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The duel for president has not yet been decided: incumbent Donald Trump still sees himself as the winner of the election in the USA.
"If you count the legal votes, I win easily," said Trump on Thursday evening (local time) in the White House in his first public appearance since election night.
"If you count the illegal votes, they can try to steal our election," said Trump.
He criticized the fact that, to his detriment, poll results were knowingly published before the election.
Trump has so far provided no evidence to support his claims that there was massive election fraud.
In a first appearance after the election, Trump claimed the election victory for himself on Wednesday night, although no winner had yet been declared in a number of states.
The Republican had also announced legal action up to the Supreme Court.
In a series of short messages on Twitter, Trump has since denounced alleged election fraud and called for a count stop without any evidence.
His team has already taken legal action against the counts in several states.
So far, no significant cases of election fraud have been reported in the USA.
Trump had been claiming for months without any evidence that postal votes were more likely to fraud and refused to guarantee a peaceful transfer of power.
The president currently has only 214 of the 270 electors needed to win.
As things stand, his challenger Joe Biden has at least 253 voters.
Adding the state of Arizona, where some media outlets have already proclaimed Biden the winner, adds up to 264.
In the states of Pennsylvania and Georgia, Trump's initial lead is currently shrinking the more ballots received by post are evaluated.
Supporters of the Democratic Party had resorted to postal voting more strongly than the Republicans in view of the corona risk.
In Pennsylvania, the ballot papers that arrive up to three days after the November 3rd election date are still to be counted.
The US Post had been working with delays in the past few months.
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