+US UPDATE+
Donald Trump will now spend election night not - as convention dictates - at an independent party...but at the White House.
Speculation is that Trump believes - in the case of a narrow defeat - it will be harder for him to be forcibly removed from White House.
Donald Trump will now spend election night not - as convention dictates - at an independent party...but at the White House.
Speculation is that Trump believes - in the case of a narrow defeat - it will be harder for him to be forcibly removed from White House.
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This is important as convention dictates that the outgoing president has already graciously conceded relatively soon after election..even if he remains at WH during the transition.
Clear that Trump may have another strategy.
This is important as convention dictates that the outgoing president has already graciously conceded relatively soon after election..even if he remains at WH during the transition.
Clear that Trump may have another strategy.
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That’s why presidents always spend election night away from White House - it’s a party event - not a head of state or presidential one.
But if the president announces from the White House that he’s been re-elected it becomes at “act of state” to remove him.
That’s why presidents always spend election night away from White House - it’s a party event - not a head of state or presidential one.
But if the president announces from the White House that he’s been re-elected it becomes at “act of state” to remove him.
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This shouldn’t come as any surprise as Trump has used White House in lots of convention-busting instances. Mostly these could be put down to arrogance & desire to break rules - but using WH on election night has sinister connotations those in dictatorships will recognise.
This shouldn’t come as any surprise as Trump has used White House in lots of convention-busting instances. Mostly these could be put down to arrogance & desire to break rules - but using WH on election night has sinister connotations those in dictatorships will recognise.
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