Trump says he will leave White House if Biden declares Electoral College winner

President TrumpDonald John Trump Administrator of the United States of America tests positive for COVID-19 Kamala Harris, Stacey Abrams among nominees for Time magazine’s 2020 Person of the Year appeal decision, preventing him from replacing Trump in the libel lawsuit against E. Jean Carroll MORE Thursday, said he would leave the White House on Jan.20 if the Electoral College declared the president elected Joe bidenJoe BidenHarris says she has’ not yet ‘spoken to Pence Kamala Harris, Stacey Abrams among Time Obama magazine’s 2020 Person of the Year nominees: Republican Party members think’ men whites are victims ” MORE winner of the election, but indicated he was not ready to concede defeat.

“Definitely I will. And you know it,” Trump said when asked if he would leave the White House if the constituency voted for Biden. “If they do, they made a mistake.”

“It will be a very difficult thing to concede,” Trump told reporters during a press call Thursday.

It was the first time Trump had responded directly to questions from reporters since the election more than three weeks ago.

Trump has repeatedly refused this year to engage in a peaceful transition of power.

“We’re going to have to see what happens, you know, but I complained very strongly about the ballots. The ballots are a disaster, ”he said in September.

At the time, Trump said such a commitment was unnecessary, appearing confident he would win reelection.

On Monday, after weeks of blocking the transition process, Trump allowed the General Service Administration (GSA) to join Biden’s campaign, giving them access to government resources and personnel.

During the press appeal on Thursday, Trump also continued to claim that widespread electoral fraud had occurred, despite no evidence to suggest this was true.

“I don’t know what’s going to happen. I know one thing, Joe Biden didn’t get 80 million votes, ”Trump said. The president also claimed he received well over 74 million votes, insisting that the votes for him were rejected.

Most of Trump’s legal challenges in major battlefield states to overturn the election results have been dismissed. In Pennsylvania, a judge ordered that the certification of the vote be stopped, a government decision. Tom wolfTom WolfTrump cancels his plan to attend the Pennsylvania GOP event on the Biden-Harris election, the first ticket in US history to exceed 80 million votes Pennsylvania bans alcohol sales in bars and restaurants the night before Thanksgiving PLUSThe administration (D-Penn.) Quickly appealed to the Supreme Court.

Commenting on the voting infrastructure in the United States, Trump said, “We are like a third world country.”

Trump also said he was unsure of attending the inauguration. Former presidents usually attend the inauguration of their successors as a demonstration of unity for the country. In 2016, former President Obama attended Trump’s inauguration, along with other former presidents. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham Clinton Federal workers held on with Trump – now we’re ready to go back to work Biden soars as leader of the free world Intercept DC bureau chief says Biden’s choices are the Obama’s “ same people ” PLUS attended with her husband former president Bill clintonWilliam (Bill) Jefferson Clinton Obama: ‘Hopeless’ of trying to sell as many books as Michelle Dow breaks 30,000 for the first time as Biden’s transition speeds up Trump’s judicial overhaul MORE.

In the same call, Trump informed reporters that he was planning to travel to Georgia on December 5 to support GOP senators in their respective races.