President Donald Trump has so far refused to concede the election, but on Thursday he said he would physically leave the White House if the electoral college officially votes for Biden, the closest Trump has come to admitting he lost, but also alleged “massive fraud” in the vote count and promised to keep up with his legal fight.
The president made the comment while speaking with reporters following a teleconference with the US army on during Thanksgiving on Thursday.
“Certainly I will. … You know that I will,” the President answered when asked by a reporter if he would leave after an unsuccessful electoral college vote.
Still, Trump maintained that he actually won because of widespread voter fraud, adding that, “I think there will be a lot of things happening between now and the 20th of January, a lot of things, massive fraud has been found.”
“It’s going to be a very hard thing to concede,” Trump later added.
Asked if he would consider running again on the Republican ticket in 2024, Trump said, “I don’t want to talk to 2024 yet.”
The president stated that the 2020 election results still “have a long way to go.”
Though the Republican Party has stood by Trump, a growing number of Republican lawmakers have slowly started to acknowledge Biden’s victory.