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The still president of the United States, the Republican Donald Trump, admitted this Friday, for the first time, that he may not win the presidential elections, a hypothesis that the American head of state has denied since the Democrat Joe Biden was declared the winner.
Trump made a statement, at the White House in Washington, on the spread of the pandemic in the United States of America (USA) and advances in the development of vaccines and therapies to combat SARS-CoV-2, in the one that never once mentioned the name of the president-elect.
“Ideally, we will not go to a confinement, I will not go to a confinement, this administration will not go to a confinement. Hopefully, whatever happens in the future, who knows what administration it will be … I think time will tell”, said. the head of state of the United States.
In the first comments, the American press pointed out that it was the first time that Trump did not denounce illegalities (not proven) in the electoral process and even admitted that he may not be the winner of the presidential elections.
This was Trump’s first press conference since the victory of the Democratic candidate and now president-elect Joe Biden was announced, according to the predictions of several American media, such as CNN. , The New York Times, The Washington Post, among others.
The vaccine “far exceeded expectations”
The still president took advantage of the statement to talk about the announcement of a vaccine against covid-19, developed by the multinational pharmaceutical company Pfizer and BioNTech, whose announced effectiveness of 90% “far exceeded expectations.”
Donald Trump also spoke of the investment his administration made in Operation Warp Speed and left a ‘warning’ to Pfizer, who admitted not belonging to this public-private opinion, initiated by the Trump administration, to facilitate and accelerate development , manufacturing and distribution. vaccines, therapies and diagnoses against covid-19.
“Pfizer said it did not belong to [Operação]Warp Speed, but that was an unfortunate rendering. They are part [da parceria]So that’s why we gave them the $ 1.95 billion and it was an unfortunate mistake when they said, “Trump said.
The President of the States, who has always been skeptical about physical distance and the use of masks as ways to combat the spread of the new coronavirus, changed his speech and asked the population to be “attentive, above all, as it progresses time”. cold. ”Trump finished the statement and walked away from the pulpit, allowing no questions from reporters.
Biden reaches 306 delegates
Trump’s update on the evolution of the country’s pandemic comes days after President-elect Joe Biden announced the establishment of a team to find answers to this crisis.
Also this Friday, several American media outlets, including NBC and CNN, projected Biden’s victory with 306 delegates from the electoral college, against Trump’s 232. Biden managed to ‘turn’ Georgia into the Democrats and lifted all 16 major voters, while Trump won North Carolina (15 major voters).
Biden had already surpassed the 270 delegates in the Electoral College, half of the 538 main voters of this body plus one, necessary to ensure victory in the presidential election.
The Electoral College is made up of 538 members elected by the states according to their population. The winning candidate in each state, even by a single vote, guarantees all representatives from that state, with the exception of Nebraska and Maine. The candidate with at least 270 major voters wins the election.
However, the Trump candidacy continues to try to find evidence of electoral fraud to reverse the presidential results, but so far all attempts have failed.
