Trump is “dejected.” Also sulky, whiny, petulant, lazy, irresponsible, stupid, and self-absorbed.
Trump himself was waffling by the hour and day between a pugilistic desire to keep fighting and a more resigned attitude that his efforts will ultimately fail, people who spoke to him said.
Pugilistic? No. Bullying, self-indulgent, narcissistic, piggy, unreasonable, obstinate, dumb, bratty.
But surveyed by CNN, nearly everyone close to Trump said they believed it was only a matter of time before he finds some way to acknowledge he will not be president come January 20 — and said he was likely to pin blame on his baseless claims of a rigged election.
He’s never going to concede, he’s just (at best) going to say he was driven out. It’ll be post-Versailles Germany all over again.
Inside the White House, the current period has taken on the feeling of interregnum, as staffers feel obliged to continue their work and even celebrate Trump’s perceived victory while the President largely discontinues his own official tasks.
Which being translated means “while Trump does zero work.”
His adult sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump are encouraging him to continue waging battle, arguing his supporters want to see him keeping up the pressure and that he has little to lose. But others, including their sister Ivanka, have sent a more calibrated message, asking whether it was worth damaging his legacy and potentially his businesses to continue his refusal to concede.
“Calibrated.” Please. The princess is not better than the rest of them.
Trump has spent ample time in front of the TV watching coverage of Biden’s transition, including his public remarks describing Trump’s reluctance to concede an “embarrassment.” He was thrilled when he saw Secretary of State Mike Pompeo mention a “smooth transition to a second Trump administration” during a news conference on Tuesday, one person who spoke to him said.
But he has been dismayed to see foreign leaders, including those he considered friends such as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, move swiftly toward congratulating Biden.
He thought they were “friends.” He doesn’t have any friends.
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12 responses to “Waffling by the hour”
There’s only one word to describe a hyper-hedonistic and self-absorbed narcissist loser like Trump: pathetic.
I’ll say it again: pathetic.
I’m still not convinced he’s done. I saw the perfect analogy earlier: It’s like watching a horror movie and seeing the monster get killed, then realising that there’s still 20 minutes of the movie left.
Well, yes, but to be boringly literal about it, when it’s a movie that means you know the people who made the movie have time to add more jolts, doing which is not illegal or a coup or a military takeover. When it’s real life other factors come into play.
Omar @1 Agree totally, so pathetic.
I hope he wallows in this defeat for the rest of his days, it’s what he deserves after the abuse he’s dealt out for so long. He’s a poser, a bully, and a stupid asshole, he will never realize that, but I hope the reality of being beaten by “sleepy” Joe Biden liquifies his innards.
It’s bizarre the way he thinks that people like Boris Johnson and Vladimir Putin are his “friends”. Or Kim Jong Un, ,for that matter. He’s so embarrassingly easy to manipulate.
AND:
All Murdoch and his flunkeys did was accept a new reality and start working within it, dumping Trump in the process. Not good enough.
https://www.theage.com.au/business/companies/they-forgot-the-golden-goose-trump-fuels-talk-he-ll-launch-a-fox-news-rival-20201113-p56e8c.html
Isn’t that already a crowded arena? OAN and such?
Fear not. His legacy as the shittiest President America has ever had? I think that’s pretty secure. And his “business” as a lying, cheating, contractor-stiffing, fraudster? I’m sure that will continue as before.
Assuming he stays out of prison.
Thanks Omar. Innnnnteresting.
Omar, will this rival network be as successful as the New Jersey Generals or Trump’s casinos?
Reference to Versailles, and the ‘dolchstoss’ lie is apt. A hundred years on and ‘revisionist history’ whitewashing the Germans STILL has currency. Right up there with ‘Lost Cause’ apologists for the Confederacy. Trump’s lies will still be in circulation a generation from now. Up there with anti-vaxx/anti-fluoridation/’satanic panic’ etc.
What legacy would that be?