A diplomat weighs in on American credibility as Trump refuses to concede

For many decades, the US has presented itself to the rest of the world as the gold standard when it comes to free and fair voting. When there’s an election in Africa or Asia, for example, American diplomats often weigh in with proclamations on credibility. So how do you square that with a US president now refusing to concede? The World’s Patrick Winn talks to Marty Natalegawa, the former foreign minister of the world’s third-largest democracy, Indonesia. 

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