Trump tells ABC he expects a winner to be declared election night

In a telephone speech pinch ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl connected Sunday morning, Donald Trump said he has "a important lead" and predicted nan victor of nan predetermination will beryllium known by predetermination night.

Karl asked Trump he thought location was immoderate measurement he could lose.

"Yeah, I guess, you know," Trump answered. "I conjecture you could lose, tin lose. I mean, that happens, right?" he said. "But I deliberation I person a beautiful important lead, but, you could say, yeah, yeah, you could lose. Bad things could happen. You know, things happen, but it's going to beryllium interesting."

As for erstwhile he will reside nan state astir nan predetermination results, Trump said, "I'll beryllium retired location astatine nan correct time."

Republican statesmanlike nominee, erstwhile President Donald Trump, speaks during a run rally astatine First Horizon Coliseumin Greensboro, N.C., Nov. 02, 2024.

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The erstwhile president said pinch Karl early Sunday greeting aft different grueling time connected nan run way that ended soon earlier midnight Saturday.

"I don't deliberation anyone's ever done my schedule before," he said, "Big point is, tin nan sound clasp out?"

He added: "Nobody's ever done what I've done, and they're large rallies and tremendous enthusiasm."

Trump embarked connected a battleground authorities blitz successful nan last days of nan campaign. After a plaything done occidental states past week, he said astatine rallies successful Michigan and Wisconsin connected Friday and doubly successful North Carolina connected Saturday pinch a broadside travel to Virginia, which he says he tin win. After his telephone pinch Karl, he was connected to rallies Sunday successful Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Georgia.

Citing Brazil-based polling institution AtlasIntel, which bills itself arsenic nan "most-accurate" pollster successful 2020, Trump said he is starring successful each 7 battleground states.

Asked erstwhile he plans to reside nan state connected Election Day, he said, "I'll beryllium retired location astatine nan correct time.

Trump took rumor pinch Karl's reporting connected "Good Morning America" that Trump's connection successful his rallies is not arsenic disciplined and focused arsenic immoderate of his run advisers would for illustration it to be.

"I conscionable watched," Trump told Karl. "You said my connection was each complete nan place. It's not."

Karl pointed retired that Trump himself has talked astir really his speeches jump from taxable to topic, which he calls "the weave."

“Look, nan weave sewage maine elected president,” he said. “Yeah, that's 1 of those things, but, but nan weave is simply a bully thing. Nobody other tin do it. Very fewer group can."