What is US President Donald Trump doing on election night?
According to the New York Times, he changed his plans at short notice.
There are worrying assumptions from those around him.
The forecasts for the
2020
US election
*
do not look good for
Donald Trump
*
- but it could be tight.
Many are looking at what the current
US President
* will
be doing on the evening of the election: What will he
tweet
, who will be spending the evening with?
Will there even be a scandal?
Here you will find our ticker on what Donald Trump is doing on election night and how he will react to the result of the 2020 US election.
Update from November 3, 2:59 p.m.:
Donald Trump
has been ambiguous about the fact that he
could announce his victory
in the
presidential election
before all votes are
counted
.
“I think we will win.
But only if there is a victory.
There are no reasons to play games, "he said on Tuesday morning on the TV show" Fox and Friends ".
The
US President
was connected by phone.
Trump again claimed on the show that the sharp increase in postal votes could lead to election fraud.
US election 2020: Trump disturbs with bizarre dance video
Update from November 3, 12:17 p.m.:
On the morning before the opening of the first polling stations, US President Trump campaigned for the votes of US citizens with a bizarre video.
In the video, which is more than two minutes long, Trump can be seen dancing at various election campaign events.
The video posted on Twitter is accompanied by the song “YMCA” by the band “Village People” cast for a gay target group.
In the title, the president calls for voting: “VOTE!
VOTE!
VOTE! "
VOTE!
VOTE!
VOTE! Pic.twitter.com/85ySh1KYkh
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 3, 2020
Update from November 3, 12:17 p.m.:
Just like his competitor,
US President Donald Trump
is waiting
for the outcome of the US election.
In the first
East coast states already have the polling stations open.
There are already the first decisions of the election: The Democrat
Joe Biden
has won the vote in the village of
Dixville Notch,
where traditionally first votes are taken, with 5 to 0 votes.
The first small damper for Trump.
Despite corona rules and bad history - Trump is probably planning a big election party in the White House
Update from November 1, 7:25 p.m.:
Election evening in the White House instead of in a noble hotel - that much had already become known about
Donald Trump's plans
for the
night of the US presidential election
at the end of the week
(see first report).
But now there is more information.
And in view of the violently raging corona pandemic in the USA, they are quite tough.
According to a report in the
New York Times
, employees of the incumbent US president
plan to invite
around
400 people to the White House
on November 3
.
So it is probably not a quiet evening.
Due to the
coronavirus restrictions in the capital
, which set a limit of 50 people for events in rooms, the event is now
supposed to
take place in the east wing of the White House.
The newspaper cited anonymous sources on Sunday.
There had already been a
major event on
September 26th
on the grounds of the White House
.
In the days that followed, numerous people, including Trump and his wife Melania, tested positive for the coronavirus.
The nomination event for Amy Coney Barrett *, a lawyer sworn in as a judge at the Supreme Court, had taken place in the open air.
The
planned election party
should now harbor a greater risk of contagion because it takes place indoors.
You can also find a large overview of all the events of November 3rd in the live ticker for the 2020 US election, with which we will keep you up to date throughout election night.
We will also show you the results of the 2020 congress election in detail.
Elsewhere, you'll also learn how Joe Biden behaved on election night.
US election 2020: surprising, short-term change - what is Donald Trump actually doing on election night?
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Melania Trump: For the first time in the current election campaign, she is promoting her husband Donald
© BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / afp
First report: Washington (USA)
-
Donald Trump
*
will definitely not do
one thing
on the day of the 2020 US election: vote.
The incumbent
US President
*
has already cast his vote.
And then immediately announced: "I voted for a guy named Trump."
It should be exciting to see what
Trump
will do on the evening of the election, as he is very emotional and extremely spontaneous.
The New York Times quotes people who are supposed to be close to Trump but want to remain anonymous with extreme fears: Some assume that he may simply refuse to accept defeat.
And even worse: that there is no one in his environment who can stand up to him.
US election 2020: Trump's last election night ended with a party
In the
2016 US election
,
Trump
had
left it open in advance whether he would recognize the result.
Even then, he was accused that the election could be manipulated by incorrectly counting the votes.
And his
election evening
ran accordingly
: he was repeatedly active on
when irregularities became known - and heated up his followers.
The
election party Trumps
in 2016 took place at the
Hilton Hotel in New York
instead.
According to observers, the invited guests should not have been invited by the host, but had to pay for their drinks themselves.
As is well known, during the course of the night the party became - surprisingly for everyone - the winner's party for the new
US President
*.
US election 2020: Trump changes his plans for election night 2020 at short notice
According to the New York Times, Trump changed his plans for
election night 2020
at short notice.
Contrary to what was originally planned, he no longer wants to celebrate in one of his hotels with supporters, but rather to stay in the
White House
.
The
White House
*
did not comment on why the plans had changed.
Donald Trump
in private:
Does
Trump
actually plan not to acknowledge his defeat - should it occur?
Not only people from his environment, but also international
political experts
do not want to rule out this scenario.
But
there is another possibility
for the
election evening
itself: Because the
counting of votes
can take a long time, no result could be determined on November 3rd.
Trump also
rejects this scenario
:
This decision is CRAZY and so bad for our country.
Can you imagine what will happen during that nine day period.
The Election should END on November 3rd.
https://t.co/Hkftv9Jp56
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 30, 2020
In any case, the first reactions from German politicians to the election are expected during the night.
We also compile international reactions to the US election for you.
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kat
)
* Merkur.de is part of the Germany-wide Ippen-Digital editors network.