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How the president of the United States, Donald Trump, spent the day losing the election; The BBC’s White House correspondent Tara McCallvi has made a report after seeing it with her own eyes.
“The last four years I have seen President Trump in his good days and bad,” he wrote. But November 7, the day he lost the election, is unmatched by any other day in the past four years.
The president left the White House shortly before 10 am wearing a black windbreaker, black pants, and a Maga (Make America Great Again) hat. He tweeted about voter fraud all morning before he left.
He was leaning forward a little, as if pushed by the wind. He got into a dark-colored car and headed to his golf club. Trump National, his golf club in Sterling, Virginia, about 25 miles (40 km) from the White House.
At the time, he seemed quite confident. Her husband was giving such an idea. It was a great day, the perfect day to play golf. He planned to spend the day at the club.
But there seemed to be a sense of unease among those who were his employees. How are you? I asked one of his subordinates.
Well, he said. He smiled a little, but narrowed his eyes. He lowered his face and looked at his phone.
Electoral disaster
In the days leading up to the election, there has been a lot of confusion in the White House. The election was held last Tuesday, but it seems like it was a long time ago.
On Saturday (Nov. 6) morning, as I was walking through the White House, I saw that most of the work desks in the west wing were empty. Several workers were infected with the coronavirus, they did not go to the office. The rest are in quarantine.
When the president was at his golf club at 11:30 am, the BBC and the American media began to predict his results.
They began announcing the results saying that Trump’s opponent, Joe Biden, is definitely winning. Therefore, the results of the American elections are predicted. The candidate who gets more votes than the stated goal for victory in the state is declared the winner in that state by the media.
When I heard the news that Joe Biden had been declared the winner, I was in an Italian restaurant about a mile from that golf club.
I’m a member of the White House Group of Journalists. The group includes a handful of journalists responsible for covering the White House.
These journalists go with the president wherever the president goes. We were all waiting for the president to leave the golf club.
A woman outside the restaurant commented that it was toxic. The area is inhabited by Democrats and, like most of its neighbors, it voted for Trump’s opponent, Joe Biden.
Many began to shout: “When will the president of the club leave and go to the White House?” As the minutes passed, the hours passed.
An officer in charge of law enforcement told a colleague in a low voice that he was leaving too late.
The president was in no rush to leave. Inside the club he was surrounded by friends. Outside the door, his supporters began yelling at me and other journalists, urging the media to cut funding.
A woman was holding high-heeled shoes and a sign with a red-white-blue cloth tied around her head, stop stealing.
A man was driving a truck on the street in front of the club.
Several flags flew from his truck. One was that President Trump was standing on a tank, as if he were the captain of the world. It was clear from how his supporters viewed him and the image Trump has created in the minds of his supporters over the past four years.
Eventually, Trump left the club and began his journey to his residence. Thousands of his critics are still there waiting.
You lose and we win
The convoy of the president’s car raced through the streets of Virginia. Our truck was also in that vehicle’s fleet. The closer we got to the White House, the bigger the crowd.
People are flocking to celebrate the defeat of Donald Trump. Banner in one hand, you lose and we win. People honk their car horns and yell insults at the president.
Then we get to the White House. The president entered through a side door. That door is used by President Kalevadra. His shoulders were hunched and his head bowed.
He turned his head and looked at us. The journalist saw me and the other journalists in the pool. He raised his thumb and gave us a confident gesture.
However, it was inconsistent with his usual posture. He didn’t do things the way he used to do when he raised his hands or fists.
Nowhere in the White House or in the golf clubs did the president bow his head or be seen reeling. He has repeatedly claimed that the election was rigged, with no evidence to support that claim. He insists that he has been deprived of his due.
In the morning he tweeted, with the vote illegally cast and later in the afternoon he ignored the results and announced in big letters on Twitter, I have won the election.
But it is the image of Trump on the Twitter platform. But thanks to my journalism, the Trump I saw that afternoon was another Trump when I saw him walk through the little door next to the White House. That arrogant and confident Trump who was not at all. BBC Bangla.
SIS / MSH
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