President Donald Trump s election campaign put out an ominous statement Monday, making clear that it is going to fight to make sure every vote will not be counted.

The [Democratic] operatives are advising surrogates and media to create a smoke screen by casting blame all around imagining postal delays or falsely claiming that mail-in ballots that have simply not been returned should be considered legitimate votes that need to be counted. None of this will be true, but it will be held up as proof that President Trumps victory is a so-called Red Mirage. No one should fall for it, read the statement from Justin Clark, Trump deputy campaign manager.

For months , Trump has declared that he believes the winner should be declared on election night.

Must know Election results on the night of the Election, not days, months, or even years later! he declared on July 30.

Clark added on Monday that campaign officials fully anticipate that Democrats will be in court arguing to extend deadlines for accepting and counting votes mailed and received well past deadlines enacted by individual state laws. ... The last gasp of the Biden campaign will be ugly and it will be ruthless.

But in many cases, it will be impossible to know the results on election night. A number of states accept ballots that arrive by mail after Election Day, as long as they are postmarked on or before Nov. 3. Some states arent even allowed to start counting ballots that arrive by mail until Election Day, making it almost certain that the results will be delayed.