01-08T003901Z_1358776668_RC2C3L999O29_RTRMADP_3_USA-ELECTION-1.jpg?resize=570%2C380)






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![White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany arrives to face reporters a day after supporters of US President Donald Trump occupied the US Capitol, at a news briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, January 7, 2021 [Joshua Roberts/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2021-01-07T222651Z_1655775423_RC2A3L916L6D_RTRMADP_3_USA-ELECTION.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
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