Donald Trump Says He'll Accept The Election Results, Only If He Wins

Donald Trump will only accept the election if it falls his favour. Yikes.

Republican candidate for presidency, Donald Trump, has announced: "I will totally accept the results of this great and historic presidential election - if I win."

The statement comes in light of comments made yesterday during the third - and final - presidential debate, alongside Republican rival Hillary Clinton.

During the debate he cast unprecedented doubt over the legitimacy of the electoral process, saying that media and campaigning is rigged. He also said he might not accept the results of the election, based on that fact.

Speaking to a crowd in Ohio, Trump doubled down on this stance saying: "I would like to promise and pledge to all of my voters and supporters and to all of the people in the United States that I will totally accept the results of this great and historic presidential election, if I win."

Several election experts have expressed concerns about Trump's comments on rigged elections and unwillingness to accept the results. They've said it threatens a pillar value of democracy, that of maintaining peaceful transitions of power.

Then again, Trump seems to be a man full of puzzling contradictions!

After he went ahead and cited several examples which he claimed proved the entire American election system is corrupt, he then suggested the system could be fair. "Of course I would accept a clear election result," Trump said.

Guess we'll all be kept in a bit of suspense until election day, on November 8.

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