President Trump has assured his supporters that he is getting ready to announce a victory in the evening as votes are still counted.

He also attacked legitimate vote-counting efforts during his statement from the White House early Wednesday, suggesting attempts to tally all ballots amounted to disenfranchising his supporters.

"Millions and millions of people voted for us," Trump said in the East Room. "A very sad group of people is trying to disenfranchise that group of people."

He disclosed that states where vote tallies currently show him leading should be called in his favour, despite significant outstanding votes yet to be counted before adding that he was preparing to declare victory earlier in the evening.

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"We were getting ready for a big celebration. We were winning everything. And all of a sudden it was just called off," he said.

Trump emphatically claimed a fraud was being committed.

"This is a fraud on the American public. This is an embarrassment to our country," Trump claimed.

"Frankly we did win this election," he said, despite millions of votes still outstanding.

Saying he would go to the US Supreme Court, Trump said he wanted "all voting to stop."