Presumptive means it's effectively over. Also, see below on how my use of the word "presumptive" was me being nice.
That's the contradiction. Formally, it has not concluded..
The Electoral College has not met, but the electors are bound by the popular vote results of their states, and the elections in those states are over. See my post above. There is no contradiction. The election is effectively over. Joe Biden will be the next President of the United States.
If you say anything other than "Joe Biden will be the next President of the United States" (assuming he doesn't die between now and January 20), you are in denial. Can you say that?
I'm reluctant in calling him president before he becomes president.
He's not the President of the United States until January 20, but the election is over, and he's the President-elect of the United States. I was being nice when I said he was the
presumptive President-elect of the United States in an effort to save face for you, but that was apparently a mistake on my part since you are in denial. In reality, the meeting of the Electoral College is not a prerequisite for being the President-elect.
There's an old saying about not counting your chicks before they hatch.
The votes have been counted, and the election is over. The votes that have not been counted (and the votes that will be recounted) cannot mathematically change the results of the election.