The New Yorker: “Suppose Biden wins. ‘The best we can expect from President Donald Trump after an electoral defeat is self-pitying, peevish submission,’ [Legal scholar Lawrence] Douglas writes. If he goes—which will require an overwhelming electoral defeat—Trump is not only sure to play the victim, blaming the Deep State and undocumented immigrants for his loss, but also likely to linger and delay his departure. The ragged end of his Presidency, if it comes, will be full of conflict and resentment. There will be no orderly handover, no constructive transition—a disastrous prospect during a pandemic and a deep recession, and yet another blow to our perceptions of how elections and government operate.”
“This is the best-case scenario. The worst case, as Douglas’s three catastrophes illustrate, is a close or contested result of the vote, which leads to a Constitutional implosion and an explosion of violence. ‘This would represent a greater disaster for America than an outright victory by Trump,’ Douglas writes. It’s a jarring conclusion, and an entirely convincing one.”