Donald Trump vs Joe Biden LIVE: Two days after Americans went to the polls to decide whether the Republican President of the United States, Donald Trump, will win a second term or be replaced by the Democratic challenger and former Vice President of the United States , Joe Biden, the result depends on the results of five states. they are still counting ballots. There are 538 Electoral College votes allocated to all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
US Presidential Election 2020 – Live Updates
- Democratic leader Joe Biden appeared to be one step away from winning the US presidential election, as the latest vote count from a handful of states on the battlefield indicated that incumbent Republican President Donald Trump’s chances of reelection, they are scarce for hours.
- Standard Chartered Plc CEO Bill Winters said a new US administration led by Joe Biden is more likely to engage with China to ease some of the tensions that have been building over the past four years. If Biden becomes president, there will also be more “coherence” in the US approach to China, Winters said in an interview with David Ingles of Bloomberg Television.
- ABC, CBS and NBC distanced themselves from President Donald Trump while speaking from the White House to make an unfounded accusation that the presidential election was being stolen. Trump tried Thursday to take over the nation’s radio airwaves at a time when late-night news broadcasts on the East Coast, after a day when slow vote counting revealed his tracks in Pennsylvania and Georgia they were shrinking.
- Futures on US stock indices fell as investors watched a close race to determine who will be the next US president. December contracts on the S&P 500 fell 0.4% at 11:39 am in Tokyo. Futures fell 0.4% on the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq 100 Index. Democrat Joe Biden tightened his grip on the White House race, constantly undermining Donald Trump’s early lead in a couple of decisive states. Trump questioned the credibility of the election.
- US courts have dismissed Trump campaign lawsuits in Michigan and Georgia related to alleged electoral negligence. In Michigan, the campaign had sought to stop the counting of absentee votes, while in Georgia it had alleged that even incorrect votes were counted.
- Republican lawmakers on Thursday criticized President Donald Trump’s unfounded claim that Democrats are trying to “steal” the election, saying Trump’s comments undermine the United States political process and the fundamental notion that all Americans should have. your vote counted.
• Facebook on Thursday banned a large group called “Stop the Steal” that supporters of President Donald Trump were using to organize protests against the presidential vote recount.
Some members had called for violence, while many falsely claimed that the Democrats are “stealing” the election from the Republicans.
• “If you count the legal votes, I win easily. If they count illegal votes, they can try to steal the election from us, “Trump said. In fact, there is no evidence that illegally cast votes are being counted or that the process is unfair and corrupt.
The vote counting process across the country has gone largely smoothly with no evidence of fraud or widespread problems.
• The Trump campaign has filed at least six lawsuits in battlefield states since Election Day to challenge the vote count. Republican and Democratic activists have also filed a lawsuit, but only some of the cases have a real chance of affecting the bottom line, and only if the races remain extremely close. Trump has had two wins and two losses since November 3.
• Election officials in several states said Thursday they are concerned for the safety of their staff amid a series of threats and meetings of angry protesters outside their doors, lured by President Donald Trump’s unsubstantiated claims of widespread fraud in the race. by the White House.
• Frustration among Democrats over losses in the House of Representatives elections boiled over during a conference call Thursday, when several moderates blamed party progressives for promoting an ultra-liberal agenda that turned off undecided voters.
• Donald Trump spent a second day in the White House on Thursday mulling over election results that suggested the road to victory was slipping out of hand, even as his campaign projected confidence.
Trump had not been seen in public since his premature declaration of victory early Wednesday morning until he appeared in the White House meeting room Thursday night to deliver prepared remarks. He renewed his unsubstantiated claims that Democrats are trying to “steal” his election.
• Election officials on key battlefields pressed presidential vote counting Thursday as Democrat Joe Biden asked for patience and President Donald Trump pursued legal options with little success, insisting that ballot processing be stopped.
The president spent Thursday at the White House, working the phones and increasing efforts to cast doubt on the outcome of the race. In a series of tweets, he pushed for unsubstantiated allegations of electoral misconduct and said that ongoing vote counting of ballots sent before and on Election Day should cease. Trump reiterated his claims Thursday night at the White House, his first public appearance since election night.
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