Washington | US President Donald Trump never admits defeat. But he faces a stark choice now that Democrat Joe Biden has won the White House: Concede graciously for the sake of the nation or don’t – and get evicted anyway.

After nearly four tortured days of counting yielded a victory for Mr Biden, Mr Trump was still insisting the race was not over. He threw out baseless allegations that the election wasn't fair and “illegal” votes were counted, promised a flurry of legal action and fired off all-caps tweets falsely insisting he'd “WON THIS ELECTION, BY A LOT".

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