Presidential election: Even after the election, Trump will have the capacity to
Even if he loses to Joe Biden, Donald Trump retains the reins of power until January 20, 2021, the date of the inauguration of the new president, and he should then play an active role in American political life, underlines the New York Times.
If Donald Trump “loses the election, which seems more and more plausible, it will be the first time in twenty-eight years that a sitting president has not been re-elected for a second term”, underlines the New York Times .
The last American president to have held a single term is in fact Republican George Bush Sr., elected to the White House in 1989 and who lost the 1992 election to Democrat Bill Clinton.
But one thing is certain and certain, continues the New York daily: "Donald Trump will not be content to quietly leave the political scene."
Revenge
First of all, he will stay until January 20, 2021 at the White House, the date of the inauguration of the new president, recalls the New York Times, and he will therefore have “very exactly seventy-six days to use his power as he hears it and seeks revenge on his enemies ”.
He could, for example, decide to sack a number of government officials, such as Dr. Fauci, the immunologist at the head of the White House crisis cell in charge of managing the Covid-19 pandemic. , or as the current director of the FBI, Christopher A. Wray.
Then, even if he returns the keys to the White House on January 20, Donald Trump could prove to be “more resilient” than what most observers expect and continue to play an important and “disruptive” role. ”On the American political scene.
The unofficial “boss” of the Republicans
Since he will have lost narrowly against Joe Biden and will be able to boast “of having collected at least 68 million votes, or at least 5 million more than in 2016”, he will certainly continue to play the referees. of American political life.
In particular, he could seek to position himself as "the de facto leader of the Republican Party" and continue to exert a strong influence on the Republican elected officials in Congress, in particular on the senators.
