As US voters head to the polls for an election largely seen as a referendum on US President Donald Trump, White House Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders says the man at the center of attention will stay out of the public eye.
Trump will spend the day making telephone calls, monitoring congressional and gubernatorial races and meeting with his political team, she says.
In the evening, family and friends are planning to join Trump and first lady in the White House residence to watch the election returns.
Election workers assist would-be voters at First Ward Creative Arts Academy on November 6, 2018 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Logan Cyrus / AFP)
On social media, Trump has yet to let loose with his traditional morning volley of tweets, with his last message from a campaign rally in Missouri late Monday night.
In an election-eve interview, Trump struck a gentler tone by telling Sinclair Broadcasting he regretted some of his caustic campaign rhetoric.
“I would like to have a much softer tone. I feel to a certain extent I have no choice, but maybe I do,” Trump said.
— AP
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