Donald Trump yesterday publicly acknowledged for the first time since the presidential election was called for his rival Joe Biden that he may not form the next US administration. In telling comments in the White House’s Rose Garden, the US president let slip his uncertainty about remaining as president while discussing policy to tackle Covid-19. Since Mr Biden was declared the election winner on Saturday Mr Trump has refused to concede, insisting he was the real victor and launching legal challenges to fight his case. However on Friday afternoon in a press address on the pandemic that avoided discussion of the election Mr Trump nonetheless let his doubt show. “Ideally we won’t go to a lockdown. I will not go, this administration will not be going to a lockdown,” Mr Trump said. “Hopefully the, the, er, whatever happens in the future, who knows which administration it will be. I guess time will tell. But I can tell you this administration will not go to a lockdown.” The “who knows” comment about the election winner was markedly less tub-thumping than the president’s tone on his Twitter feed, where he has claimed without evidence that the election was “stolen” from him.