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Joe Biden has said that the Senate impeachment trial of his predecessor, Donald Trump , “has to happen” but expressed doubts that 17 Republicans could be found to secure the two-thirds majority in the chamber needed to convict the 45th president of “incitement to insurrection” over the Capitol riot earlier this month.
The new president has meanwhile scored a 63 per cent approval rating in his first such poll as president, with the majority of registered voters surveyed by Hill-HarrisX backing him after a busy first week in the Oval Office following his inauguration.
Mr Biden has also raised the bar to suggest the US could soon be administering 1.5m coronavirus vaccinations a day. “I think with the grace of God, the goodwill of the neighbour and the creek not rising, as the old saying goes, I think we may be able to get that to 1.5m a day, rather than 1m a day,” he said at a White House briefing on Monday.
