Pence will have to declare Biden the winner of the January 6 parliamentary session, leaving him facing rage from Trump supporters.

As Vice President and President of the Senate, Mike Pence must take on an awkward but unavoidable task, presiding over a joint session of the bicameral parliament to count electoral votes and formally confirm.

But Pence could avoid their rage by leaving Washington shortly after the session for the Middle East and Europe.

Although Pence's aides declined to confirm details of the trip, a US government document that Politico obtained said that the Vice President has plans to go to Bahrain, Israel, and Poland and may supplement.

A front-end team of Pence aides and other US officials earlier this week arrived at the planned stopovers in preparation for the trip.

On the surface, the trip is part of an effort to emphasize the Trump administration's role in "bridging" a series of diplomatic deals to normalize relations between Israel and several Arab countries, among them

Although an ally of Pence said that the timing of the tour that began shortly after the next presidential session of parliament was "a coincidence", observers said it was part of the Pence strategy.

Pence still supports Trump in his jobs as head of the government's Covid-19 response team and pushes two Republican Senate candidates in the Georgia run.

While he quietly supports Trump's campaign when asked, like urging donors to raise money for legal efforts and allowing the use of his signature to raise funds, Pence public comments

The recent complicated Covid-19 epidemic has made Pence's workload significantly increased since November 3.

On December 14, the US Vice President held an online conference with the governors to discuss the distribution of the Pfizer vaccine and the FDA's review of the approval of the Covid-19 vaccine by Moderna over the weekend.

Amidst the mountain of work, Pence still went to Georgia three times to campaign for Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, with the latest on December 17 in Macon and Columbus.

"He's still helping when the Trump campaign calls for it, but his biggest help is his going to Georgia," said a senior White House official.

In one mention of the lawsuit in four battlefield states led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, Pence said that President Trump "has the right to sue and all I can say is' Good luck,

The Texas lawsuit was later dismissed by the Supreme Court, extending the list of more than 40 failed Trump campaign lawsuits since the November 3 election.

Some of Pence's top aides have spoken out more about the unfavorable reality of Trump and the importance of shifting the Republican attention to the race for the Senate in Georgia.

"I think we need to be honest with ourselves that we don't have to just turn the results in one state. It basically has to go through high hurdles like Mount Everest in three different states," Lotter said.

However, the January 6 result confirmation step for Biden's congressional victory is likely to put an end to Trump's attempt to challenge the election results.

One White House official even compared Pence's having to open and check the electoral votes sent by states to the act of reading the death report.