Trump roils transition, admitting defeat but saying later, ‘Will win’

By Arul Louis New York, Nov 16 : Mercurial President Donald Trump has sowed confusion in the post-election transition taking back within hours an admission of defeat by Democrat Joe Biden and now claiming, “We will win.” Trump, who conducts his politics through tweets, appeared to grudgingly concede the election to Biden early Sunday morning with a passive-aggressive tweet that amounted to a concession: “He won because the Election was Rigged.” But within hours he made a U-turn, tweeting, “RIGGED ELECTION. WE WILL WIN!” Trump, who has filed cases – some unsuccessfully – regarding the election and plans more, tweeted, “He only won in the eyes of the FAKE NEWS MEDIA. I concede NOTHING! We have a long way to go. This was a RIGGED ELECTION!” There has been no official declaration of results with votes still being counted. However, the mainstream US media last week declared Biden the winner based on their projections of the November 3 election’s outcome.
On Friday the media gave 306 electoral college votes to Biden, more than the 270 required to win, and 232 to Trump.