Joseph Yi is an associate professor of political science at Hanyang University in Seoul.
On Jan. 6, 2025, a joint session of the U.S. Congress officially certified Donald Trump's victory in the 2024 presidential election. It was an uneventful occasion, marked by neither contestation -- breaking with the tradition of Democratic challenges to Republican victories since 1988 -- nor violence, a stark contrast to the chaos of Jan. 6, 2021.
