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Donald Trump’s post on Twitter on Sunday – “He won because the election was rigged” – is considered the closest he has come to acknowledging that the presidential election is over. Trump generally made unsubstantiated allegations of voter fraud, writing that only the media believe Biden won the election. But expectations are so low for traditional Trump behavior that even these comments were interpreted as a step forward for the chances of a peaceful transfer of power in January.
Trump’s campaign manager, Tim Murtaugh, quickly stepped down to manage the crisis.
“It is in no way an acknowledgment of defeat,” Murtaugh said.
But at least that’s how many Americans who are impatiently waiting for Trump to admit defeat have interpreted it.
It also reflects that Trump’s legal battle against the election result has been marked by several setbacks and embarrassing fads this week. Three other federal judges have thwarted Trump’s attempts to change the vote count in Pennsylvania, Arizona and Michigan. The existing cases that Trump’s attorneys are now fighting over, in their attempts to recalculate votes, cannot significantly affect the outcome of the election.
A rally in collaboration with Trump activists in Michigan this weekend was organized by a local Republican politician, Brandon Hall, who himself served a sentence for voter fraud. According to the New York Times, the Trump administration lacks a general legal strategy, but the goal is to only “survive one news cycle at a time.”
Most Republicans in Congress are still behind Trump’s unsubstantiated allegations of election fraud, but three senators this week demanded that Joe Biden have access to classified information, in a move that was interpreted as recognition of Trump’s election victory. Biden. Trump’s former security adviser John Bolton on Sunday called on more party colleagues to follow suit.
– They are starting to prepare for this. I don’t expect a graceful farewell from Trump. But I expect a farewell, Bolton said.
Because Trump supporters are It is difficult to accept that a leader who was considered invincible is now being treated as a tragic loser. This week, historian Michael Beschloss compared Trump to Norma Desmond, the famous Hollywood diva who laments her past greatness in the classic movie “Sunset Boulevard.” But among loyal Trump supporters, frustration grows as their leaders are humiliated. This weekend, a large-scale rally in support of Trump was held in Washington, marked by violence. Far-right Proud Boys members were seen, among other things, beating counter-protesters and gave speeches defending the 17-year-old right-wing extremist suspected of the murder of two anti-racist protesters in Wisconsin. Before the rally, another popular right-wing extremist urged the 200,000 people who follow him on Facebook to “shoot everyone” protesting Trump.
Trump can’t tweet about a new election result, but his message has undoubtedly sparked enthusiasm among his increasingly frustrated, angry, and often heavily armed supporters.
