Letters | Trump’s refusal to concede sets a bad precedent for the US and the world

  • Trump’s case of massive electoral fraud is getting weaker by the day. He should accept defeat in the time-honoured tradition and show respect to voters and the electoral system

People gather to celebrate Joe Biden’s election win over US President Donald Trump on November 7 in Washington. Photo: AP
A poll released on November 17 showed that many American voters believe US President Donald Trump should immediately concede the presidential election to Democrat Joe Biden, who has secured more than enough electoral votes to become the United States’ 46th president.
Trump has long claimed that the election was “stolen” from him, with his legal team suggesting that large-scale voter fraud occurred in cities such as Atlanta, Detroit and Philadelphia, which tipped their respective states’ electoral votes in favour of Biden. Though it is true that in some polling stations, there are serious allegations of voting irregularities or transparency problems in the ballot counting process, and all of these claims deserve to be properly investigated, it appears very unlikely that the number of disputed or questionable votes are large enough to change the election outcome.
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