One can imagine that Trump is angry at the repudiation of his four years in the White House, losing his reelection bid when Republicans generally did better than two years ago. It was billed as a referendum on his first term and a clear majority of voters, a 3.4% margin, delivered a decisive "no thank-you" to four more years.
But Trump's refusal to face reality it will make his defeat bitter not only for him but for everyone else; it will lead his supporters to recent Biden's occupancy of the Oval Office; and though he may leave the White House, he will never leave the stage, making Biden't job all the harder and a Republican Congress less likely to depart from the McConnell doctrine and reach compromises with the Dems; and last, it will cause Dems to be rightly fearful that Harris, as heir apparent to the top job, will face Trump in the 2024 election, a context that will inevitably come down to race and gender.
Not a bitter ending, but a bitterly divided country for years to come; that will be Trump's legacy.
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