President Donald Trump said Thursday that he would leave the White House if Joe Biden is officially confirmed as the winner of the US election, but repeated that he may never concede defeat.
Trump has made an unprecedented attempt to challenge the results of the November 3 vote, spreading wild theories about stolen ballots and launching unfounded legal challenges that have been rejected by courts across the country.
Responding to his first questions from journalists since the election, the president came closer to accepting that he would only serve one term in office before Biden’s inauguration on January 20.
When asked if he would leave the White House if the Electoral College confirmed Biden’s victory, Trump said: “I certainly will. And you know.”
But “if they do, they made a mistake,” he said, adding, “It’s going to be a very difficult thing to admit.”
“This was a massive fraud,” Trump said of the election result, again without providing any evidence.
During the press call on Thursday, the Thanksgiving holiday, he described America’s voting infrastructure as “like a third world country.”
President-elect Biden said Wednesday that Americans “will not tolerate” attempts to derail the election result.
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