Donald Trump says he is hopeful of continuing as US president

Days before the official certification of the November 3 US presidential elections in favour of his Democratic opponent Joe Biden, President Donald Trump claimed that he would continue to hold the position as he has won the elections.

Trump has been making unsubstantiated claims about widespread voter fraud and electoral malpractice in the presidential polls. State election officials and the media have denied such any such fraud. Election officials have declared Biden as the President-elect as he received more than the required 270 of the 538 electoral college votes.

The elections are officially scheduled to be certified next week. However, Trump is continuing his legal efforts to upend Biden”s victory. He has allowed the official start of Biden”s transition to power but has not yet conceded defeat. The Trump campaign has filed multiple lawsuits in several states, most of whom have been dismissed so far.

“Hopefully the next administration will be the Trump administration, a continuation — which has led us to the highest stock markets we”ve ever had, the best employment numbers we”ve ever had, a rebuilt military,” Trump told reporters at the White House on Tuesday during a vaccine summit.

Trump was responding to a question on why he did not invite members of the Biden transition team to the meeting, which deliberated on his plans to distribute COVID-19 vaccine in the US. We”re going to have to see who the next administration is — because we won in those swing states, and there was terrible things that went on. So we”re going to have to see who the next administration is. But whichever the next administration is, will really benefit by what we”ve been able to do with this incredible science, the doctors — all of the people that came up — the lab technicians. The work that”s been done is incredible, and it will be incredible for the next administration,” he said.