VIDEO In the company of Trump, the day he was defeated (BBC Report) – 2020 US Elections

During his four years as president of the United States, Donald Trump has had better and worse days. However, none resembled the day November 7, the day he lost, reports the BBC correspondent at the White House, in a report that pretends to be a reconstruction of the environment around the president who received the big news while discovering it in the golf course.

Wearing a windbreaker jacket and black pants with a white hat with the inscription MAGA (Make America Great Again), the president left the White House around 10:00 a.m. after spending most of the morning posting messages on Twitter about the so-called electoral fraud. . Now he was heading to the golf course of his Trump National Club in Sterling, Virginia, 40 miles from the White House.

Trump was confident: it was a beautiful day perfect for golf and he was going to spend it at the club. In contrast to his attitude, the people in the White House seemed to be on edge.

The trauma of the elections

At 11:30 am, while the president was at his golf club, the US press and the BBC began to declare Joe Biden’s victory. “I was in an Italian restaurant, a mile from the golf club, when I heard the news. I am part of a small group of journalists accredited to the White House, who go everywhere the president goes. We are all waiting for him to be go from the club, ”says the BBC News correspondent.

“It’s toxic,” says a woman in front of the restaurant, who, like everyone else in the area, voted for the rival of the White House leader. Others wonder if the president will leave the club and return to the White House. Minutes pass, hours pass and nothing. The president is in no hurry to leave the golf club, where he is surrounded by friends.

Several supporters are stirring in the area. A woman in heels carries a sign with the message “Stop the thief”, others accuse the press. A man walks the truck down the street leading to the club, waving various flags, including one in which Trump is mounted on a tank as if he were the commander in chief of the entire world. The episode reflects quite well the way his followers perceived him and himself for four years.

“When you lose, we all win”

Eventually, Trump leaves the club and heads to the White House, where thousands of protesters had gathered.

The official column crosses Virginia, the sirens are on. When he approaches the White House, people see him celebrating his defeat. The closer we get, the bigger the crowd. Someone has a sign that says “When you lose, we all win.”

Upon reaching his destination, Trump heads for a side entrance that presidents rarely use. His head is down and his shoulders are heavy. Go to the press and give the thumbs-up gesture, without much reluctance. Don’t wave your hand, don’t wave your fist in the air, as usual.

Whether he was in the White House or at the golf club, the president said all day that the election was stolen and justice would be served. In the morning he spoke of “illegal votes”, in the afternoon he wrote in capital letters “I won the elections.” But this was Trump on Twitter. The man who could be seen at night left a completely different impression when he entered the White House through the back door – all the shit was gone.