Supporters cheered and applauded President Donald Trump at his campaign headquarters, where he visited Tuesday to thank dozens of staff members working to get him re-elected.
Trump predicted his victory, but acknowledged that he could lose.
“I think we’re going to have a great night, but it’s politics and elections and you never know,” Trump said.
He said his campaign was working well in states like Florida, Arizona and Texas. He pointed out the importance of winning Pennsylvania.
“Winning is easy. Losing is never easy, ”he said. “Not for me, it isn’t.”
The president went to the Republican National Committee annex in Arlington, Virginia, outside of Washington, after days of grueling campaigning on the road.
“After making so many demonstrations, the voice breaks a little,” Trump said with his now serious expression.
Trump said that success will bring unity. He listed what he believes to be his accomplishments with the coronavirus and the economy.
More than 100 employees, almost all in masks, lined up against the back wall of the operations center to listen to their candidate. Some masks were adorned with “Trump” and “MAGA” for Trump’s campaign slogan “Make America Great Again.”
Hours earlier, President Donald Trump had said he was feeling good about his chances of victory when elections opened in the United States on Tuesday, predicting he would record big wins in key states like Florida and Arizona.
“We feel great,” Trump rasped to Fox News in a telephone interview. “I think we will have the victory.” Trump said he expected victory in all the key states that will decide the elections.
“We think we are winning a lot in Texas. We think we are winning a lot in Florida. We think we are winning in Arizona big time,” he said. “I think we will do very well in North Carolina. I think we will do well in Pennsylvania. We think we are doing very well everywhere.”
Lagging behind in most opinion polls, Trump hit Democratic opponent Joe Biden, the “biased” media and the “extreme” left by repeating his argument for re-election for four more years in the White House. “Joe Biden is not prime time,” he said.
Trump called it “terrible” and “dangerous” that millions of votes mailed are still not counted Wednesday. But he played down accusations that he planned to declare victory prematurely Tuesday night before enough is counted to determine the winner.
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