If United States’ president, Donald Trump still sticks to his claim of winning the last elections, it may well be because some Americans still bolster his confidence.
A typical example was in Baldosta, Georgia Saturday, where, instead of facing the rally for two Republican Senate candidates in a runoff, a quickly mobilsed crown started shouting “fight for Trump”.
The reaction amidst a speech by Trump which some have described as remarkable for its twisting of reality.
Agency reports cite the outgoing president as launching into another litany of allegations that the polls won handily by Democrat Joe Biden were rigged.
The report asserted that even with Covid-19 cases surging nationwide, there were few masks in the crowd and many ignored social-distancing rules.
In a nearly two-hour speech Trump, 74, declared he would not concede, at times sticking to his script but regularly going off-the-cuff for his more incendiary claims.
“We’re winning this election,” Trump told the rally, which was similar to his many gatherings prior to the election, down to the soaring country song “God Bless the USA” played as he took the stage with First Lady Melania Trump.
“It’s rigged. It’s a fixed deal.”
It was yet another example of Trump breaking democratic norms, engaging in conspiracy-mongering and presenting falsehoods in ways unprecedented in US history.
His stance has raised the question of how he will react when Biden’s January 20 swearing-in date arrives.
“The swing states that we’re all fighting over now, I won them all by a lot,” Trump said, falsely.
“And I have to say, if I lost, I’d be a very gracious loser. If I lost, I would say, I lost, and I’d go to Florida and I’d take it easy and I’d go around and I’d say I did a good job. But you can’t ever accept when they steal and rig and rob.”
Trump has barely left the White House since Biden was projected winner of the election on November 7, though he has made a number of trips to his nearby golf course.
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