People watch results come in during the 2020 Presidential election at McPherson Square in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. President Donald Trump falsely declared early Wednesday he had won re-election against Joe Biden and said he would ask the Supreme Court to intervene, even as several battleground states continue to count votes. Photographer: Eric Lee/Bloomberg
(REUTERS): Despite incomplete results from several battleground states that could determine the outcome of the US presidential race, President Donald Trump proclaimed victory over Democratic challenger Joe Biden on Wednesday (Nov 4).
The premature move confirmed worries Democrats had voiced for weeks that Trump would seek to dispute the election results. That could set off any number of legal and political dramas in which the presidency could be determined by some combination of the courts, state politicians and Congress.
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