13 days after the American citizens went to the polls, the resident of the White House, come January, is still being contested. Almost all news outlets and most of the world have accepted the result: Biden has won 306 electoral college votes, and Trump, with only 232, lost.
Yet some, including President Trump himself and a team of lawyers, are continuing to argue that he won the election. With Trump being the first president to lose re-election since George H W. Bush, his loss would be a bitter pill to swallow for any incumbent president; however, does not excuse undemocratic grounds that Trump stands on.
It stands to reason that if the ballots are messed with, the Senate and House elections are also fraudulent. Yet these same Republicans calling for Trump as president have accepted these elections as the truth and the way it will be until the next mid-terms in 2022, which is telling due to the same voting methods being used.
Trump is being declared a potential national security risk. As his administration refuses to begin the transition period with Biden, a smoother hand-over of control is looking less likely. There is also a whisper of a worry Trump might spill some of the best-kept secrets, that the American public and media have never been privy to in US history.
With Trump continuing his downward-spiral on Twitter he is steadily losing support. Whilst many Republican voters, and some Republican politicians, have jumped on the message that the “Radical Left Democrats and Fake News Media have STOLEN the election”, many have rejected Trump’s claims and congratulated Biden on his presidency, including Fox News. Trump’s GOP wall of support is cracking – leaving him questioning where to turn to next.
Trump is very much fighting a losing battle, and everyone is on the edge of their seats to see where this goes, and what it means for the future of America.
Written by Jessica Craighill
Artwork by Zara Masood
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