Trump dragged kicking and screaming to authorize transition.....

[brooklynite]

Washington Post

Trump only reluctantly agreed to let the transition begin as criticism intensified in recent days of his chaotic legal strategy, his failure to produce evidence of widespread voter fraud and his reliance on misinformation and debunked conspiracy theories.

A turning point was Thursday's news conference by Trump lawyers Rudolph W. Giuliani and Sidney Powell alleging without any evidence that there was a coordinated plot with roots in Venezuela to rig the election in Biden's favor.

Jay Sekulow, one of the president's longtime personal attorneys, and White House Counsel Pat Cipollone were among those who helped persuade Trump to commit to the transition, officials and advisers said.

Trump was described as angry about the situation, particularly over comments Blackstone Chairman Stephen Schwarzman, one of the president's closest allies in the business community, made to Axios acknowledging that the election outcome was "very certain" and that Biden had won and the country should move on.

Trump called political advisers Monday to say he had doubts about the GSA initiating the transition, to inquire about whether he could block certification of the Michigan result, and to express reluctance to travel to Georgia to campaign for the two Republican senators facing runoff elections, according to officials and advisers.

[Jarqui]

1. His first order of business is his usual order of business:

Look after himself and Ivanka et al.

After that, he's a sore loser. He's been vindictive his whole life. He'll be more vindictive over this than anything else in his life and he'll use the power of his office to execute it.

[Buns_of_Fire]

2. I think he should come to Georgia. Rub that good ol' LOSER power

all over Perdue and Loeffler (whether they want him here or not).

[North Shore Chicago]

3. The devil came down to Georgia.

Please take your ample ass down there, loser. That is disrespectful, Mr. Loser.