US President Donald Trump said he did not believe polls showing that his presidential opponent, Joe Biden, the likely Democrat candidate, is leading in the 2020 election race.
In an interview with Reuters in the Oval Office of the White House, the Republican president said the Americans are smart, "and I don't think they will support an incompetent man."
Trump indicated that he did not expect the elections to be a referendum on his handling of the emerging Corona Virus pandemic, and criticized Biden's decades-long record as a Senator and former US Vice President Barack Obama.
Biden clearly outperformed.
A Reuters / Ipsos poll this week showed that 44% of registered voters said they would support Biden in the November 3 election, while 40% said they would support Trump.
In three major states where the poll was conducted recently - Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania - Biden clearly outpaced Trump by 45% to 39%.
It is reported that Trump's victory in these three states in the 2016 elections helped him reach the White House.
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Doubts about the elections, and
two-thirds of Americans believed that the Coruna epidemic would disrupt the ability to vote in the upcoming presidential elections, despite their confidence that it would be conducted with integrity and accuracy, while former Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton announced her support for Joe Biden's campaign.
On Monday, Trump rejected Biden's allegations that he would try to postpone the elections, telling reporters at the White House that he had never considered changing the election date .. and that he was looking forward to it, describing it as just a propaganda propaganda "not by (Biden) but by many people Who work for him. "
Biden said at an online fundraising ceremony last week, "Remember my words, I think he will try to postpone the elections in some way and put a justification for not taking place ... This is the only way Trump believes he can win."
Clinton and Pelosi praise Biden
On the other hand, former Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton said during a video conference with Biden, "I want to join with many of those who have called you to be our president."
"Think about what it means to have a real president, not just someone who plays a president on TV," added Hillary, referring to Trump, who lost to him in the previous election.
Also on Monday, Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi announced her support for Biden to contest the race for the White House in the upcoming elections, saying that he would be an exceptional president.
The Democratic Party has not yet officially named Joe Biden, 77, as his candidate for the presidential race pending its conference in August, but he has become the only candidate by Democrats after his opponent, Bernie Sanders, withdrew early this month.