Wrecking ball: the damage Trump could do while still president until January
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Guardian UK) Some of the mayhem that will follow Donald Trump losing the presidential election is already known. The US exited the Paris climate agreement on Wednesday regardless. The coronavirus pandemic that has already claimed almost a quarter of a million lives in America will worsen. Trump has hinted he will attempt to fire Dr Anthony Fauci, the nations leading expert in infectious diseases.
But Trumps defeat also sets the clock ticking on 11 weeks that some analysts believe could be the most dangerous period in US history, the time before the 20 January inauguration of Joe Biden during which a vengeful president can wreak havoc if he choses to do so.
If Trump loses power hell spend his last 90 days wrecking the United States like a malicious child with a sledgehammer in a china shop, said Malcolm Nance, a veteran intelligence analyst and political author, speaking before the result of the election was known.
Were likely to see the greatest political temper tantrum in history. He may decide he wants to go out with a bang, he may decide he will not accept the election result. Who knows what a cornered autocrat will do? ................(more)
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