Republican nominee Donald Trump issued plenty of surprising statements Wednesday night during the third and final presidential debate of 2016, from describing the New START nuclear reduction treaty as a “start-up” to dismissing U.S. intelligence indicating Russia is trying to influence the American election. But perhaps the biggest bombshell was Trump’s declaration that he will wait to accept the Nov. 8 vote results, defying a fundamental part of America’s electoral process.
Foreign Policy: On Russian puppets, ‘bad hombres,’ and maybe rejecting the vote
People watch the third presidential debate between presidential debate between US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at Murphy's Tap House in uptown Charlotte, North Carolina on October 19, 2016. (AFP)
