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Donald Trump (74) never wanted to be president. “Almost all of his public moves in the last 30 years were a public relations joke,” wrote journalist Maggie Haberman (47) before her election.
However, now he seems to be fighting for the second term by all means: accusing the opposing camp of electoral fraud, spreading chaos, preventing a clean transfer process.
Will he ever publicly admit defeat? It’s not clear. The constitution does not require an admission of defeat, so he could resign in January without awarding victory to Joe Biden (77).
What many observers believe: Trump knows he will have to leave the White House soon. His roar is about three things:
1. money
Trump burned a lot of coal in the election campaign. Now you want to get rid of this debt. Last week, his team already sent more than 150 emails. In it he asks for money for his “electoral defense fund”. Officially, he wants to finance his campaign against alleged electoral fraud. The fine print reveals, however, that 60 percent of the money does not flow into this fund, it is intended to pay debts.
Trump raised significantly fewer donations than Biden. At $ 952 million, this nearly broke the 1 billion mark – Trump only made it to 601 million.
2. Impunity
Your office currently protects you. But with his departure from the White House, Donald Trump loses his immunity. He is then threatened with more than a handful of proceedings, including for fraud, obstruction of justice, and enrichment in office. He would even face jail time.
Trump could take his head out of the circle with a pardon. Or by resigning before the oath date and leaving the field to his vice president Mike Pence, who then pardons him, or if Joe Biden does so after taking office.
Biden could decide to prevent Trump from creating further chaos, or to guarantee peace after the handover. Because the lengthy proceedings would once again give Trump a platform through which he could put himself in the spotlight and wake up his fans.
3. Control in the Senate
A president of the United States has much more power when the Congress of the United States is united behind him. Right now, Congress is divided because Democrats control the House of Representatives and Republicans control the Senate. Trump’s party can block any legislative proposal.
It is not yet clear whether this will continue. A possible policy change in the Senate hangs on January 5: then there will be a runoff for two Senate seats in Georgia. With the election zoff, Trump whips his upper electorate. They have to go to the polls and vote in the second round. Also, Republicans need money for the campaign showdown.
If both Senate seats go to Democrats, the two parties would each have 50 seats in the second chamber of the United States Congress. If there is a tie, Vice President Kamala Harris should vote.
