‘Game over’: Steve Bannon audio reveals Trump planned to claim early victory

Recording shows the president intended to take advantage' of early vote lead and declare himself the winner prematurely

Days before the 2020 presidential election Donald Trump was planning to declare victory on election night, even if there was no evidence he was winning, according to a leaked Steve Bannon conversation recorded before the vote.

In the audio, recorded three days before the election and published by Mother Jones on Wednesday, Bannon told a group of associates Trump already had a scheme in place for the 3 November vote.