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    If president Trump loses the 2020 election, will he concede?

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    It seems like there are growing concerns in the United States that, following a loss of the 2020 election, President Donald J. Trump will refuse to concede defeat and exit the office.

    If President Trump loses the 2020 Presidential Election, will he publicly announce between 2020-11-03 and 2021-01-20 (inclusive) that he concedes?

    This question resolves positively if, at any time between 2020-11-03 (Election Day) and 2021-01-20 (Inauguration Day), President Trump concedes that he has lost the 2020 US Presidential Election. He may do this in any venue so long as it is public (e.g. a Tweet will suffice). He may do so using any phrasing (so long as it is sufficiently clear that he has accepted that he will not legally be President on 2021-01-21). This question resolves negatively on 2021-01-21 if he has not yet done so. This question resolves ambiguously if President Trump is re-elected or he dies before this question is otherwise resolved.

    ETA 2020-06-16: Any statement of the form "[Anyone other than President Donald J. Trump] won [the 2020 US presidential election] [...almost any other phrase]" is a concession for the purpose of this question

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    Elections – U.S. – President

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