The United States will hold a presidential election on November 3. Can Trump postpone the election date?

White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said in an interview with CBS News on August 2 that the United States will hold a presidential election on November 3.

Overseas Network, July 30. On the 30th local time, US President Trump proposed on the social platform to postpone the November election until voters can vote safely.

Trump tweeted, "Universal Mail-In Voting (not absentee voting, which is great), but the 2020 Election will be the MOST INACCURATE & FRAUDULENT ELETION IN HISTORY. It will be a VERY EMBARGSING to the USA. Postponing the Election until people can properly, comfortably & safely vote?"

The 2020 US general election was originally scheduled to be held on November 3. Republican President Trump, who is seeking re-election, will face off against former Vice President Biden, who has secured the Democratic presidential nomination. The COVID-19 pandemic has not only reset the main issues of this year's US election, but also made it difficult for the two parties to conduct the election campaign in the traditional way. Analysts here believe that the 2020 election will be a complex, unique and highly uncertain non-traditional election in American history.

How likely is it that Trump will suggest postponing the election?

Due to the impact of the epidemic, many states in the United States will adopt the "mail-in ballot" method for voting. However, Trump was very dissatisfied with this approach and believed that the Democratic Party would "defraud voters."

Earlier in the day, Trump posted a tweet that was seen as an indication that he wanted to postpone the election. Subsequently, this proposal was opposed by senior Republicans, and Democrats even "blasted" Trump for having no right to do so.