ABC News chief Washington correspondent Jonathan Karl revealed that he had a phone chat with Donald Trump when he asked him whether the former president thought there was any way he could lose the election. The phone call took place on Sunday morning and Karl said Trump admitted that there’s a possibility he could lose. “Yeah, I guess, you know,” Trump said in response.
“I guess you could lose, can lose. I mean, that happens, right?” he said. “But I think I have a pretty substantial lead. But, you could say — yeah, yeah, you could lose. Bad things could happen. You know, things happen, but it’s going to be interesting.”
The polls show a tight race with neither Kamala Harris nor Donald Trump having a substantial lead. While the election results could take a long time in such a tight race, Donald Trump said he thinks the country will know the winner by Tuesday night.
Trump campaign prepares for either outcome
Democrats apprehend that if Trump loses the election, he will not accept it and there might be a rerun of the 2021 riot. But an email to the staff sent on Friday offered a clear-eyed view of what could happen in this coin-flip election, Axios reported. “The internal “Donald J. Trump Administrative Update,” from co-campaign manager Susie Wiles, outlines post-election plans. It uses the phrases “should we be victorious,” “regardless of the outcome of the election” and “God willing” — acknowledging that the race may or may not turn out in Trump’s favor,” the report said.
A matter-of-fact mail charting the way forward for the team
- Whatever the outcome of the election is, November 30 will be the last day for all staff on payroll, it said.
- If Donald Trump and JD Vance are elected, then the campaign staffers will be assigned to either the official Trump-Vance Transition or the Presidential Inaugural Committee.
- ‘God willing’, the mail said, the Trump campaign headquarters in West Palm Beach, Florida will be reconfigured for the transition and inaugural teams.
- The reconfigured office space will be available next week “should we be victorious”, the mail read.