Trump ‘aware’ there’s no path to victory – but believes 72 million who voted for him ‘deserve a fight’, adviser says
DONALD Trump knows he lost the election to Joe Biden but believes the 72 million people who voted for him "deserve a fight," a top aide said on Thursday.
Following 's victory last week, a furious launched lawsuits in several battleground states and has repeatedly claimed it was a "rigged" election.
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While many MAGA fans dismissed the result, some Trump supporters and Proud Boys are reportedly planning to protest it.
Despite Trump's Twitter fury, , and Trump's repeated vows to "win," he understands that Biden won, the aide revealed.
insider told journalist Peter Alexander that the outgoing president is "very aware there is not a path to victory" but his voters "deserve a fight."
This is why Potus is putting on "theater" for them, the source said.
Seven anonymous campaign and White House officials said Trump's many legal bids in states such as won't change the outcome, reported the .
Rather than attending intelligence meetings – which he hasn't been to in weeks – or tackling the second wave of Covid-19, Trump is watching TV, calling state governors, and Fox News' Sean Hannity, according to reports.
He'd been since the results were called and his marked his first public appearance in six days.
Before arriving at the wreath laying ceremony, Trump decried the "fake pollsters" on Twitter after Philadelphia's Commissioner Al Schmidt defended the tabulation results.
He also tweeted about a Pennsylvania poll worker who recanted allegations of voter fraud on Tuesday – before reasserting his claims the next day – and shared a debunked video of poll workers collecting ballots late.
Trump has also fired Mark Esper and placed three of his staunch loyalists in high up defense jobs.
GOP donor Dan Eberhart said: "The president is out there as much as he's ever been on Twitter, and the White House team are moving ahead with budget and staffing priorities."
"The president is understandably focused on the ballot counting, but at some point soon he needs to turn his attention back to the lame duck session and putting a capstone on his first four years."
But there's a growing acceptance that the White House will be vacated by January 20 as Trump moods vary, from seething anger about the media supposedly working against him, to bitterness that Biden beat him.
But aides suggested that he knows more about the situation than his raging tweets would suggest and even his daughter has started to discuss an endgame.
But his ousted national security adviser wrote in a Washington Post op-ed on Wednesday, saying "the real issue is the grievous harm he is causing to public trust in 's constitutional system."
"Trump's time is running out, even as his rhetoric continues escalating,"
However, no one in his Cabinet is talking about making him leave as he continues to avoid governance, aides say.
Instead, Trump is calling friendly governors in red states , and, and Fox anchor Hannity, watching even more cable news than usual in his private dining room, insiders revealed.
Officials are concerned his drawn-out and futile legal battles could drain support for Republicans – but Trump has reportedly begun to talk about running again in 2024.
Reports indicate that he would do this to remain relevant and raise interest in his money-making efforts.
Meanwhile, the day-to-day governing of the nation has ground to a halt as the voter fraud battle continues and Trump refuses to concede to Biden.
His appointee, the head of the General Services Administration, has yet to certify Biden as the winner of the election and as is customary.
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The ascertainment frees up money for the transition, as well as paving the way for Biden's administration to put transition personnel at federal agencies.
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White House spokesman Judd Deere said he was "not aware" of any contact between the president's team and the GSA administrator on the matter of ascertainment.
While Trump avoids public events and tweets, Biden has spoken several times and made his own VD appearance yesterday with his wife Jill.
