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When I first glanced at his tweet this afternoon, with its vague title and unusual formality, and saw that he was standing at a podium with the presidential seal, I thought, “Is he about to take Mike Flynn’s advice and try to declare martial law?” Then I hit play and heard him say “this may be the most important speech I’ve ever made” and thought, “Oh my God, he really is.” He did not end up doing it and I feel sheepish now that I thought he might. Obviously he won’t declare martial law until after the electoral college affirms Biden’s win. Watch the two-minute Twitter preview: Statement by Donald J. Trump, The President of the United States Full Video: https://t.co/EHqzsLbbJG pic.twitter.com/Eu4IsLNsKD Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 2,2020 What does this mean? “My opponent was told to stay away from the election. Don’t campaign. We don’t need you. We’ve got it. This election is done,” Trump said to the camera. “In fact, they were acting like they already knew what the outcome was going to be. They had it covered and perhaps they did, very sadly for our country. It was all very, very strange.” Who’s the “we” who supposedly told Biden not to campaign? And when did Trump decide that Biden’s reluctance to leave his basement was evidence of a conspiracy to rig the election? For months he and the GOP insinuated that the reason Biden was afraid to appear in public was fear of revealing his deepening dementia to the world. Remember the mockery over him “calling a lid” at 9 a.m.? Remember all the videos the RNC posted to YouTube of Sleepy Joe seeming sleepy at times during campaign appearances? Trump is now retconning Biden’s low profile to suit his theories of voter fraud even though it doesn’t make sense on its own terms.
