United States: For the first time, Trump suggests he will step down, but clarified that it would be “a mistake” if the electoral college votes for Biden

Outgoing US President Donald Trump hinted, for the first time, that will leave his post, if the electoral college votes for Joe Biden, although it maintains its theory that fraud in the electoral process of November 3. With what, the confirmation of his Democratic rival will be, according to him, “an error”.

Trump made the innuendo during an appearance Thursday with reporters in celebration of Thanksgiving Day.

“I definitely will and you know it,” Trump said when asked by one of the reporters whether he would leave the White House in the event that Biden was declared the winner on Dec. 14 by the electoral college, according to local media.

“I will and you know it”He added before specifying that it will be for him “something very difficult to admit because we know that there was massive fraudor “in the presidential elections.

However, the US president has insisted that if Biden is declared the winner of the election, that fact will become “a bug” by the electoral college, which is the one who must proclaim the new president out of the polls.

Indeed, after this appearance, the first since the elections in which he responded directly to questions from journalists, Trump published a new message on his Twitter account in which he criticized the interpretation that was made of these words.

“I gave a long press conference today after wishing the military a Happy Thanksgiving, and I realized once again that the fake news is coordinating so that the true message of such a conference never gets out. . The main point raised was that the 2020 elections They were made and I won!“, subrayed Trump.

Although the president has taken some steps to foster the presidential transition process to hand over his post to Biden next January, he continues without acknowledging the Democrat’s victory and maintains a judicial pulse against the electoral count, without providing convincing evidence of fraud. .

Thanksgiving

The president also took the opportunity to applaud those who took a Thanksgiving trip despite insistent calls from some authorities, scientists and even Biden himself to stay home to avoid further infections.

Trump, who then spoke on a video conference with U.S. troops overseas, appeared in the White House gardens to deliver the annual Thanksgiving address, where he noted Americans’ decision to reunite with their loved ones is an act of “faith” and “patriotism” with which to celebrate “The joys of freedom”.

The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) asked people a few days ago to get rid of their traditional family visits for Thanksgiving, due to the situation of the coronavirus pandemic, which in Les Last two weeks have left more than two million cases across the country.

However, for Trump, “as we meet our loved ones, we resolve with steadfast faith and patriotism to celebrate the joys of freedom and to cherish the hope and peace for a better future.”

“Soul to all Americans to come together, in homes and places of worship, to offer a prayer of thanksgiving to God for our many blessings, ”he said.

In addition to medical experts, Biden also called on the American people to go the extra mile on Wednesday and encouraged them to face these festivities of in a different way to the previous ones, because if “the country is tired of fighting”, the “war” against the virus continues.

“We are at war with the virus, not with each other. This is the time when we must stand up, redouble our strength and re-engage in the fight,” Biden said from the city of Wilmington, in the state of Delaware.

More than 12.8 million people have contracted the disease in the United States, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, which puts the number of deaths at more than 263,400, the highest figures in the world.

Europa Press and EFE

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