https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-55134022
To prevent failure, Trump denies reality, say those who know him. He filed multiple bankruptcies as a businessman, yet acted as though it was part of a plan. "He would say: 'I did it intentionally,'" recalls Jack O'Donnell, who worked for him, adding: "It's nonsense."
"In his mind, he will not have lost," says O'Donnell, describing the election. "He will never concede. It will always be: 'It was taken from me.'"
Trump is now fighting for Republican control of the Senate and plans to go to Georgia on Saturday to support candidates in run-off elections.
Meanwhile, outside Morgenstern's office, one of the empty desks is decorated with a coaster: "Failure is not an option."
The motto sums up Trump's philosophy and his approach to the presidency - at least until he leaves.
This is not a chidush. He will spend the rest of his life claiming he won by a landslide and that it was fraud that overthrew him and that he did the country a favour by peacefully leaving the White House so we all owe him for doing that kind deed.
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