sitting tight

The standard playbook would suggest sitting tight while forcing Trump to press the issue in the higher courts.

"It was unprecedented because usually presidents sitting tight will never concede - that is why George Weah has also shown a lot of grace by accepting the will of Liberians and congratulating his opponent."

While both of them are sitting tight, they said colleagues, mostly less experienced ones, were "putting feelers out" for alternative jobs.

For now, investors are sitting tight, with juicy yields on Italian bonds helping the market benefit from strong flows into global bonds and a broad rally in riskier assets.

Bond investors are generally sitting tight and already looking ahead to next year, said Nicholas Yap, head of Asia Flow Credit Desk Analysts at Nomura.