It seems likely that Donald Trump’s staff is doing a little retrospective gaslighting and ass-covering here, writes ed_kilgore
Trump in the East Room claiming victory at 2 a.m. on November 4, 2020. Photo: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images Donald J. Trump’s victory claim in the wee hours of November 4, 2020, was a pretty big moment in American political history. It launched a challenge of the election results that hasn’t ended even eight months later, and shows signs of becoming a “bloody shirt” that could dominate Republican rhetoric for years to come.
This tale of a sudden lurch into Election Night madness is as implausible as Trump’s attempt to preemptively declare victory that same night was unsurprising — and horrifying. So is it really likely that the thought of doing exactly that only occurred to Trump just before he walked out to inform the nation of his thoughts? That’s what Trump’s insiders clearly want us to believe via the Post reporters’ book:
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