The us president, Donald Trump spoke Thursday, for the first time, the hypothesis of a postponement of the presidential election, highlighting the risks of fraud related to the epidemic of Covid-19. "2020 will be the election of the most inaccurate and the most fraudulent of the story," he tweeted, referring to the expanded use vote by correspondence for the election of 3 November. "This will be a real shame for the United States. Postpone the election until the people can vote normally, safely??? ", he added.

Only the Congress has the power to decide on the postponement of a presidential election.