Relatives try to convince Donald Trump to concede victory
After Jared Kushner, Donald Trump's son-in-law and adviser, it is the turn of Melania, the wife of the defeated president, to try to convince him to concede the victory to Democrat Joe Biden, sources told CNN.
The television network revealed this Saturday that Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump's husband, had tried to convince the president to admit his defeat, but without success.
On Twitter, the Trump campaign spokesman denied this information. That's not true, Jason Miller tweeted. Jared advised the president to pursue all possible legal options to ensure the accuracy [of the result].
Faced with this reaction from the Trump camp, CNN persists and signs that its sources are reliable.
On Sunday, the network added a layer. According to another source, it is now the wife of the outgoing president who believes the time has come to accept defeat.
If the first lady did not publicly comment on the election results, she nevertheless gave her opinion in private, as she usually does, always according to this source.
Republican voices speak out against Trump
Just over 24 hours after the announcement of Joe Biden's victory, Republican voices begin to rise to congratulate the latter, elected 46th president of the United States, but also to condemn Donald Trump's accusations of fraud.
Among them, former President George W. Bush, who declared that the election was fundamentally fair, that its integrity would be maintained and that its result was fair.
Republican Senator Mitt Romney, who also congratulated Biden on Saturday, did not stop criticizing Donald Trump on Sunday, saying the latter was wrong to say the election was rigged, corrupted and stolen, as he repeated it without providing any evidence. .
Therefore, Romney called on the nation to stand by Joe Biden, whom he describes as a man of principle.
"I think it is destructive for democracy to allege fraud and massive corruption. There is simply no evidence at this time."
According to him, Americans should not expect Donald Trump to leave the White House quietly. It's just not in their nature, he said.
Despite opposition to these Republican Party leaders, Donald Trump continued to pour out his discontent on Twitter on Sunday, warning every one of his tweets about electoral theft, massive fraud and corrupt social media outlets.
Trump missed the opportunity to expand his electoral base
GOP strategists are already analyzing failure. They believe that during the four years he spent in the White House, Donald Trump should have broadened the electoral base that was loyal to him by playing with unity rather than division.
They said he had a chance, but he did the opposite. At each decisive moment of the election campaign, he opted for divisive rhetoric.
Republican strategists point out that the president ignored the advice of scientists and his own advisers to him, and instead listened to his core supporters.
If he had set out to implement a coherent and reassuring strategy to manage the epidemic, I am convinced that he would have filled the narrow margins by which he lost several states, says Ryan Williams, who had advised Mitt Romney during his 2012 presidential campaign.
"Instead of fighting the pandemic by listening to the advice of his best advisers, he relied even more on his instincts, which he has done his entire life."
However, he was in the lead ...
Donald Trump was on track for re-election earlier this year. The economy was doing its best, his impeachment ended with an acquittal, and the Democratic Party still couldn't find a candidate.
It was the COVID-19 epidemic that changed the situation in the spring. Concerned about the consequences of the pandemic on economic activity, Donald Trump encouraged Republican states to reject containment measures and rejected the opinions of scientists who recommended a national screening program and the use of mandatory masks.
The death of George Floyd, a black man killed in May by a white Minneapolis policeman, which sparked a widespread protest against violence and racism within law enforcement, was also a turning point.
Despite the wind of sympathy for protesters across the country, the president never expressed solidarity or interest in their cause. The president missed an opportunity to broaden his electoral base, thinks Republican strategist Ron Bonjean.
"On the one hand, cajoling your base ensures you get almost 50% support overall, but to win you have to win over more voters."
Then, the president was overtaken by COVID-19 within the White House and had to be evacuated to a hospital, where he spent three nights.
But he was quick to reconnect with large electoral rallies, accusing the media and Democrats of exaggerating the severity of the epidemic, despite a death toll of 237,000 nationwide.
For Charlie Black, who advised John McCain during his 2008 presidential campaign, President Trump has been too obsessed with the economy, to the point of forgetting the other major challenges the United States faced in 2020.
