Thepresident, whowasseengolfingfortheseconddayin a rowonSunday, hasspentmonthstryingtounderminetheelectionresultswithunprovenallegationsoffraudandpledgedovertheweekendtogoforwardwith a legalstrategythathehopeswilloverturnstateresultsthatgaveBidenthewin.
Butwhiletheyhavebeensilent, formerPresidentGeorge W.
Bush, a Republican, saidhehadspokenwithBidenandcongratulatedhimonhisvictory.
In a statement, BushsaidthatwhileTrumphastherighttopursuelegalchallenges, Americanscanhaveconfidencethattheelectionwasquotefundamentallyfair, itsintegritywillbeupheldanditsoutcomeisclear.