WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump was close but paused on Friday in acknowledging that he lost the November 3 election to Democrat Joe Biden and said “time will tell.”
Trump, who has refused to admit he lost the election, spoke at a briefing at the White House on the Covid-19 pandemic.
“Ideally we are not going to go to a confinement,” he said. “I will not go. This administration will not go to a shutdown.
“Hopefully what happens in the future, who knows what administration it will be, I guess time will tell, but I can tell you that this administration will not go into a lockdown,” Trump said.
Trump then stayed on the sidelines as several other speakers addressed the administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic that has left more than 243,000 people dead in the United States.
Then Trump walked out of the White House Rose Garden event without responding to reporters shouting questions like, “When will you admit you lost the election, sir?”
The comments were Trump’s first since Nov. 5, when he falsely claimed to have won and said the election was “rigged” against him.
US networks projected on Friday that Biden won the state of Georgia, giving him 306 votes in the Electoral College that determines the winner of the White House. Trump finished with 232.
Trump, who has refused to admit he lost the election, spoke at a briefing at the White House on the Covid-19 pandemic.
“Ideally we are not going to go to a confinement,” he said. “I will not go. This administration will not go to a shutdown.
“Hopefully what happens in the future, who knows what administration it will be, I guess time will tell, but I can tell you that this administration will not go into a lockdown,” Trump said.
Trump then stayed on the sidelines as several other speakers addressed the administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic that has left more than 243,000 people dead in the United States.
Then Trump walked out of the White House Rose Garden event without responding to reporters shouting questions like, “When will you admit you lost the election, sir?”
The comments were Trump’s first since Nov. 5, when he falsely claimed to have won and said the election was “rigged” against him.
US networks projected on Friday that Biden won the state of Georgia, giving him 306 votes in the Electoral College that determines the winner of the White House. Trump finished with 232.
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