Donald Trump has pulled out of a lavish election night victory party he was expected to throw at his Washington DC hotel.
The President was expected to attend the invite-only bash at the Trump International Hotel - a MAGA-mecca near the National Mall in the capital.
But reports suggest he will instead have a quiet night in, watching the results from the White House.
A source familiar with plans for the party told the Mirror the event would go ahead whether the President attended or not.
Trump's biggest Donors had been invited to the November 3 bash - with the hotel fully booked for days around polling day.
President Trump told reporters he might not hold a party because "you know, Washington, DC is shut down."
The city is not shut down - but indoor gatherings are limited to 50 people and indoor restaurants can only operate at 50% capacity.
The President said he had not "made a determination" about the party yet.
But he said: "We have a hotel, I'm not sure if we're allowed to use it or not.
"But they Mayor has shut down Washington DC and if that's the case we'll probably stay here or pick another location.
"I think it's crazy Washington DC is shut down. Imagine."
The President has trailed behind challenger Joe Biden in national polls for several months.
The pandemic and an extraordinary level of enthusiasm have prompted Americans to vote early in unprecedented numbers.
More than 83.5 million votes have been cast either by mail or in person, nearly 61% of the total number of votes in the entire 2016 election, according to the U.S. Elections Project at the University of Florida.
In Texas, a traditionally Republican state where polls show Biden and Trump close, more than 9 million people have cast ballots, eclipsing total turnout from 2016, the Texas secretary of state's office said. Texas is the second state, along with Hawaii, to already surpass its 2016 total.
The deluge of mail-in ballots makes it likely that the winner of several states, including major battlegrounds such as Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, will not be clear on Tuesday night.
Election officials expect vote-tallying to take days.
