It’s been a full 29 days since election Day in the United States, and while Donald Trump is still on the losing side, repeating that the election was “fraudulent”, it’s only a matter of time before Biden wins the White House.
Since the election, the White House’s public schedule has been almost the same: no public events.
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There were no more White House press conferences, eerie silence. What has been the journey of a man who has never lost in the past four weeks?
The Election Night rollercoaster
Before November 3, Election Day, Trump and his team firmly believe that the plot of 2016 will be repeated, trump will once again beat all the fake news, fake polls, staged a comeback and win the election.
Joining him at the White House that night to watch the results were son-in-law Jared Kushner, campaign manager Bill Stepien, senior adviser Jason Miller and others. As they watched the key state of Florida turn from blue to red, the White House was filled with laughter. But hopes for another miracle were interrupted at 11:20 p.m., when FOX News, a traditionally Republican network, announced that Biden had won Arizona, which had only 75 percent of the votes counted.
Trump saw the news and exploded! He angrily called republican governors and turned a deaf ear to the advice of his aides, giving a presidential briefing at midnight. Standing in the East Room at 2.30am, Mr Trump said the election should be dismissed as “fraudulent”, stopped the counting and then threatened to take it to the Supreme Court.
Jason Miller, a political adviser to Mr. Trump, called FOX and asked the network to revise its forecast for Arizona. But he did not succeed. Not only did FOX refuse to revise its conclusion, but the news center reaffirmed Biden’s victory. When the communication failed, Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, contacted Fox news boss Rupert Murdoch directly, hoping to make changes to Biden’s victory, but Kushner still refused. Mr Trump’s campaign manager, Steve Jobs, insisted he would win Arizona by 30,000 votes.
Immediately after election day, the Trump campaign set up a hotline to take voter complaints of electoral fraud. On that night, Mr. Trump actually thought in his mind that he might lose. He has told the people around many times: losing to this person that should be how shameful ah!
The emperor’s new clothes
In the days leading up to the election, Mr. Trump appeared to be deliberately burying his head in the sand, ignoring the advice of his campaign team and the professional lawyers who helped him through the Russia investigation and impeachment and listening only to what he wanted to hear.
Trump campaign, for example, is responsible for the survey of John McLaughlin (John McLaughlin), after the election, and discussed a poll trump, the results showed high support for trump, but most americans think the media “unfair and prejudice to him,” and most voters believe themselves to have a good than they did four years ago.
Mr Trump praised the poll and would like to see more of it. This sentiment then feeds into more statements like: “If the election had not been rigged and rigged, Trump would have won by a landslide.”
No matter how well Mr Trump’s people know he has lost to Mr Biden, they will still encourage him to take legal action to “change the outcome”. In the words of a source close to Mr Trump: “Everyone is happy to play with Him and if he thinks he has won, then the rest of us are going to say, SHH, let’s not tell him.”
The Washington Post interviewed 32 trump officials and advisers
On Nov. 7, just four days after Election Day, the mainstream media announced Biden as the winner. But trump’s advisers, including Stephen, Clark and Miller, told him about his legal strategy options. It will be very difficult to succeed in several swing states by December, they said, because it involves a very complex process and the chance of a turnaround is only “5 to 10 percent.”
Knowing the odds were against him, Mr. Trump approved the strategy. Around that time, according to the Washington Post, some of Mr. Trump’s lawyers disappeared to protect their reputations. Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, for example, closed her business with Trump in the first week after the election.
So giuliani appeared at a memorable press event at Philadelphia’s Four Seasons Hotel, surrounded by crematoria and sex toy stores, to speak out about the “frauds” that took place in the election, but the media coverage seemed to have gone completely awry. (detailed introduction about Rudy giuliani, please stamp history articles ? last trump “warrior” : from the mayor of the national hero, to the daughter to abandon President of private law)
The ‘conspiracy theory’ trump doesn’t believe in
The turning point in Mr. Trump’s legal case came on Nov. 13, when the core lawyers of the Trump team began to literally give up. The Third Circuit court in Philadelphia rejected a request by the Trump team to invalidate postal ballots the state received after election Day. The judge’s decision not only dismissed the plaintiffs’ claim, but also the Trump team’s legal case under the election clause of the Constitution, dealing a fatal blow to the trump team’s lawsuits in other states.
