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The Economist: Donald Trump is very likely to challenge the results of the US election

By The Economist.

Published Sept. 4, 2020 at 2:03 am

Tom Horan, a Trump supporter who displays Trump 2020 flags on his house and lives a few houses away from Joe Biden's former home on Washington North Avenue, speaks during an interview in Scranton, Pennsylvania, on August 11, 2020. - Scranton has long been the foundation of Joe Biden's origin story, though he left Scranton at age 10. Barack Obama used to introduce his vice presidential pick as "still that scrappy kid from Scranton who beat the odds." Scranton is a constant in Biden's speeches, a conceit in his memoir and a perennial campaign pit stop when he usually drops by his former three-story homestead on North Washington Avenue. (Photo by Eric BARADAT / AFP)

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In his final debate with Hillary Clinton in 2016, Donald Trump refused to commit himself to accepting the results of the coming election. The following day he made his position clearer. “I will totally accept the results of this great and historic presidential election,” he said in mock solemnity—before adding, with finger-wagging emphasis: “If I win.” The stubby finger levelled itself at the crowd, which erupted into cheers; the not-yet-president grinned.