If Donald Trump is defeated, will Donald Trump easily evacuate the White House?
An ambiguous answer from the US President raises doubts.
When
asked by journalists,
US President
Donald Trump *
left it open several times whether he
would accept
a defeat in the
2020 US election *
.
Trump's criticism of the
Corona *
-related
postal vote
demand is also becoming an
endurance
test
for US democracy.
In a recent interview, Trump does not want to commit himself again - his challenger
Joe Biden
reacts.
Update from September 24, 7:05 a.m
.: US President
Donald Trump
has refused to
promise
a
peaceful transfer of power
in the event of his
election defeat
in November.
In response to a reporter question on Wednesday in the White House, Trump simply said:
"Well, we'll see what happens."
The fact that a US president refuses to guarantee a peaceful transfer of power
if he
is voted out is an
unprecedented process
.
Trump's presidential
rival Joe Biden
reacted in disbelief.
"What kind of country are we in?" He asked.
"I don't know what to say about it." The opposition Democratic candidate and former Vice President has been consistently ahead of Trump in the polls for months.
The president keeps sowing doubts about the reliability of the election process.
His criticism relates to the postal vote, which he portrays as extremely susceptible to manipulation.
However, experts strongly disagree with this assessment.
Trump accuses the Democrats of
planning
“electoral fraud”
by promoting postal votes in the states they govern
.
The president's criticism of the postal vote is fueling concerns among his opponents that if Biden wins on November 3, he will not be able to recognize the election result
(see original report)
.
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Will US President Donald Trump refuse to leave the White House if he loses the election?
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US election 2020: Trump with evil allusion to Biden - "drugs in the game"
Original message from September 23
: Washington - An election campaign appearance by
US President Donald Trump raised
fears among observers that he might not simply accept an election defeat.
At the event on Saturday, he berated his competitor
Joe Biden
as the
"stupidest of all candidates"
- and declared literally: "Maybe I will sign a
decree
so that you can not have him as your president." This is reported by the US magazine
Forbes
.
US election 2020: Trump disses Biden with "you gave him a huge shot in the butt"
Repeatedly, Trump also indirectly suggested that Biden
could take
drugs
: “You gave him a
huge shot
in the buttocks,”
Forbes
quotes him
from the campaign event: “And for two hours he is better off than before.
The only question is, what happens afterwards? ”Earlier this month, Trump had
said
in a
Fox
interview with
Jeanine Pirro
:“ I think there may - or even likely - drugs involved. ”
According to the
Guardian
, the
reason for Trump was
that Biden's performances in the
pre-election debates
, which
initially seemed rather dull
- before his challenger rose.
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Doesn't want to give drugs a chance - at least with challenger Joe Biden: US President Donald Trump
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US election 2020: Trump again questions postal voting because of Corona - stress test of US democracy
Recently, Trump also
expressed doubts
again
that there will ever be a
valid
election result.
"Because of the new and unprecedented amount of unsolicited ballot papers being sent to 'voters' or wherever this year, the November 3rd election result could never be exactly what some want," he tweeted.
Because of the new and unprecedented massive amount of unsolicited ballots which will be sent to “voters”, or wherever, this year, the Nov 3rd Election result may NEVER BE ACCURATELY DETERMINED, which is what some want.
Another election disaster yesterday.
Stop Ballot Madness!
https://t.co/3SMAk9TC1a
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 17, 2020
Due to the ongoing
corona pandemic *
, a
massive increase
in postal voters is expected in the
2020 US election
.
Postal voting
is generally considered to be very safe and established - in the 2016 US election, for example, almost every fourth voter voted by post.
Trump repeatedly criticizes postal votes as
prone to fraud
without giving reasons
.
Because of his repeated attacks, Trump is accused of sowing doubts about the legitimacy of the election, which could lead to an unprecedented
test
of US democracy.
Nationwide polls put Biden ahead of Trump.
Because of the complicated electoral system, the surveys have only limited informative value.
(frs with material from dpa)
* Merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital editorial network.
List of rubric lists: © Mandel Ngan / AFP