IRISH MIRROR COMMENT:

For four years the nation has endured the tawdr y, toxic and unedifying spectacle of Donald Trump in the White House.

This dismal chapter in the country’s history is on the cusp of being closed.

While the counting is not complete it is all but assured Joe Biden is the President Elect.

America can now forsake the darkness and carnage of the Trump administration and embrace the prospect of a brighter tomorrow.

Change is coming. And there is no better sign of that change than seeing Kamala Harris set to become the first woman and first black American to serve as Vice President.

Trump’s refusal to accept the result is a final act of ignominy by a President who has brought shame on his office.

His unfounded attacks on the voting system threaten democracy.

Abraham Lincoln said the constitution and the rule of law were the “political religion of our nation”. Trump has worshipped at the temple of deceit, greed and disgrace.

Thank God he is going.