The US elections look like a narrow loss for US President Donald Trump as presidential candidate Joe Biden edges towards the 270 college votes required for victory.
President Trump claimed at a White House press conference on Friday morning (Australian time), that the presidential election has been stolen from him by fraudulent and corrupt electoral processes.
CNN’s fact-checker Daniel Dale said it had been the most “dishonest” speech the president had given and most networks telecast the speech but immediately went on to analyse the facts and show up the falsehoods, making it clear there was no proof of fraud in the election.
Labor leader Anthony Albanese has made a call for Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison to contact President Trump and tell him democratic processes must be respected.
This proposal would go against Australia’s conventions of not intervening in other countries’ internal affairs.
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“Australia should consistently argue for free and fair elections, where every vote is counted,” he said, pointing to the Australian Prime Minister’s close relationship with President Trump.
Mr Morrison has been very careful in his comments. “I have great confidence in the democracy of the United States and I have great confidence in their institutions. And the thing about great institutions in democracies is they deal with whatever challenges come, just like our own does,” Mr Morrison said.