– If you count the legal votes, I win easily – VG

From night to Friday Norwegian time, the American president appears in public for the first time since he wrongly declared that he had won several important decisive states on election night.

– If you count the legal votes, I win easily. If you count the illegal votes, they may try to steal the election from us. If you count the votes that were late. We look at them very carefully, says Trump from the White House just before 1 o’clock Norwegian time, without providing any information on what he bases these claims on.

The president has criticized the vote count in various states on Twitter in recent days, and has made it clear that he believes there must be some “hoax” somewhere, despite the fact that no evidence has been found that what he says is true. .

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– I have already won many important states, including Florida, Iowa and Ohio, despite electoral interference from major technology companies, Trump continues during his speech from the White House.

The president has long stood at 214 voters in presidential elections, while challenger Joe Biden has stood at 253 in most US media (264 on Fox News and AP). Plus, Biden is leading in both Arizona and Nevada, which will be enough for him to win the presidential election.

The president’s election campaign has heralded legal action against vote counting in the swing states of Pennsylvania, Georgia, Wisconsin and Michigan after the election, and there are strong protests from both sides in several American cities.

“Detroit and Philadelphia are some of the most corrupt cities in American history,” Trump said of major cities in Michigan and Pennsylvania on Friday night, accusing state officials of not allowing election observers access to the installations.

State authorities have ruled out irregularities, promising to count every vote, and no observer or election official has seen evidence of election fraud. The Guardian newspaper, for example, notes that several Republican observers are present in Philadelphia – contrary to Trump’s claims.

The president of the United States also claims that people can vote after Election Day, which is not the case, notes CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale. He writes on Twitter that it’s not unusual for the actual vote counting to take place after Election Day.

– I have read or seen all Trump speeches since 2016. This is the most dishonest he has ever made. write about tonight’s speech on Twitter.

Trump Jr .: Will go to “Total War”

Shortly before Trump’s speech, his eldest son, Donald Trump jr. He wrote on Twitter that the best thing for America’s future would be for his father to “go to all-out war for this election,” which he believes is characterized by fraud and cheating.

– This has been going on for too long. It’s time to clean up this mess and stop looking like a banana republic, he continues.

The Twitter message was flagged by Twitter shortly, and they warn that it contains controversial and possibly misleading claims about the election.

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Biden: – All votes must be counted

Trump’s opponent, Joe Biden, delivered a short speech early Thursday, asking people to be patient.

– Every vote must be counted, and that is what will happen now. And so it should be. Democracy is sometimes complicated and requires patience, but we’ve always had that patience, says Joe Biden at a news conference Thursday night.

Also, he says that he and the election campaign team have a good feeling before the last votes are counted.

– We still feel good considering the current state. Kamala Harris and I have no doubt that in the end we will be announced as winners. But everyone needs to stay calm now and trust that the process works, that the count is going as it should, and that we know the answer soon. Thank you all for your patience, says Biden.