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Trump signals he is prepared to leave White House

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Daily US Times: President Trump said he will leave the White House if his opponent Joe Biden is formally confirmed as the next US president by the electoral college.

Mr Trump has refused to accept defeat in the 3 November election, and on Thursday he told reporters that it would be “hard” to concede.

The US president also once again repeated unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud.

Joe Biden leads Donald Trump 306 votes to 232 under the electoral college system used to pick presidents in the US.

The tally is far more than the 270 needed to seal the presidency, and Mr Biden also leads the popular vote by more than six million.

Electors from all across the country will meet next month to formalise the vote, with Joe Biden due to be sworn in as president on 20 January.

The president and his supporters have filed a number of legal challenges over the election, but most of them have been dismissed.

Mr Trump finally agreed earlier this week to allow the formal transition to President-elect Biden’s team to begin , following several weeks of uncertainty.

The decision means the Democrat Joe Biden is able to access key government officials and millions of dollars in funds and receive top security briefings as he prepares to take over on 20 January.

On Thursday, being asked whether he would agree to leave the White House if he lost the electoral college vote, he said: “Certainly I will, certainly I will and you know that.”

However, the president went on to say that “if they do [elect Joe Biden], they made a mistake”, and suggested he may never accept defeat.

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