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Thursday, July 30, U.S. President Donald trump proposed to postpone the November presidential elections in the country due to the pandemic coronavirus COVID-19. According to Mr. trump, because of a vote by mail election in the United States may become “inaccurate and fraudulent.” That this was written by foreign media — in the compilation of “y”.The New York Times (new York, USA)Since the beginning of the pandemic, Democrats fear that President trump will try to cancel or postpone the November General election. Thursday saw trump in a tweet suggested that the vote was postponed… Even for trump’s offer to postpone the election — an extraordinary breach of presidential decorum, which increases the likelihood that Donald trump and his key supporters do not consider the elections legitimate, if he loses them the former Vice-President Joseph R. Biden Jr., the BBC (London, UK)Donald trump may not postpone the November presidential elections without the consent of Congress, partly controlled by the Democrats. If he didn’t know, by this time he must someone told.The President should also know that by sending a tweet about the delay, even designed in style “so I just asked” will certainly ignite a political fire, especially after he repeatedly refused to answer the question whether he will accept the unsuccessful result of the upcoming elections.Trump seems to be doing everything in its power to undermine the credibility of the November vote… He made several false and misleading statements about the reliability of elections by mail and represented the most obscene conspiracy theories. Critics warn that he may be laying the grounds for challenging the result, although actually, maybe the goal is just finding a scapegoat in case of loss… Whatever the cause, tweet about the postponement of the elections is not a step candidate, confident in victory. And a sign that can follow and more desperate measures.New York Post (new York, USA)a Tweet appeared at the time when the polls show he lags behind potential democratic candidate Joe Biden in several key States.The President is increasingly trying to cast doubt on the upcoming elections and the expected increase in the number of cases of voting by mail and absentee voting as a result of the pandemic coronavirus. Trump, who called remote voting as the “most serious threat” to his re-election, refused in a recent interview with Fox News to promise to accept (any.— “B”) the results of the election.Le Figaro (Paris, France), Several US States want to make postal voting more accessible, to limit the spread of COVID-19. Many of them allow such a voting system for many years and did not report any��about serious problems, except for some incidents. Within a few weeks Donald trump, faced with a very unfavorable polls, however, waved the specter of massive fraud. In late April, his opponent Democrat Joe Biden predicted that the billionaire will do everything possible to postpone the elections. “Remember what I tell you: I think he will try in some way to postpone the election, to find reasons why they can’t be”. A few days later Donald trump at a press briefing at the White house flatly rejected this assumption. “I never thought about changing the date (…) Why would I do that?” — he said, calling it “propaganda” of the democratic camp.CNBC (Inglewood Cliffs, new Jersey, United States)trump has no right to unilaterally postpone (the presidential.— “B”) elections, which were scheduled for the first Tuesday of November in accordance with the law of mid-nineteenth century, accepted by Congress. Since then, he has never changed… But the numbers lag trump in the polls from Democrat Joe Biden is already in double digits, and election experts have long worried that the President would actively attempt to interfere in elections, to prevent a potential loss.A White house spokesman couldn’t immediately answer questions about the tweet trump and about, whether it was intended as a distraction from bad economic indicators. But soon after his stunning tweet about the postponement of the elections trump returned to Twitter to write about the protests in Portland, the prices of drugs and pizzerias.Transferred Kirill Saranac, Nikolai Zubov