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Washington, United StatesPresident Donald Trump said on Thursday, November 26, 2020, that he would leave the White House if Joe Biden is officially confirmed as the winner of the US election, making a further concession of defeat even as he criticized the “rigged” vote.
Trump has made an unprecedented attempt to challenge the election results by refusing to budge, spreading wild theories about stolen ballots, and launching unfounded legal challenges that have been rejected by courts across the country.
Responding to his first questions from journalists since the Nov.3 vote, the president came close to accepting that he would only serve one term before Biden takes office on Jan.20.
When asked if he would leave the White House if the Electoral College confirmed Biden’s victory, Trump said: “I certainly will. And you know.”
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But “if they do, they made a mistake,” he said, adding, “It’s going to be a very difficult thing to admit.”
The Electoral College, which determines the winner of the White House, will meet on December 14 to certify Biden’s victory, and Biden will receive 306 votes to Trump’s 232.
“This was a massive fraud,” Trump said of the result, again without providing any evidence during his remarks to reporters on the Thanksgiving holiday Thursday.
He described the voting infrastructure of the United States as “like a third world country.”
Earlier in the day, he tweeted that “this was a 100% EQUIPPED ELECTION,” while on Wednesday he asked his Republican supporters “to turn the election around.”
– No proof of fraud –
President-elect Biden has said that the Americans will “not tolerate” attempts to derail the outcome and called on Americans to come together to fight the worsening Covid-19 pandemic.
Trump, who broke countless rules during his four years in power, has carved out new territory with his refusal to give in to Biden.
Supporters suggest that he is already considering an announcement to run for president again in 2024.
The 74-year-old Trump alleges, among other conspiracy theories, that voting machines deliberately erased millions of their votes, even though the government’s election security agency declared it the “safest” election in US history.
After coming under pressure from a slowly forming trickle from senior Republicans, Trump this week ended his blockade of government assistance to facilitate Biden’s readiness to assume the presidency.
Biden also released a list of veteran diplomats and politicians this week who will make up his national security and foreign policy team, saying, “America is back, ready to lead the world.”
“These public servants will restore America’s global leadership and moral leadership,” said Biden, 78, as the six men and women stood behind him wearing face masks.
Biden said that in his first 100 days in office he will address the Covid crisis, eliminate Trump’s policies that “harm” the environment, and push through legislation that offers millions of undocumented residents a path to citizenship.
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