Donald Trump casts vote in Florida, says he’ll accept defeat if it’s 'a fair election'

Former United States president and Republican candidate Donald Trump said on Tuesday (Nov5), that he would “acknowledge” losing the presidentialelection “if it’s a fair one.”

Trump made these comments to the press after casting his vote in Palm Beach, Florida. He said, “If I lose, if it's a fair election, I believe I’d be the first to admit it. And I think it is. Well, so far, I believe it’s been fair. I think there have been many court cases. Both sides have their lawyers ready.”

He continued, “I feel very confident. You know, we started today with a significant lead, and it appears that Republicans have turned out in large numbers. So, we’ll see how it turns out, but it seems they’ve really come out in full force.”

Reflecting on his campaign, Trumpsaid, “You always have regrets. I can't think of any, to be honest. To use her expression, I can't think of any. Oh, I look, I ran a great campaign. I think it was maybe the best of the three. We did great in the first one. We did much better in the second one, but something happened and this was the best, I would say, this was the best campaign we ran.”

He concluded, “I'm not a Democrat. I'm able to make a speech on pretty quick notice. If I win, I know what I'm going to say and I don't even want to think about the losing part. I would like to tell all of the people that are in line to stay in line. We have tremendous Republican lines, and I've been asked actually to say it takes a while. I'd like to just make the statement that I'd like the Republicans to stay on line. Democrats, if they'd like, they can leave. But I'd like the Republicans to stay on line.”

(With inputs from agencies)