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It’s Not Election Day That Keeps Me Up at Night, It’s the Post-Election Period. God Knows what a Humiliated Trump Will Do

Politicians, pundits and the general public is worried President Donald Trump won’t accept a Joe Biden win and refuse to leave the White House. Because of the huge absentee and mail-in vote this presidential cycle, some pundits are predicting that a winner may not be declared until days or even weeks after the election, giving Trump an excuse to prematurely declare victory.

In a close election it’s not unusual for a winner to be declared until all the votes are counted which may be days after the election. But I don’t think we have to worry about that scenario, Joe Biden has a significant lead in the national polls, and more importantly a lead in most of the battleground states. Democrats are still in a state of shock over the 2016 defeat of Hillary Clinton, and they are reluctant to admit that all signs point to a Biden landslide victory.

The pertinent question is what will the stable genius do with the final 77 days of his presidency after he loses?

If even presidents who care about their legacies and abide by democratic norms take suspect actions in the closing weeks of their presidencies, what will a president who thrives on chaos and controversy do during his lame duck period?

In the last days of his administration George H.W. Bush pardoned officials behind the Iran-Contra scandal, and in his last days Bill Clinton pardoned financier Mark Rich, a controversial action that dogged him for decades. Trump will go pardon crazy, pardoning himself and preemptively pardoning members of his crime family.

There’s no telling what havoc Trump will unleash in the weeks after his humiliating loss, his tiny hand will be itching to push the red button on his desk.

It’s not the election that keeps me up at night it’s the post-election period when a furious and humiliated Trump who has nothing left to lose still has all the powers of the presidency.

Trump is Becoming Increasingly Unhinged as Election Day Approaches

In the midst of any presidential campaign truth flies out the window, and the candidates exaggerate their opponent’s weaknesses and inflate their own virtues. As election day draws nearer the candidates look like Pinocchio on steroids, and the commercials contain more lies and fantasies and less truth and facts.

Donald Trump is a pathological liar and he has spent the entirety of his presidency spouting outrageous lies and spreading wild conspiracy theories. Normal Americans are disgusted and horrified by his egregious lies and dangerous conspiracy theories, but his loyal base is inspired and energized by every lie and conspiracy theory that emanates from the sphincter-shaped mouth of their false messiah.

With the election less than two months away and Trump behind in the polls, he’s become even more unhinged and he’s relying even more on lies to energize his base and demonize his opponent. In recent days the stable genius has repeatedly warned about commercial flights to Washington filled with black-clad thugs intent on rioting, looting and shooting cops. In the last few weeks, the president has claimed Biden is controlled by “people that are in the shadows”, and that he’s fine with children being slaughtered. In an interview to be broadcast Saturday on Fox New he claims that the Democratic nominee is using performance-enhancing drugs to improve his mental acuity.

Trump’s base will have no problem believing that Biden is controlled by shadow people and that he takes steroids to improve his debating skills, after all these are the same lunatics who believe there’s a global cabal of Satan-worshipping pedophiles, including most of the Democratic leaders and most entertainers, who are determined to destroy his presidency.

These conspiracy theorists are not the majority of the electorate and Trump is destined to go down in flames on Nov 3, 2020. On Election Day Biden isn’t going to be surrounded by shadowy people and downing steroids, he’s going to be surrounded by his friends and family, drinking champagne and smiling beatifically.