Kate Andrews Kate Andrews

No, Trump can’t delay the election

US President Donald Trump, Picture: Getty

While cries of ‘authoritarian dictator’ have been lobbied at the President by America’s progressives over the past three and a half years (he usually has an accusation or two to throw back), US institutions have largely ticked on as normal. But as we come to the end of Donald Trump’s first (and possibly only) term as President, are we about to witness a real power grab – one that would throw the country’s democracy into disarray?

Today on Twitter, Trump began to hint at the one thing his critics fear most deeply: a refusal to leave office.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1288818160389558273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Any delay to November’s election would have...

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