He will have spent more time golfing than in the White House at the end of the presidential election.
Donald Trump visited his club in Sterling (Virginia), near Washington, on Sunday for the second day in a row, after the announcement of his loss to Joe Biden in the US presidential election.
A relentless golfer, the Republican president was already on the greens the day before, when the American media announced that Joe Biden's advance could no longer be caught and that the Democratic candidate thus became the president-elect of the United States in the outcome of the November 3 election.
Privately, according to CNN, the president's wife, Melania Trump, is among those close to him trying to convince him to accept defeat.
Sayings that contrast with the last tweet of the First Lady affirming that "the American people deserve fair elections.
Every legal - and not illegal - vote must be taken into account.
We must protect our democracy with the utmost transparency.
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The American people deserve fair elections.
Every legal - not illegal - vote should be counted.
We must protect our democracy with complete transparency.
- Melania Trump (@FLOTUS) November 8, 2020
Donald Trump, for his part, has still not recognized his defeat and says, without concrete evidence to support it, that the election is tainted with irregularities.
“We think these people are thieves.
The great machines of the city are corrupt.
This election was stolen, ”he insisted on Twitter this Sunday.
Donald Trump cries out "fraud"
"The best pollster in Great Britain wrote this morning [...] that it was impossible for Biden to do better than Obama in some of these states (the states where he lost, Editor's note)", continues the occupant of the White House.
“We should look at the votes.
We're just beginning the tabulation stage.
We should look at these allegations.
We're seeing a number of affidavits that there has been voter fraud.
We have a history in this country of election problems.
In Pennsylvania you had an order by a ...
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 8, 2020
“We see many affidavits claiming that there was vote fraud.
We have, in this country, a past of election problems, ”assures Donald Trump in another tweet.
Most of his messages on Twitter have also been reported as "disputed" by the social network.
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Crowds in joy in the street
On the journey from the White House to Sterling, Donald Trump could see Americans waving hostile signs as his procession passed.
"The crushed orange", "Trump in the trash", can we read on the signs posted when the president passed near his golf club.
Tom Brenner / REUTERS
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The day before, cheerful crowds had taken to the streets of major American cities to celebrate his defeat.
On social networks, many images showed citizens masked and dancing for the victory of Joe Biden, from New York to Los Angeles, via Atlanta or Chicago.
Joe Biden, for his part, went to church Sunday morning in his town of Wilmington (Delaware).
A practicing Catholic, he regularly attends mass.