Trump denies report about intending to prematurely declare victory

Washington, Nov 2 : US President Donald Trump has denied a media report that claimed that he intended to declare victory on election night if projections showed that he was leading in the race to the White House.
Trump’s remarks came a few hours after news website Axios reported on Sunday that the President has privately discussed plans to declare victory on Tuesday night even though it might take a few days for all mail-in ballots to be counted in some states, reports Xinhua news agency.
Speaking to reporters after arriving in Charlotte, North Carolina, Trump said that was a “false report,” while noting that he thinks “it’s a terrible thing when ballots can be collected after an election”.
On October 29, the Supreme Court ruled that Pennsylvania election officials can accept absentee ballots arriving three days after election day, handing Democrats a victory in a legal fight, and prompting criticism from Trump.
The President added he thought it was “terrible when we can’t know the results of an election the night of the election in a modern-day age of computers”.
As some states do not allow processing mail-in ballots until Election Day (November 3), such as key swing state Pennsylvania, analysts have warned that the winner of the presidential election may still be unknown when polling is over, and the final results could be delayed for days.