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14th November 2020
10:11am GMT

Trump has made numerous baseless claims of voter fraud in this election, for which there is still no evidence. And on Tuesday night his secretary of state Mike Pompeo ramped up tensions when he said there would be a "smooth transition to a second Trump administration."
Despite this, the former Apprentice and Rumbelows Cup Fifth-Round Draw star did appear close to acknowledging a second term may be beyond him at a press conference on Friday. With Covid-19 cases surging across the States, Trump insisted he would not impose a lockdown to fight the virus, saying: "Whatever happens in the future, who knows which administration it will be. I guess time will tell."
The probably-outgoing president opted against mentioning Biden by name, and didn't field any questions from reporters at the briefing.
Quite possibly the closest he will ever come to admitting defeat.
*Who the hell actually knows anymore?
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