Usa 2020, Trump does not aim to win but to poison the waters: in this way he is preparing to return
While Donald Trump continues to talk about fraud and scams about the outcome of the elections, his appeals are not yielding the desired results. Some local courts, from which the tycoon's petitions originated, rejected the appeals, others did not accept them due to formal errors in the composition of the application. From this last consideration, we could understand how much both the lawyers and the President in office himself do not have clear ideas about what to dispute specifically.
It continues to remain vague, while its supporters spread fake news that do nothing but polarize and exasperate the political and social climate that gravitates around the electoral round, giving the impression of a narrow victory, which took place by chance and not with 6 millions of votes of difference (the widest margin in American history), with projections giving Joe Biden 306 electors, just like Trump in 2016.
In addition, the networks also called Arizona, which fell into the hands of Democrats for the third time in history. Not a small detail.
This is the classic strategy of "everything does vegetables", which does not aim to make a turnaround, but to poison the waters. Donald Trump has built up an image of a winning man over the years. Accepting defeat, leaving the office without a shot being fired, would be an indelible stain on his resume.
The chances that Trump will hold office or that Biden's victory will not be recognized are very low, non-existent. Six million votes and 290 voters represent a clear-cut victory, pending North Carolina - which will go to Trump - and Georgia, where there will be a recount that will likely give the Democrat the winner.
Furthermore, from a judicial point of view, there is no evidence. The electoral authority of the States also expressed itself in favor of the lawful conduct of the elections. “There is no evidence of cards taken, modified and violated”.
If we had to shift the view on the political case of appeals, the most realistic hypothesis would be that Donald Trump is preparing the ground for his future candidacy in 2024. Surely the obstacles to overcome, in this sense, are not few. First of all overcoming the reluctance of the Republican Party to equip itself, once again, with a man as divisive as the tycoon, but an effective and engaging election campaign could change their mind. The motto could be "let's take back what they took from us", taking advantage of media advertising, compacting the electorate on extreme positions, activating the entire republican base through themes that are very dear to them (such as abortion).
The tycoon's moves, whatever they are, are not good news for democracy. Poisoning the waters, radicalizing the electorate by inciting them against the institutions, could have really serious consequences on the established order, opening a social wound that is difficult to heal by the next administrations.
The hope is that the US will have the antibodies to withstand the terrifying broadsides of the most dangerous form of populism.
