Giant fence erected around White House amid fears of unrest in wake of one of the most divisive presidential elections
Security has been stepped up at the White House amid concerns that it may become the focus of unrest following tomorrow’s election result.
Members of the US National Guard are on standby and a giant fence is being erected around the official home of the President, according to reports in the United States.
The‘ anti-scale able’ fence would surround the entire White House complex as well as neighbouring El lip se and Lafayette Square, according to NBC, who said 250 Guards men had been put on standby.
The move comes amid concerns there could be nationwide unrest in the wake of one of the most divisive presidential elections in living memory.
Donald Trump’ s supporters have been out in force on America’ s highways as the election race entered its home straight, blocking roads, bridges and freeways in New York, New Jersey and Colorado and rep or tedly stopping voters reaching polling stations in Temecula, California.
Meanwhile, one of Joe Bid en’ s most trusted advisors, Anthony Gardner, a former US ambassador to the EU, described Brexit as the "biggest own-goal" he had ever seen.
“If Biden is elected I believe quickly, perhaps first day, [there will be a] declaration of support for the European Union,” he said, “declaration of support for European integration, declaration of sup - port in favour of Na to, the lynchpin of transatlantic alliance, which has been weakened because of this administration's policies.”
In the UK, Foreign Sec retar y Dominic Ra ab insisted the Government is" exceptionally well placed" to have a good relationship with the US if Joe Biden beats Donald Trump in the presidential election.
He said :" One thing I' m absolutely confident of-I was in the US recently and contrary to some of the reporting, whenever I' ve been out there in the last year or so since I've been Foreign Secretary-we have conversion son both side soft he political divides, is that we're exceptionally well placed ... to make sure that whoever is in the White House that the relationship between Britain and the United States will thrive."