'A step too far': Trump ‘castrating the facts’ with false victory claim, warn US news outlets

Donald Trump. Picture: AP Photo/Alex Brandon

US news organisations have rebuked Donald Trump after he falsely claimed on live television that he had won re-election even as votes were still being counted.

With reporters and supporters gathered at the White House, the president said it was “a major fraud on our nation” that he had not been declared the winner, adding: “As far as I’m concerned, we already have won this.”