US President Donald Trump vehemently refused to admit defeat in the recently concluded polls and vowed to legally resort to the “stolen” election, a claim for which he has not provided any concrete evidence. Trump has promised lawsuits in key states where President-elect Joe Biden secured a narrow victory, reiterating his unproven claims of voter fraud via mail ballots.
Yet US media reports suggest that Trump has shown little interest in carrying out the president’s duties and on Wednesday made his first formal public appearance in six days. The outgoing president, along with first lady Melania Trump, visited Arlington National Cemetery to mark Veterans Day. During his brief appearance, Trump did not offer any comments or speech at the cemetery.
Meanwhile, the Republican leader has been active on Twitter, launching unsubstantiated allegations of voter fraud. Many of his tweets about voting by mail and alleged fraud have been flagged by the microblogging platform, saying that “the claim about voter fraud is in dispute.” He has been hitting his golf course frequently, making little effort to show the people of the United States that he is still ruling the nation ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic.
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In the past 24 hours, Trump has reiterated his earlier claims that Pennsylvania and Michigan did not allow Republican election watchers, adding that they should not be allowed to count hundreds of thousands of votes. “So I easily win both states,” he tweeted. Trump said a Philadelphia commissioner is being used “in a big way by the fake news media” to demand free and fair elections in the state.
“He refuses to look at a mountain of corruption and dishonesty. We won! “The tweet read.
Although the president of the United States met with his collaborators and close advisers to discuss the legal strategy, he has remained absent from the duties of the federal government. A White House spokesperson has defended Trump’s light public schedule, saying he is “fulfilling all of his duties.” Press Undersecretary Judd Deere said in a statement that the president is “fighting hard for free and fair elections.”
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