Bill Clinton jokes that Donald Trump will be 'stacking sandbags' to stay in the White House while Hillary urges Joe Biden not to concede on election night because the president will 'cheat'

Bill Clinton has joked that Donald Trump will be 'stacking sandbags' after November's election to fight off attempts to make him concede defeat - and predicts he won't attend an inauguration for Joe Biden. 

Speaking with his wife Hillary on an Instagram Live interview with American Urban Radio, Clinton, 74, was asked to envisage January 2021. 

Host April Ryan, Washington bureau chief for the network, joked that Trump's 'orange knuckles' won't let go of his Oval Office desk. 

The former president laughed and replied: 'He probably won't even come to Biden's inauguration. 

'He'll be stacking sandbags around in the White House.'

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Bill Clinton joked on Monday that Donald Trump would likely be 'stacking sandbags' around the White House in January 2021, to dig in and prevent his departure, if Joe Biden wins

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His wife has been repeatedly advising Biden not to concede on the night of November 3, saying that the significant number of mail-in votes will make tallying the count a mammoth task.

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April Ryan, Washington Bureau Chief of American Urban Radio, interviewed the Clintons on Instagram on Wednsday

On Tuesday she repeated the advice. 

'Do not concede under any circumstance because I believe the other side is going to cheat and sneak and try everything they possibly can,' she said.

Trump has stated several times that he might not accept the result.

'I have to see,' he told Fox News on July 19. 

'No, I'm not going to just say yes. I'm not going to say no, and I didn't last time either.' 

She urged people once again to be sure to register to vote, and to mail in their votes with plenty of time.

She said the Trump administration was intentionally sabotaging the postal service to limit mail-in voting, as they believe that a large turnout does not help their cause.

The former Secretary of State told viewers that the November 3 vote was of vital importance to the nation.

'He is a clear and present danger to our freedoms, our liberties, our unity, and we've got to defeat him,' she said. 

'There is no alternative.' 

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Donald Trump, asked whether he would respect the election result, said he would wait and see

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Trump is pictured greeting Clinton in January 2017, at the inauguration lunch

Her husband was equally damning of the man they used to socialize with - famously attending his January 2005 wedding to Melania. 

He accused Trump of using scare tactics to try and frighten people into voting for him. 

'It's very important to keep in mind that beneath all these big questions you are asking are just Donald Trump's proven ability to manipulate the psyche of the people that he is trying to scare the hell out of,' said Clinton. 

'Now, this is a person who says, 'OK, I can't win on my own, but people will believe whatever I tell them as long as it's bad.'

He added: 'He cannot help who he is. He is who he is. He believes we're suckers. He believes he can say anything and make it work. He believes he can do anything and no one will stop [him].'

 Recent polls have shown that Trump has narrowed the gap on Biden in what is expected to be a tight race.

But a Fox News poll on Wednesday showed Joe Biden is leading Donald Trump in Arizona, North Carolina and Wisconsin – three states key to helping secure the incumbent president’s victory in 2016.

Conducted after the conclusion of both national conventions, the surveys found that support for Trump’s re-election has fallen below his 2016 vote share in each state.

Biden’s advantage was found to be coming from strong support among female and suburban voters. Furthermore, suburban women in all three states said they trust Biden over Trump to handle the coronavirus pandemic and criminal justice matters.

Across Arizona, North Carolina and Wisconsin, a large cohort of voters expressed plans to cast their ballot by mail. The admission was made by far more Democrats than Republicans.

The surveys include results among likely voters for the first time this cycle, and also marks the first time the presidential vote preference question includes the names of both the presidential and vice presidential candidates.

With the election now just two months away, voters can now request and return absentee ballots in North Carolina starting this week, and in Wisconsin by mid-September. In Arizona, meanwhile, absentee ballots are made available from early October.