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jazzy_daveSome facts against the 17-minute rant from the orange-faced plonker.
1/ Mr. Trump has posted more than 70 tweets casting doubt on mail-in voting, referencing voter fraud, or "rigged" elections since April.
But there is no evidence the system is corrupt.
Electoral fraud is very rare in the United States - the rate is less than 0.0009%, according to a 2017 study by the Brennan Center for Justice. There's no evidence to suggest it's been a major issue at this election either.
The president himself has voted by post in the past. He lived outside the state he was registered in, Florida, and requested a postal vote.
This is known as an absentee ballot, which Mr Trump has said he is in favour of because he believes it has better safeguards.
But he has made a distinction with other forms of mail-in voting, such as when states automatically send out ballots to all registered voters.
Oregon and Utah have done so successfully in previous elections.
All forms of postal voting have safeguards - such as authorities checking that ballots have come from a voter's registered address and requiring signatures on envelopes.
Voting by mail is not new - it has been used for many elections!
2/ President Trump has repeatedly criticized plans to expand postal voting, saying - without real evidence - it was open to "tremendous fraud."
He urged Republican voters to turn up on the day, rather than using mail-in ballots.
There's evidence from the vote count that this is what has happened - Democratic voters favoured voting by post and Republicans voted on the day in person.
3/ Trump: "There are now only a few states yet to be decided in the presidential race. The voting apparatus of those states are run in all cases by Democrats."
That's not true "in all cases".
In Georgia, which is yet to be decided, the governor and both houses of the legislature are Republican-controlled.
The secretary of state, who is in charge of the administration of the election, is Brad Raffensperger who is a Republican.
To take another example, Nevada has a Republican secretary of state overseeing its election.
4/ Trump: "They wouldn't allow legally permissible observers."
President Trump is talking about poll watchers. These are people inside polling stations who observe the counting of votes, with the aim of ensuring transparency.
These are allowed in most states, but they have to be registered before election day, usually affiliated with a party or a candidate, although rules vary from state to state.
President Trump has taken issue with a perceived lack of access for Republican observers in certain Democrat-run cities, such as Philadelphia and Detroit.
But poll watchers were allowed to observe the count in both cities.
(Source - BBC/Guardian)
1/ Mr. Trump has posted more than 70 tweets casting doubt on mail-in voting, referencing voter fraud, or "rigged" elections since April.
But there is no evidence the system is corrupt.
Electoral fraud is very rare in the United States - the rate is less than 0.0009%, according to a 2017 study by the Brennan Center for Justice. There's no evidence to suggest it's been a major issue at this election either.
The president himself has voted by post in the past. He lived outside the state he was registered in, Florida, and requested a postal vote.
This is known as an absentee ballot, which Mr Trump has said he is in favour of because he believes it has better safeguards.
But he has made a distinction with other forms of mail-in voting, such as when states automatically send out ballots to all registered voters.
Oregon and Utah have done so successfully in previous elections.
All forms of postal voting have safeguards - such as authorities checking that ballots have come from a voter's registered address and requiring signatures on envelopes.
Voting by mail is not new - it has been used for many elections!
2/ President Trump has repeatedly criticized plans to expand postal voting, saying - without real evidence - it was open to "tremendous fraud."
He urged Republican voters to turn up on the day, rather than using mail-in ballots.
There's evidence from the vote count that this is what has happened - Democratic voters favoured voting by post and Republicans voted on the day in person.
3/ Trump: "There are now only a few states yet to be decided in the presidential race. The voting apparatus of those states are run in all cases by Democrats."
That's not true "in all cases".
In Georgia, which is yet to be decided, the governor and both houses of the legislature are Republican-controlled.
The secretary of state, who is in charge of the administration of the election, is Brad Raffensperger who is a Republican.
To take another example, Nevada has a Republican secretary of state overseeing its election.
4/ Trump: "They wouldn't allow legally permissible observers."
President Trump is talking about poll watchers. These are people inside polling stations who observe the counting of votes, with the aim of ensuring transparency.
These are allowed in most states, but they have to be registered before election day, usually affiliated with a party or a candidate, although rules vary from state to state.
President Trump has taken issue with a perceived lack of access for Republican observers in certain Democrat-run cities, such as Philadelphia and Detroit.
But poll watchers were allowed to observe the count in both cities.
(Source - BBC/Guardian)
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