Donald Trump claims the American electoral system is ‘under coordinated assault and siege’

"This may be the most important speech I've ever made," said Trump

This evening, Donald Trump made a 45 minute speech in which he claimed the US electoral system is under "assault" and "siege". Trump began his speech by providing an update on what he said are his team's "ongoing efforts to expose voter fraud and irregularities" in the US electoral setup. All allegations of fraud have been disproven, but that did not stop the departing president from continuing with the claim. Trump labelled the 2020 election, in which he lost to Joe Biden, as "ridiculously long", adding that "lots of bad things happened during this period of time". He continued: "As President, I have no higher duty than to defend the laws and the constitution of the United States. "That is why I am determined to protect our election system, which is now under coordinated assault and siege." [caption id="attachment_257807" align="alignnone" width="686"] Donald Trump said the US electoral system is under "coordinated assault" in a live stream posted on his Facebook page.[/caption] Trump claimed that the outcome of the election was pre-determined. He said: "For months leading up to the presidential election, we were warned that we should not declare a premature victory. We were told repeatedly that it would take weeks - if not months - to determine a winner, to count the absentee ballots and to verify the results. "My opponent was told to stay away from the election, don't campaign, we don't need you, we've got it, this election is done. In fact, they were acting like they already knew what the outcome was going to be. They had it covered. And perhaps they did, very sadly for our country." In the wake of Trump's defeat to Biden, his campaign team launched a series of legal challenges against numerous states it claimed engaged in illegal electoral practices. None of these claims have ever been substantiated. In certain states, Trump demanded a recount, even going so far as to spend three million dollars of his own money on one in Wisconsin. This backfired spectacularly, as more Biden votes were uncovered. Trump's words will likely be seen as incendiary in the US. An election official in Georgia made headlines yesterday after stating Trump was "inciting violence" with his rhetoric. Gabriel Sterling - himself a lifelong conservative - said: "It's all gone too far. It has to stop!"