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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Joe Sommerlad

Trump - news: President suddenly cuts short press conference for emergency call

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US president Donald Trump declined to commit to peaceful transfer of power after election

Donald Trump has been booed by mourners at the Supreme Court as he visited to pay his respects to the late justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Thursday, with the crowd chanting: “Vote him out!”

The president earlier told Fox News Radio that only a ruling by the court that Joe Biden has won November’s election will convince him of his defeat, predicting once again that ballot fraud will result in “a horror show”.  

That follows his refusal to commit to a peaceful transfer of power during a White House press conference on Wednesday, saying: “We’re going to have to see what happens… There won't be a transfer frankly. There'll be a continuation."

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