Inching toward exit, Trump says he'll leave

But US leader fudges on concession in abiding by Electoral College vote

WASHINGTON－US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he will leave the White House if the Electoral College formalizes President-elect Joe Biden's victory－even as he insisted such a decision would be a "mistake".

Trump made the comments as he spent his Thanksgiving renewing baseless claims that "massive fraud" and crooked officials in battleground states caused his defeat.

"Certainly I will. But you know that," Trump said when asked whether he would vacate the building, allowing a peaceful transition of power in January. But the Republican president－taking questions for the first time since the election on Nov 3－insisted that "a lot of things" would happen between now and then that might alter the results.