President Trump, early this morning, decided to ignore all the tiny steps his minions had taken, and planned to take, to suppress votes against him, by the simple step of effectively declaring himself the winner.
Claiming falsely to have won several states in which results remain unclear, and suggesting that pausing while millions of remaining votes are counted, are evidence of Democrats' stealing the election. "We were getting ready to win this election ...frankly, we did win this election" he said. He promised to go to the Supreme Court (he recently packed them for a trip) and get them to stop the voting! [sic - clearly he means "counting"].
The newscaster on BBC, where I watched this horrid statement, was circumspect, simply stating, of his "we did win" statement, "That's not true."
The President was addressing his campaign staff at 2:00 AM, looking to cheer them and laud their work. Should we forgive his "alternate facts" for that reason? Well no, since he was aware of course that his remarks would be broadcast around the world. It is probably a good thing that his live audience was hired staff, because a real audience of random voters would probably have broken out in guffaws. Personally, we suspect that Trump's real pique was clued by his statement "we were getting ready to win this election" - he had planned a big party for his 400 guests at the White House, and wasn't able to have it. Poor baby.
Overall, this was a comic performance on a serious matter, so Morning Fog is going to take a while to absorb more facts before further comment.
Meanwhile, we recognize that not everyone may share our assessment of Mr. Trump's statement. For an alternate view, check out today's Tin Lizard post, "Relieved."
Just one more reason be rid of him.
Posted by: PiedType | November 05, 2020 at 11:30 AM