Giuliani and Powell
On Nov. 19, Giuliani, Jenna Ellis and Sidney Powell, speaking at republican National Committee headquarters, accused Biden of conspiring to steal the election. Mr Powell has produced no evidence to support his claim that voting machines in democrat-led cities with black majorities were tampered with by followers of Venezuela’s late leader, Hugo Chavez, seven years ago.
Even for Trump, the idea that Venezuela interfered in the US election is far-fetched, given that Chavez has been dead for seven years… Advisers around Mr. Trump are skeptical that the latest strategy will save him from defeat. At the press conference, Giuliani’s hair dye flowed down his cheeks in sweat, diverting attention once again… Afterward, Trump told people around him that giuliani’s press conference made him look like a joke!
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Not only Trump, but Even Giuliani is too crazy about Powell’s conspiracy theories… When fox began to question Powell’s credibility because she had no evidence to show for it, Trump let her down. On Nov. 23, Trump landed a seven-punch: he announced he was distancing himself from Powell.
On the same day, the General Services Administration (GSA), which had been gritted about Mr. Biden’s victory, let it be known that the Biden team was ready to begin a formal transition process.
After days of persuading from his advisers, Mr. Trump finally allowed the transition process to begin. The main reason Mr Trump was persuaded was that even if he agreed to a transition, he would not have to concede the election. As a result, Mr. Trump tweeted at the time: ‘Commends the director of general Services for his dedication and loyalty to our country.’ She and her staff have been subjected to a lot of harassment in the past, which Mr Trump said he did not want to see happen. The legal action will continue and I am confident that I will win. But in the best interests of the country, he advised Murphy and his team to do whatever it takes to begin the initial phase of the transition.
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When the process was seen as a formal surrender and Mr Trump decided to concede the election, he immediately said: I won the election. This election is a total fraud, and lawsuits will go full speed ahead.
One person familiar with the matter said Mr Trump called his advisers on Thanksgiving to ask if they really thought he had lost the election: “Do you think the election was stolen?” But advisers concede that all this is noise from Mr Trump and that the game is up. November is over, Biden has named his cabinet, states have confirmed Biden’s victory, and the Electoral College will officially recognize Biden’s victory after the December 14 electoral College meeting.
If the Decision of the Third Circuit Court on Nov. 13 was a turning point, then the decision on Nov. 27 to reject Trump’s request for Pennsylvania to revoke Biden’s victory was essentially a game over. ‘Free and fair elections are the lifeblood of American democracy,’ wrote Judge Stephanos Bibas. ‘Allegations of unfair elections are very serious, but the allegations remain the same, and evidence is needed.’ The plaintiffs have neither specific allegations nor evidence.
The most damaging blow to Trump’s legal team came today from one of his most loyal Allies: ATTORNEY General Barr. Barr told the Associated Press that the US Justice Department has not found evidence of electoral fraud to alter the outcome of the 2020 us election.
Barr said justice Department prosecutors and FBI agents have been investigating specific allegations but have not found any evidence to alter the outcome of the election. Barr, one of Trump’s most loyal Allies, had supported his position before the election that mail-ballot fraud existed.
Giuliani immediately issued a rebuttal: with full respect for the Attorney general, the Justice Department did not conduct a thorough investigation. And we’ve found enough evidence of fraud in at least six states that the Justice Department hasn’t reviewed at all. We also have many witnesses under oath who can testify to election fraud. The Justice Department has not interviewed any of them, nor has it examined any of the voting machines. And we will continue to investigate.
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Legal action is not for nothing
While Mr Trump’s legal case is in limbo, the fundraising that has been fuelled by it is in full swing. Since election Day on Nov. 3, Trump’s campaign and related political action groups have raised more than $170 million. Most were small donations from Mr Trump’s supporters.
In less than a month, the Trump team has launched hundreds of fundraising events.
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Donald Trump’s fundraising emails
On election Day alone, the Trump team sent 400 fundraising emails and 125 text messages to supporters. That money is not being used exclusively for electoral fraud lawsuits, but to cover the campaign’s debt, and part of it is being used to fund Trump’s future political actions. In the week after the November 3 election, the Trump campaign set up the Save America POLITICAL Action Committee to provide travel, logistics and more for Trump’s future political activities.
An adviser to Mr Trump said the huge sums suggested that Mr Trump would not disappear beyond 2021 and would still do a lot of campaigning and travelling, including maintaining his name recognition abroad. So those of you who are worried about the future of boring American politics are overthinking it. For Trump, he’s here to win this election or not.
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