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With tRumps latest tweet on millions of illegal ballots being cast we have another lie from his insecure self. Now that he is the presumptive president elect, he was president elect prior to the recount(s), his lies carry more weight due to the gravitas he should be imbued with. At the very least he is doubted across the board in America. No one voted for him due to his veracity. But his statements carry the state of America with them. The boy who cried wolf met his demise due to one to many lies, so may tRump and with him, us.
Not that I want to provide him with an argumentative strategy but an intelligent and prescient leader would welcome the recount. In his case he should be making the arguement that he is suspicious of Hillarys popular vote, not because of illegal voters, but because simply there is no way she is more popular than him. That would go more towards his instinctually narcissistic self aggrandizing nature and people would just nod and say "there he goes again". Instead he has validated the need for a recount, not just in Wisconsin but everywhere. If even the semblance of impropriety arises in this recount we would have a huge problem on our hands and tRump is in no way suited to help guide the country through the morass that ensues. He will at best be marginalized and at worst set the stage for a real constitutional crisis. If the recount goes as most suspect he will have validated his election in the most positive manner possible.
He is the man baby who has cried wolf, soon it will have been one time to many.
DetlefK
(16,423 posts)He won't like this job. He won't like it at all.