Trump denies report that he'd declare poll victory early

US President Donald Trump on Sunday denied that he's likely to prematurely declare victory following the presidential polls are over on Tuesday, but hinted that he's gearing up for a legal battle post the election.

"No, no that was a false report," Trump told reporters at the Charlotte airport in North Carolina amidst a news report that he's planning to prematurely declare victory on the election night. At the same time, he indicated that his team is gearing up for a legal battle on the election night itself.

"I think this is a terrible thing when ballots could be collected after an election. I believe this is a terrible thing when people or states are allowed to tabulate ballots for an extended period of time after the election has ended because it can only just lead to one thing," Trump said.

"We are going in the night time of -- when the election has ended -- we 're going in with our lawyers," he said as he criticised your choice taken by the Supreme Court to permit ballots to be received after Election Day in a number of battleground states.

"I think there exists a great danger to it and I believe a whole lot of fraud and misuse may take place," the president said. "I believe this is a very dangerous, terrible thing. And I believe it is terrible whenever we cannot know the results of an election the night time of the election in a modern-day age of computers. I think this is a terrible thing," he added.

Critical of the Supreme Court decision, Trump said: "I believe this is a very dangerous decision because you are going to have one or two or three states, according to how it eventually ends up, where they are tabulating ballots, and all of those other world is waiting to learn. And I think you will find a great danger to it, and I believe a whole lot of fraud and misuse could happen."

Trump said if persons wanted to get their ballots in, they should have gotten their ballots in a long time before. "They don't need to put their ballots in the same day, they could have put their ballots in per month ago. And we believe that it is a ridiculous decision," he said.

The president said he's successful in the election. "We've great crowds. The first two were extremely cold. But they are great people, in order that warmed it up," he said.

"We are doing tremendous numbers. Florida is doing perfectly. Ohio, as you heard, is doing phenomenally well. I think we are ahead in Ohio from four years ago, and we won by eight. In the event that you look at NEW YORK, we are doing great. I think we are successful all over," he asserted.

"Georgia...is inside our camp all the way. Texas is beyond good. We seem to be to be successful all over. And that is not based on polls, that is based on numbers predicated on early ballots. So we are extremely happy with it. I believe Michigan is plus-two, it just arrived. We are plus-two in Michigan. We are actually doing incredibly well," Trump said.