Trump will 100% accept result if polls fair, says son

washington — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will “100 per cent” accept the results of the US election if it is fair, his son Eric Trump said on Sunday.

“I think what my father is saying is, ‘I want a fair election,’” Eric Trump said on ABC’s This Week. “If it’s a fair outcome, he will absolutely accept it. There’s no question about that.”

With national opinion polls showing Clinton with an increasing lead over Trump ahead of the November 8 election, Donald Trump has repeatedly said the election is being “rigged” against him. He has not offered evidence and numerous studies have shown that the US election system, which is decentralized and run by the states, is sound.

At last week’s debate with Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, Trump challenged a cornerstone of American democracy by refusing to commit to honoring the result of the US election.

“What I’m saying is that I will tell you at the time. I’ll keep you in suspense. OK?” Trump said.

In the aftermath of the debate, Trump said he would accept the election outcome “if I win.”