"I'm not going to prematurely announce a win by prematurely announcing a win."

Also, looks like he knows he's going to lose if he's planning on "going in" with his lawyers.

I'm not American so I don't really read American news everyday and this is just mind boggling.

    • IBanishThee [she/her]
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      4 years ago

      This is what absolutely floors me. Moral indignation is not enough.

  • Harajukum [any]
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    4 years ago

    trump is deeply unpopular with the military and the FBI/CIA. who is going to back him if he pulls this? this is 100% a move to grab the attention back to him when he actually does concede, i think whats more likely is that he doesnt want to lose his supporters if he loses, and hes probably going to start a trump network so he still gets the attention he wants. quote me on this

    • Bread_In_Baltimore [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Rank-and-file military do like Trump, just not all of them and it's unclear if they'd be loyal to their commanding officer over Trump or whether they'd really try to oppose him. Also DHS has like 60,000 goons that are basically loyal to Trump specifically, and while he doesn't have direct command over them, basically all local and state pigs and their auxiliaries are loyal to him.

      The military is the big question, as well as if he has the balls to really try to pull a coup.

  • KiaKaha [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Honestly the strategy is sound. I’m just surprised he’s being so blatant about it.

    Come to think of it, it really is how on the nose he is that bugs libs. Bush made the same electoral plays, but was a bit less overtly in your face about it.