Trump Has Put the Lame In ‘Lame Duck’

George Condon: “President Trump is only the third incumbent to lose reelection since Inauguration Day was moved to Jan. 20 almost nine decades ago. He is the first to seemingly stop doing the job during the two-and-a-half months before he officially leaves, the first not to view those final days as a last opportunity to enact laws and cement his legacy.”

“In stark contrast with the other presidents who lost their second-term bids, Trump has all but disappeared from public view. Even worse, behind the scenes he has not pressed his own administration to keep working right up to noon on Inauguration Day when his successor takes his oath of office. Instead, he has dug in, refused to concede to President-elect Joe Biden, and is spending most of his time brooding as he desperately seeks for a way to undo the verdict of the 84 million Americans who voted to end his presidency.”

“The contrast with defeated incumbents Jimmy Carter in 1980 and George H.W. Bush in 1992 is both stark and undeniable.”