Allies and advisers of convicted felon former President Trump are telling him he’s got nothing to lose by prematurely claiming victory on Tuesday night and he should do it if he’s got any 100,000+ vote lead in Pennsylvania even if the count is far from over, sources tell the Guardian. Others however, Steve Bannon included, have warned that it’ll make him look foolish if the race is closer than that.
All of it hinges on whether Trump travels from his private Mar-a-Lago watch party to a larger one for his campaign at the Palm Beach convention center, a situation which the paper’s Trump beat guy Hugo Lowell describes as fluid. “Trump’s aides have suggested if he does decide to announce himself as the winner, he will motorcade over from Mar-a-Lago, and if not, he might not make an appearance at all,” writes Lowell about how the night could go for the Orange God Emperor.
In other “Trumpworld” reporting, Puck’s Tara Palmeri on announced on the Tuesday edition of her podcast that she will not be reporting for Amazon Prime’s inaugural news broadcast from Mar-a-Lago as billed because her credentials have been yanked due to her pissing off one too many Trump minions with a recent story. Probably the one about them panicking over newly registered female turnout in Pennsylvania if we had to guess. The Washington Post meanwhile on Tuesday printed a valedictory for the fat fuck’s final (?) campaign on Tuesday, writing that Donald has lately “evinced some private doubt, especially compared with some of his advisers and allies. While his team has frequently predicted victory – citing internal polls, large crowds and what they say is an enthusiasm gap for Harris among key demographic groups – Trump has at times asked guarded questions, even after being shown polling that has him winning,” with Trump reacting by asking his sycophants “Why isn’t the national media saying we are going to win?” Unmentioned is that most if not all of that polling is complete horseshit concocted by right wing operations specifically to skew the averages.