Trump ‘considering holding victory rally at weekend’

The president could urge his supporters to gather this weekend for a rally, advisors have said

Donald Trump is considering holding a rally this weekend to buoy his supporters, according to the New York Times.

The president, stewing in the White House, is working out his next move.

The paper reported that Mr Trump’s advisers were divided on what he should be doing until the final vote counts are announced. 

There were some discussions about his holding a rally as soon as this weekend, one person briefed on the talks said.

His two sons, Donald Trump Jr and Eric, were frantically gee-ing up Republican support in a desperate attempt to keep morale high.

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Mr Trump’s White House address on Thursday evening dismayed some of his team, the paper said, as he spouted a series of baseless claims about electoral fraud.

He had not been seen since his speech in the early hours of Wednesday, when he claimed without evidence that he had won.

His performances have been in sharp contrast to those of Joe Biden, who has twice taken to the stage in Wilmigton, Delaware, for brief updates urging calm, telling his supporters they were confident, but asking for patience and for the electoral process to be allowed to play out.

On Friday morning Mr Biden’s team’s confidence appeared to be well placed.

The 77-year-old former vice president took the lead in Georgia, and appeared about to clinch Pennsylvania, which would make him president.

Mr Trump’s team has already said they will seek a recount in Wisconsin and is likely to do so in Georgia, given the wafer-thin margins.

He has also filed legal challenges in several states.

On Thursday his case in Georgia was thrown out after less than an hour, and in Michigan a judge refused the Trump campaign’s request to halt the ballot counting.