I don't remember where I read this, but there's this idea that the correctness of your understanding of the world can be demonstrated by your ability to predict the outcome.
With that spirit, how good is KIA's understanding? Will Trump be on office the day after inauguration or will it be Biden?
This question is not who you think SHOULD be in office, just who WILL be.
1 vote per person, and no you can't vote for your grandma.
My vote: Trump will still be there.
I previously posited here that Biden would easily take the election, and I was wrong, but then again so was everyone else in that thread.
But I have several reasons for thinking Trump will still be in office after inauguration. Redemption?
My reasoning:
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He tweeted that there was 2.7 million fraudulent votes. Unlike many people here, I don't have a high opinion of Trump, but even I don't think he's that irresponsible to tweet something so massive unless there was a shred of truth to it.
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Maybe his chances of each state isn't that great, but if Trump can conclusively prove through the court even 1 state to be systematically fraudulent, that would give him more than enough weight with conservatives to do literally anything with the election.
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All 5 main contested states' senates are republican controlled.
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And finally, because he's demonstrated that he's willing to go nuclear to get what he wants. Whether he remains in office much longer after inauguration day remains to be seen.
Current Tally:
Trump: 11 me, LaptopWillEatThisAcc, Etherwaze, ArtemisFoul, VerGreenEyes, TheImpossible1, netruephilosoraptor, anon12, cccpneveragain, deriliction, TentElephant
Biden: 11 OBRIENMUSTSUFFER, kcc446, GallantEnd, SR388-SAX, Galean, Knife-totingRat, peterlocke, lolfail9001, Guy_Incognito76, Piroko, 666sadfrogs
Biden/Pence: 1 ernsithe (mmkay)
Neither: rfu12
This is the only way I see Trump losing. I also see it as the most likely outcome, because the last 70 years of right wing politics across the developed world has been non-stop Chamberlain-esque appeasement of an opposition that will take a mile every time they're given an inch, and will ALWAYS ask for another inch at the the end of it.
The media is talking like it's business as usual, Biden is president elect, Trump's claims are baseless and absurd, that there is no evidence whatsoever (as we all know, there's a mountain of it, but the media won't acknowledge that any of it even exists), and that there is absolutely no question that come january, Biden moves into the white house no matter what. They're doing this to ensure absolute MAXIMUM emotional whiplash for democrats if they then have to report Trump has won re-election in the courts.
I think there's a strong chance that Trump victory in this manner would see secessionist movements go mainstream in solid blue states, and fear of that will keep the supreme court too chickenshit to declare the election fraudulent.