You REALLY need to read the Jonathgan Swan/Zachary Basu article at Axios.
You thought Post-election-TrumpCo was messed up?
You have no idea……….
We start with some of the already known and obvious.
Except for that last line………..
Episode 1: A premeditated lie lit the fire
It was shortly after 1 a.m. on Nov. 4 when Trump finally came down from his living quarters to the main corridor on the second floor of his private residence. His inner circle met him halfway. This was the first time most of them had seen the president that night. About a dozen aides and relatives huddled around Trump as he dictated an improvised speech. Stephen Miller sat on a couch furiously typing the president's stream-of-consciousness thoughts. Aides rushed to print out screenshots of cable news graphics showing Trump's illusory early leads in the key Midwest states. By 2 a.m., Trump wanted to know why he couldn't just say he had won and be done with it.
The speechwriters sent a draft to Trump’s longtime teleprompter operator, stationed at his laptop in a small room adjoining the East Room. The draft did not include the words that became the most infamous line of his speech:
“Frankly, we did win this election.”
His campaign wrote him a speech. They didn't put that line in.
Trump said it anyway.
And the road downhill to the Capitol Insurrection was officially begun.
Trump had Giuliani on speakerphone, and Giuliani, seemingly unaware of Clark’s arrival, was trashing the campaign staff's legal strategy in Georgia — and floating a debunked conspiracy theory about rigged Dominion voting machines.
"Hey, I've got Justin in here," Trump interrupted. "What do you think, Justin?" Clark laid out the legal process in Georgia and told the packed Oval Office that Georgia state law barred requesting a recount until after an election is certified.
"They're lying to you, sir!" Giuliani erupted.
"We're not lying," Clark shot back. "You're a fucking asshole, Rudy."
Trump has always loved watching two sycophants battle for his love and attention.
He has famously goaded underlings on, to make this happen.
This time, it was his official campaign staff, pitted against his New and Improved Shadow Campaign Staff, consisting of Powell, Giuliani and others.
Trump knew Powell was mostly full of shit. But he egged her on anyway.
And now, here we are……...two days away from the inauguration of the winners of the 2020 election, our DoD fearful that some National Guard members might break off and continue the coup, by shooting the place up.
This is all ultimately the fault of one person:
Donald Trump.
Who cannot admit fault.
Who cannot admit failure.
Who loves to foment chaos, and then watch it on television.
Sounds a lot like that infamous fallen angel.................I forget his name.
But His “eternal dwelling” has been re-branded with a TRUMP logo, out of respect for The Master.