US election: Trump accuses Biden of fraud, expresses confidence in victory

- Donald Trump has thanked his followers for the "tremendous support"

- The president also reinforced his belief in winning the presidential contest

- Should Trump lose the election to Joe Biden, he will go down in US history as the 11th president to suffer reelection defeat

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President Donald Trump has expressed optimism in winning the presidential contest, saying "we are on the road to victory and we will make America great and again."

Trump gave this assurance during a short address on Wednesday morning, November 4, as the counting of votes is still ongoing in the United States.

Although Democratic challenger Joe Biden is taking an early shot at victory with 238 electoral college vote, Trump who has 213 said he will cruise to victory and make the US great again.

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Trump added that winning some of the big states like Florida, Ohio, Texas, Georgia, and others has given him the flash of hope that victory is underway.

Vice President Mike Pence, who joined his principal on the podium, also told the supporters to keep the faith and energy.

He thanked them for their "tremendous support."

"I appreciate very much. I want to thank the American people for the tremendous support. They tried to disfranchise a group of people but we won't stand down.

"We won states we never expected to win. We Florida, we won Ohai, Texas, Georgia. We also won North Carolina. If you look Arizona also, we also won it. We are winning with a tremendous victory. We are winning Michigan.

"I want to thank all the people who have worked with us. We are on the road to victory and we will make America great and again."

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President Trump, however, hinted at heading to the Supreme Court to stop the counting exercise as he accused Biden of electoral fraud.

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Earlier, Legit.ng reported that Trump alleged that votes were still cast after the polls were closed.

In a flash statement on Twitter on Wednesday morning, November 4, Trump said he will be making a key statement on the results of the election.

The president alleged Biden and his party are trying to "steal the election", threatening that "we will never let them do it".

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