President-elect Joe Biden’s Chief of Staff Ronald Klain on
Sunday accused Donald Trump of undermining country’s reputation by not
conceding his defeat and clinging to the seat of president unduly, PTI
reported.

Klain, whose association with Biden goes back to the time
when the latter was Vice President, was chosen as the Chief of staff in the new
Biden cabinet last week.

“I think he has definitely set back the democratic norm
here in the United States. He’s been doing that for four years, and that’s
ramped up since the election,” Klain told ABC News in an interview.

“The voters rejected his leadership. A record number of
Americans rejected the Trump presidency. And, since then, Donald Trump’s been
rejecting democracy. He has been launching baseless claims of voter fraud,
baseless litigation. He’s been rejected by 34 courts, and now these efforts to
try to get election officials to overturn the will of the voters,” he said.

Since his defeat in early November, Trump has initiated a
number of litigations and demanded for a recount in states of Georgia,
Pennsylvania, Arizona and Michigan. His allegations of a voter fraud have been
thrown out as baseless across the board, mainly by the democrats and several
government officials.

Klain said what Trump was doing was bad for the country’s
image in the world.

“It’s corrosive. It’s harmful. But, as Mitt Romney
said, it’s not going to change the outcome of what happens here. At 12:00 noon
on January 20, Joe Biden will become the next president of the US.

“Everything
Donald Trump’s doing now is bad for our democracy. It’s bad for our position,
our image in the world, but it’s not going to change what happens here when we
get a new president next year,” he said.

On Trump’s allegedly obstructive attitude towards the
transition process, Klain said they were getting help and support in some
matters, and not in some other. He said they are not being allowed to have
access to the daily intelligence briefing which the President-elect is entitled
to.

He spoke about the difficulties they are facing in
conducting the background checks on the cabinet nominees, and expressed hope
that the General Service Administration will do their job properly.