US President Donald Trump has said he would leave the White House if the Electoral College declares Joe Biden the winner of the November 3 elections, even as he reiterated unsubstantiated claims about widespread voter fraud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In his Thanksgiving Day remarks, he, however, said it will be a mistake if the Electoral College were to elect Biden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“It’s going to be a very hard thing to concede,” Trump told reporters on Thursday when asked during a press call at the White House what he will do if the Electoral College elects Biden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“If they do, they made a mistake,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Asked if he would leave the White House, he said, “Certainly, I will, and you know that.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On his plans for his last Thanksgiving in the White House, Trump said, “You can’t say what’s first or last.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It might be the “first one of the second term,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Biden won the presidential election over Trump, who is continuing his legal efforts to upend his victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trump has allowed the official start of Biden’s transition to power this week but has not yet conceded defeat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, election officials in key battleground states have declared Biden the winner, giving him an unofficial 306-232 edge in the Electoral College that determines the outcome of US presidential contests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“This was a massive fraud,” Trump said of the election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We are like a Third World country,” he said, referring to the voting infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“No one wants to see the kind of fraud this election has come to represent,” he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
State officials have said they do not have any evidence of large-scale voter fraud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I don’t know what is going to happen. I know one thing, Joe Biden did not get 80 million votes,” Trump said, adding that Biden didn’t beat former president Barack Obama’s vote total with black voters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trump’s efforts to challenge the results in key states in courts have so far failed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Biden is set to be approved by the Electoral College when it meets on December 14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Earlier in his remarks, Trump talked about increased funding for the military over the past four years and seemed to be in good spirits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When a member of the Coast Guard mentioned his golf game, Trump promised to keep driving the ball “straight and long”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Only form of exercise,” he quipped about his game.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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