I agree. That's very important. If Biden loses we will have that for sure. If Trump loses, because of his severe affliction with Anti-Social Personality Disorder, he will prove incapable of such. The only way he could even half-heartedly give a concession speech containing any semblance of a magnanimous gesture would be either if he were forced to, or if being magnanimous in defeat could gain for himself something he desperately wanted. People with severe ASPD can not bring themselves to say "I was wrong". They are aware of their lies. They lie deliberately and intentionally. When their lies are called to their attention, which often happens, they deny having said what they said. If denial is impossible, they make up an excuse for lying -- often blaming someone else for their lie. They are not innocently manipulating you and others, they are doing it intentionally. With repeated practice they become amazingly adept at manipulating others by misleading and lying. They are extremely believable. They make very effective and very dangerous leaders.
Trump is a more solid than you give him credit for. Look at his children. Hell, compare Trump’s children to Hunter Biden. I don’t want to sound insensitive, and understand Joe’s commitment to work may have ment hunter did not have the benefit of a full time dad. Who knows, but most of Trump’s kids are productive and dedicated in helping his dad lead this country.
Trump has admitted and disclosed things that were harmful to his 2016 political aspirations such as taking advantage of bankruptsy laws and buying off politicians for a great price, a sign of honesty, at least to a degree.
Trump is approachable by those he feels wronged him, such as Megyn Kelly and if memory serves correctly, Kim jung-Un of North Korea.
Trump has not gotten us into new wars. There is a lot of financial profit in wars for who don’t have to participate on the battlefield. This may be part of his unpopularity with certain elements of the establishment.
Trump is durable. For all the impeachment efforts, negative press, backstabing Republicans, for the most part, he’ll call you a name and sometimes sue you.
Has Trump said counterproductive things? Sure. Did I feel a bit of dread at the thought of the next fours with his leadership after he prematurely declared victory? Of course I do. We saw the differences in his debating performances. His statements regarding the Coronavirus and PPE was, well, beyond counterproductive. He has missed quite a few clear opportunities suggestive of a lack of focus. Trump has unnessessarily harmed relationships with some foreign countries and well as some exceptional people who worked for him.
This brings up the idea that “Noble” attempts have been made by a “Concerned party” to keep Trump from getting relected after the realization that it was not going to happen at the ballot box. I have said Trump is crazy. I know I’m crazy. Although my craziness does not effect many.
If the above scenario is really going on, and a strong case could be made that Trump is dangerously unstable, what would be the best course of action? Especially given the polarization and mistrust of his loyal supporters? This distrust seems warrented because from the very first day Trump took office, he became under attack, with no customary honeymoon period. Then came the Steele Dossier, the perjury traps, and mutiple ethical and civil rights violations.
We reap what we sow, I suppose, following a chain of events that started many administrations ago.
Can you understand why Trump supporters, AKA Deplorables, not trust the Hillary/Obama/Biden cabal?
The only thing that comes to mind is changing tact. We desperately need to to treat each other better. Let’s try to get closer to Dr. Martin Luther King, jr’s teachings and let love be our guide. Perhaps the press dogs can be called off for a while, the pending investigations shelved, and approach Trump with a negotiated settlement. If a settlement is unable to be reached, then we’ll go into a contested election, with possible additional opportunities for negotiations as the contest develops or even external opportunities present themselves.
By far, the very best outcome involves a sincere concession and unity speech with almost no expense too high in achieving that.
