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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about the 2020 U.S. presidential election results in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., November 5, 2020.

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden departs after spending the day at the theater serving as his transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. November 10, 2020.

U.S. President Donald Trump walks in the rain as he arrives at the Tomb of the Unknown Solider to attend a Veterans Day observance in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., November 11, 2020.

U.S. first lady Melania Trump is escorted as she attends a Veterans Day observance with U.S. President Donald Trump in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., November 11, 2020.

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden smiles as he speaks about health care and the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) at the theater serving as his transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., November 10, 2020.

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden smiles during a brief news conference in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., November 10, 2020.

Protesting supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump are reflected in a window, as election workers continue to tabulate votes at the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center (MCTEC), days after former Vice President Joe Biden was declared the winner of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., November 10, 2020.

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden is seen making remarks on his plan to fight COVID-19 on television monitors from the White House Briefing Room, after pharmaceutical giant Pfizer said its experimental COVID-19 vaccine was more than 90% effective, in Washington, U.S., November 9, 2020.

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris face reporters to speak about health care and the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) during a brief news conference at the theater serving as his transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., November 10, 2020.

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden speaks to reporters during a news conference in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., November 10, 2020.

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden carries folders as he departs following briefings with members of his "Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board" in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., November 9, 2020.

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden holds a face mask as he and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris address reporters after meeting with members of his coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., November 9, 2020.

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden speaks to reporters about efforts to confront the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic after meeting with members of his "Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board" in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., November 9, 2020.

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden speaks to reporters about efforts to confront the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic after meeting with members of the "Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board" in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., November 9, 2020.

U.S. President Donald Trump returns to the White House after an afternoon of golfing, near the White House in Washington, U.S., after news media declared Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Joe Biden to be the winner of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, November 7, 2020

U.S. president-elect Joe Biden arrives at the theater serving as his transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. November 10, 2020.

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden carries folders as he departs following briefings with members of his "Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board" in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., November 9, 2020.

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence arrives to a Senate republican luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. November 10, 2020.

U.S. President Donald Trump drives a golf cart as he plays golf at the Trump National golf course on the day after news media declared U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden the winner of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, in Sterling, Virginia, U.S. November 8, 2020.

U.S. President Donald Trump is reflected as he departs after speaking about the 2020 U.S. presidential election results in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., November 5, 2020.

U.S. President Donald Trump places a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Solider as he attends a Veterans Day observance in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., November 11, 2020.

U.S. president elect Joe Biden and Vice president-elect Kamala Harris appear on video screens as they hold a virtual meeting with their coronavirus disease (COVID-19) advisory council in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. November 9, 2020.

U.S. President Donald Trump turns after placing a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Solider as he attends a Veterans Day observance in the rain at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., November 11, 2020.

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about the 2020 U.S. presidential election results in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., November 5, 2020.

A United States Marine stands guard outside the West Wing lobby entrance at the White House in Washington, U.S., November 10, 2020.

The teleprompter reads â€œthe election is over as U.S. President-elect Joe Biden delivers remarks on his proposed response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. November 9, 2020.

U.S. Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney swears in U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Administrator Emily W. Murphy in Washington, U.S. December 5, 2017. Picture taken December 5, 2017. GSA/Handout via REUTERS.

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden and his wife Jill attend a Veterans Day observance in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., November 11, 2020.

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden participates in a Veterans Day observance at the Philadelphia Korean War Memorial at Penn's Landing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. November 11, 2020.

U.S. President Donald Trump salutes at the Tomb of the Unknown Solider as he attends a Veterans Day observance in the rain at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., November 11, 2020.

Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, U.S. November 10, 2020.

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris hold a virtual meeting with members of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Advisory Board" in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., November 9, 2020.

U.S. President Donald Trump departs after placing a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Solider as he attends a Veterans Day observance in the rain at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., November 11, 2020.

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden, accompanied by his wife Jill, attends a Veterans Day observance in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., November 11, 2020.

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris address reporters about efforts to confront the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic after meeting with members of the "Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board" in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., November 9, 2020.