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The president of the United States and candidate for re-election, Donald Trump, said on Tuesday (3) that “yet” does not have a speech ready in case of defeat or victory.
“I’m not thinking of a concession or acceptance speech yet,” the Republican said. “Hopefully, we will only do one of the two. Winning is easy. Losing is never easy. For me it is not.”
Despite the unusual statement, the US president He later told fans that he believed they would have “a great night.”.
“I heard we are doing very well in Florida and Arizona. We are doing very well in Texas,” Trump said. Florida, Texas and Arizona are decisive states for today’s elections.
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Donald Trump delivers a campaign speech in Virginia
The Republican, who faces Democrat Joe Biden for four more years as head of the White House, made the statement when he visited the National Committee of the Republican Party.
The committee is in Arlington, Virginia, a city that is divided from the capital Washington, in the District of Columbia, by a river.
Criticism of the Supreme Court
In his speech, Trump stated that the Supreme Court’s decision to vote in Pennsylvania, another important state for today’s elections, was “unhappy”.
The court upheld the state to count all votes sent by mail that arrive before Friday (6), provided they are sent no later than today.
As the dispute between Trump and Biden is tight in the state, it may be that the result will only come out next week.
“I think we should know the result the same night. Let the people vote first, but it is necessary to have the numbers,” said the US president.
“These things can be delayed many days or perhaps weeks,” criticized the Republican.
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Earlier in an interview with Fox News, Trump said he would only declare victory “when there is victory.” “There is no reason to play,” said the Republican.
The US president said he saw “a very, very solid chance of winning” despite falling behind Democrat Joe Biden in the polls. “I don’t know how they evaluate the odds.”
The statement comes after the Axios website posted on Sunday (1) that the Republican told people close to him that he could declare himself the winner if the starting numbers showed a large Republican lead at the start of the poll.
Yesterday, Biden said that “the president will not steal this election.” Democratic campaign manager Jen O’Malley Dillon said that “under no circumstances will Donald Trump be declared the winner on election night.”
Despite the strategy of the US president, it is unlikely that today the outcome of the elections will be known. The main reason is the large number of votes cast early and by mail this year.
More than 100 million voters voted before Election Day, equivalent to 72.8% of all votes in the 2016 race. Of these, 35.7 million voted in person and 64.5 million by mail.
In four states, early voting exceeded the total from the last election: Hawaii, Texas, Washington and Montana. Several other states also had important votes, including decisive “battlegrounds” like Florida and North Carolina.
