Comply with Times supporting Trump's successor, mostly (4,2)

I believe the answer is:

bide by

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'supporting trump's successor mostly' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'comply with times' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'times' could be 'by' (both can mean 'multiplied by') and 'by' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'bide' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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