US President Donald Trump's numerous statements questioning the legitimacy and integrity of the upcoming presidential election cast a shadow of uncertainty over his acceptance of the results of that election if he loses, which would constitute an unprecedented test of democracy in the United States.

The Washington Post has published a lengthy report for journalists, Alice Febk and Robert Costa, highlighting the most important concerns and possibilities related to Trump and the Republican party’s position regarding the results of the upcoming presidential elections scheduled for next November, and the implications of these situations. In light of the successive crises in the United States since the beginning of this year, such as the outbreak of the Corona epidemic, the collapse of the economy, and the disturbances resulting from ethnic discrimination.

Devastating Crisis

According to the report, Trump's newly escalated attack on the postal voting process, which was decided due to public health concerns due to the outbreak of the Coronavirus, and his refusal again this week to reassure the country that he would adhere to the voices of the electorate, confirmed the concerns that experts have always had. And critics of Trump about the methods he can use to stay in power and make them more urgent.

The newspaper cited William Galston, head of the Governance Studies Program at the Brookings Institution, saying, "What the president is doing is deliberately undermining confidence in the foundations of our democratic process. Words almost fail me (to describe what he is doing), it is very irresponsible, it raises feelings." His main supporters of creating a crisis will be very devastating in the days and weeks following the November elections.

Although most legal experts believe that it is difficult to imagine Trump resorting to trying to stay in the presidency if he is clearly defeated by Joe Biden, the Democratic nominee and former vice president, given the uproar that such a challenge to the American democratic standards would cause, his unwillingness to abide by With a smooth transition of power, some academics and political leaders, including some lawmakers in the Republican Party, are being forced to think about possible scenarios of what the upcoming election results and Trump's position might entail.

Scenarios

The newspaper report pointed to several possible scenarios for the US President to deal with the election results, including the possibility of him claiming victory before the completion of the counting of votes in the major states, a process that may take days or even weeks this year due to the large number of ballot papers expected.

The second scenario is that Trump refuses to acknowledge the results over a period of weeks, which will lead to a legal war over the votes that are considered valid and can be calculated, according to legal and constitutional experts who follow Trump's statements.

A third scenario is that Trump simply refuses to leave the White House on January 20, a possibility that Joe Biden publicly expressed his fear of when he stated in an interview to a TV show that President Trump "will try to steal this election," and expressed his conviction that Military leaders "will quickly get Trump out of the White House if he refuses to leave power after losing the election," the newspaper said.

Trump considered the adoption of mail voting during the Coruna epidemic an indication that the election results would be subject to fraud, and last month said the mail voting process would lead to "the most corrupt election" in US history.

In an interview broadcast on Fox News Sunday, Trump repeated his doubting allegations about the integrity of the upcoming elections, and refused to commit to accepting the results before seeing them.

The report pointed out that Trump attacked the decision to adopt mailing more than 50 times, according to a count published by The Washington Post, reiterating unsubstantiated allegations that mailing would lead to widespread fraud, and election officials across the United States have objected to allegations Trump, stressing that postal voting is safe if appropriate safeguards are in place.

Chaos and disturbances

According to the report, observers fear that the conditions under which the upcoming general elections will be held will contribute to helping Trump's efforts to strengthen people's doubts about the integrity of the election results.

Professor Lawrence Douglas, professor at Amherst University and author of "Will He Leave? Trump and the Imminent Election Fallout in 2020" (There Will Set) scenarios of what matters might turn out The results of the upcoming elections, which would lead to elections without an agreed winner of the Presidency.

Among those possibilities is that Trump made progress on the first day of the elections and then retracted it during the following days, and the Democratic candidate advanced in what experts call the "blue shift".

The report pointed out that Biden is doing his best to achieve a landslide victory in the elections to block the possible scenarios mentioned above, and also pointed out that the Democratic Party leaders and Biden supporters are preparing for difficult days expressed by former Ohio State Governor Ted Strickland by saying, "We may have dark days ahead."

"I am afraid that these elections will lead to civil unrest in this country because Trump will be happy with this kind of results," he added, stressing that the United States faces unprecedented circumstances in its history under the rule of a president who does not respect the constitutional system of government and overcomes his self-interests above the interests of the country.