Trump is reportedly 'very aware' he lost the election but is putting up a fight as 'theater'

[ItsjustMe]

https://theweek.com/speedreads/949542/trump-reportedly-aware-lost-election-but-putting-fight-theater

President Trump is reportedly challenging the 2020 election results primarily just as "theater," as he puts on a "performance" for his supporters despite knowing he will not begin a second term in January.

Trump has still yet to concede the election to President-elect Joe Biden, and by Thursday morning, he was continuing to fire off baseless allegations of widespread voter fraud. But NBC News' Peter Alexander reports, citing a White House aide, that Trump is "very aware there is not a path to victory" for him and is putting up legal challenges as a kind of "theater" for his supporters, believing that they "deserve a fight."

Similarly, The Washington Post reports that Trump's team, which is mounting legal challenges in battleground states, has "no grand strategy to reverse the election results," and The Associated Press writes that Trump has a "greater understanding of his predicament" than you might think but thinks he "needs to keep fighting almost as performance."

[BeyondGeography]

1. He's grooming the rubes for TrumpNet

[Sneederbunk]

2. He should expect thrown tomatoes.

[ZZenith]

3. He has to maintain his belief that he's the world's ultimate prick.

“What would the worst person in the world do today?” he asks himself in the mirror every morning.

[unblock]

4. Here we go again with the "just kidding" defense....

No sane person ever would have dreamt up a post-election false accusation of electoral fraud as the kind of theater/fight his supporters "deserve".

[mr_lebowski]

5. Exactly. NOT buying this bullshit for one second ...

Trumps shills trying to lull us into thinking they aren't absolutely power-mad fascists attempting a coup with every tool at their disposal.

[Phoenix61]

6. Bull......shit. He's a whiney little brat

having a temper tantrum. The ultimate “I’m going to hold my breath until I turn blue” bs. The “knows he lost but playing to the crowd” is crap put out by his enablers because it sounds better than”he’s effing batshit crazy.”

[3catwoman3]

7. Some plays are so bad they close father opening night.

Way past time to ring down the curtain on this theatrical flop.

[underpants]

8. BS. He can't admit it to himself. It's against every fiber of his being

They are going to coax him into saying he was cheated but he’s leaving making HIM have the last say. That avoids the tantrums especially in public.

[enough]

9. This is just as descructive as if he was doing it in earnest. The amount of bad blood,

mistrust and suspicion he is spreading is absolutely toxic for all of us.

[bucolic_frolic]

10. Trump doesn't want to be known as a LOSER. OK, but he is a WHINER

and he's showing his true colors.

[Newest Reality]

11. I really doubt that.

They are just trying to give him better optics.

The reason I say that is that Biden is a forbidden word in the WH and he has taken other actions that suggest a coup.

You don't have to go that far for your fans, especially the moron devotees he has.

[IowaGuy]

12. If he wants to be an actor, maybe he should try acting like a president; alas.....

he has been solidly typecast for years as as a buffoon, pervert and loser!

[C_U_L8R]

13. The country shouldn't be forced to watch Trump's puppet show.

Somebody give him the hook.

[Skittles]

14. this is someone who questions the patriotsim of football players

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

15. Well he's a shitty actor

Even his reality show the apprentice sucked.

Spend the rest of your life playing golf while you're still capable of it. It beats shitting yourself in the old folks home with a stupid grin on yor face.