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Cancel US presidential election and make me the winner: Trump

Trump and Clinton are now in the final stretch of an arduous two-year election campaign.

Washington: Two weeks before the Election Day, Republican Presidential candidate Donald J Trump said that he would like to 'cancel the election' and be declared as the US Presidential race winner.

According to a CNN report, Trump said, "Just thinking to myself right now, we should just cancel the election and just give it to Trump."

Taking a dig at Clinton, he said, "Her policies are so bad. Boy, do we have a big difference,” he said about his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton."

Trump's comments come in the backdrop of his repeated verbal attacks on Clinton with respect to the email scandal.

He also batted away a legion of polls pointing to impending electoral doom Thursday, insisting he will win the White House in 12 days' time.

Trump told die-hard supporters in the swing state of Ohio "we are going to win back the White House" and insisted he holds a commanding position.

"If we win on November 8," he said, catching himself "When! Okay, okay. When we win on November 8!"

"We don't want to take it for granted, but we are winning in a lot of states," he added.

Accusing the media of being biased in favor of his opponent, Democrat Hillary Clinton, Trump said he is "winning in Florida, he's winning in North Carolina, he's winning in Iowa. He's winning in Ohio."

The controversial mogul has not been ahead in Florida or North Carolina in a month, according to the Real Clear Politics average of polls.

He is slightly ahead in Ohio, but the race is tight enough that he was holding three campaign events in the state on Thursday.

In Iowa, Trump appears to have a more solid position, but he would need to run the board of swing states to win the White House.

For months, most polls have shown Clinton leading Trump in the popular vote.

That lead has become a chasm since the October 7 release of a 2005 video in which Trump is heard making lewd comments and boasting about groping women.

Since then, about a dozen women have come forward with sexual misconduct allegations.

Trump and Clinton are now in the final stretch of an arduous two-year election campaign.

( Source : Deccan Chronicle with agency inputs )
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