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But Trump refused to see it that way. Sequestered in the White House and brooding out of public view after his election defeat, rageful and at times delirious in a torrent of private conversations, Trump was, in the telling of one close adviser, like Mad King George, muttering, I won. I won. I won.?
However cleareyed Trumps aides may have been about his loss to President-elect Joe Biden, many of them nonetheless indulged their boss and encouraged him to keep fighting with legal appeals. They were happy to scratch his itch, this adviser said. If he thinks he won, its like, Shh .?.?. we wont tell him.?
Trump campaign pollster John McLaughlin, for instance, discussed with Trump a poll he had conducted after the election that showed Trump with a positive approval rating, a plurality of the country who thought the media had been unfair and biased against him and a majority of voters who believed their lives were better than four years earlier, according to two people familiar with the conversation, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations. As expected, Trump lapped it up.
more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/20-days-of-fantasy-and-failure-inside-trumps-quest-to-overturn-the-election/ar-BB1bs02h?li=BBnb7Kz
Fascinating account of Pissolini's attempt to steal the election.
Happyhippychick
(8,379 posts)Those were pretty remarkable and unprecedented as well.
nebby70
(471 posts)... a good friend will take you aside to stop you when you're being an idiot ...
... this man has no friends, has no one willing to save him from himself ...
... I could care less; except his folly affects us all ...
... these last few weeks ALMOST make me feel sorry for him.... almost....
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,192 posts)This is what you get when you only hire yes men.
Blue Owl
(50,498 posts)And his pathetic enablers can decay along with his Rotten Lardship
Freddie
(9,273 posts)Knowing the depth of corruption of most Repugs.
We now have the names of the 26 PA state reps and senators that wanted to negate the will of the people. (Only one is from my area, the execrable Daryl Metcalfe). This MUST be used against them in the next election!
tanyev
(42,613 posts)Especially when that angry baby is in a position that can do great harm? I don't get it.
Plus they might just as stupid as Trump.