“I don't want delay. I want the elections to take place. But I also don't want to wait three months and then find out that all the ballots are gone and the elections mean nothing, "Trump said.

Earlier, Trump's campaign headquarters said that his tweet about the possible postponement of the US presidential election was rhetorical.

Trump campaign spokesman Hogan Gidley explained that "the president is only raising the issue of the chaos that the Democrats have created, insisting that all voting must take place by mail."