Donald Trump declares himself winner of US presidential election
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Donald Trump declares himself winner of US presidential election

- President Donald Trump has violated the rules regarding the official announcement of winners in the US presidential election

- Trump also repeated his unproven claims that voter fraud occurred in the poll

- The president has continually questioned the legitimacy of the election

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President Donald Trump has controversially declared himself as the winner of the US presidential election ahead of any official announcement.

Trump who made the declaration on Saturday, November 7, via Twitter, suggested that he won the election by a large margin.

Donald Trump declares himself winner of US presidential election
Donald Trump declares himself winner of US presidential election
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The president said:

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"I WON THIS ELECTION, BY A LOT!"

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The president's tweets were immediately flagged by Twitter with a warning that the claim was not backed by official sources.

Trump's controversial declaration came shortly after he alleged that thousands of illegal ballots were counted on election day after 8pm on Tuesday, November 3.

He also claimed that bad things took place on election night that changed results in Pennsylvania and other states.

Trump further alleged that observers were illegally prevented from monitoring hundreds of thousands of votes, which he said led to the manipulation of results.

Briefly.co.za previously reported that Donald Trump was caught on camera playing golf shortly before Joe Biden was announced president-elect of the United States.

Trump went for a drive wearing a white Maga cap, windbreaker, dark slacks, non-dress shirt and shoes.

Trump also alleged that thousands of illegal ballots were counted on election day after 8pm on Tuesday, November 4.

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The US president, who has consistently questioned the legitimacy of the election on Saturday, November 7, alleged on Twitter that bad things took place on election night that changed results in Pennsylvania and other states.

He also alleged that observers were illegally prevented from monitoring hundreds of thousands of votes, which he said led to the change of results in many states, including Pennsylvania.

Biden is set to become the 46th president of the United States but Trump was not bothered with the announcement. Trump has been a huge fan of golf and has been criticized for playing the sport during his tenure in office but he defended himself by claiming his predecessor Barack Obama often played the game.

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