BY BESS LEVIN
DECEMBER 22, 2020
... Despite being completely and fully in denial about the fact that he’s not going to be president anymore, it appears that some tiny part of Trump knows things are not looking great for him, hence his increasingly desperate efforts to invalidate the will of tens of millions of Americans. One thing that’s included is his meeting with Sidney Powell—the lawyer deemed too crazy by Rudy Giuliani—multiple times at the White House and allegedly proposing her appointment as a special counsel to investigate nonexistent voter fraud. Then, of course, there’s the news that he’s been discussing invoking martial law with disgraced former national security adviser Mike Flynn. And naturally, like a madman who’s gone too far even for his most loyal foot soldiers, Trump has reportedly lashed out and turned on everyone who won’t go along with his attempted coup ...
Trump is reportedly outraged that Pence has, in his mind, not fought hard enough for him and is preemptively enraged at the prospect of the V.P. presiding over the January 6 session of Congress that will officially certify Biden as the Electoral College winner, something Pence is constitutionally required to do. (Perhaps having heard this, Pence pretended at an event on Tuesday that Trump could totally get another four years.) Supporters of Cipollone are worried he’s on the firing block. And when it comes to McConnell, who traitorously acknowledged Biden would be the next president last week, Trump has unleashed his inner Regina George, dispatching his personal assistant on Monday night to email Republican lawmakers a slapped-together PowerPoint slide attacking the majority leader for being “the first one off the ship,” and claiming credit for his reelection in Kentucky.
Meanwhile, he’s apparently hatched another harebrained scheme to overturn the election, meeting with House Republicans on Monday about overturning the result on January 6. While some reliable toadies like Matt Gaetz are proudly on board, there’s obviously zero chance of the stunt resulting in Trump serving a second term. And as the crazy no doubt escalates over the next four weeks, there’s one person in particular who should probably consider calling in sick every day until the inauguration ...
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/12/donald-trump-election-tantrum
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