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Donald Trump declares victory in 2020 elections with SHOCKING speech, America reacts: ‘WHAT THE ACTUAL F**K’

'We are going to the Supreme Court... I don't want them adding ballots at 4 am'

Americans may still be waiting for the final vote count but President Donald Trump has already declared a “premature” and “false” victory. In a shocking address to the media, the 74-year-old proclaimed: “We were getting ready to win this election. Frankly, we did win this election.” Not just that, he also added, “We are going to the Supreme Court... I don't want them adding ballots at 4 am.”

It is not accurate to say he won. In fact, it is shockingly disappointing that he declared victory when several millions of votes are yet to be counted. Speaking to about 150 maskless supporters inside the East Room of the White House, Trump described the situation as a “major fraud in our nation” and vowed to take his case to the Supreme Court. Wrongly declaring himself the winner of the election, he demanded the vote counting to stop. “To me, this is a very sad moment and we will win this. And as far as I’m concerned, we already have,” he said.

Calling it “outrageous and unprecedented”, the Biden campaign soon reacted to Trump's speech. “The president’s statement tonight about trying to shut down the counting of duly cast ballots was outrageous, unprecedented, and incorrect,” Biden campaign manager Jen O’Malley Dillon said in an official statement.

“It was outrageous because it is a naked effort to take away the democratic rights of American citizens,” the statement said, adding, “It was unprecedented because never before in our history has a president of the United States sought to strip Americans of their voice in a national election.” After his declaration, many viewers pondered over his moral responsibility as a president and how it was completely uncalled-for to do what he did.

The speech triggered many other Twitter users and sparked fury. "If Trump wins, I'm blocking America. I don't want to hear anything from or about them," one tweet read and another said, "White House press confused as an attack on #VOTE & #ElectrolCollege TRUMP sad threatens legal action via Supreme Court. He knows how it works does not matter about popular vote. He thinks he’s won. Never has a President announced a win without all vote counts finish #Election2020." Even the Republicans were shocked and one even posted, "I want a Republican to win because all ballots were counted and that was the result, not because Trump wants the counts to stop so he can declare himself the winner."

Biden leads the electoral college with 236 electoral votes, according to the Associated Press. Meanwhile, Trump has 213 electoral votes. To win, a candidate needs 270 electoral votes. Trump is behind Biden by almost 2 million popular votes, with races yet to be called in certain states. Even if Trump wins, will Americans believe him after the blunder he just made by declaring victory before the votes had been counted? Only time will tell.