Trump Undercuts Democracy To Preserve His Own Power

     No president has done what Donald Trump has done. Presidents have boycotted the inaugurations of their successors, refused to congratulate the winners, and sworn privately that they were cheated.

     Nobody, however, has publicly sought to preserve their own power by cutting faith in the electoral process. Swearing the election was rigged even though he lost in the first election and only performed miserably as president, filing frivolous lawsuits and then having them dismissed, withholding resources from President-Elect Biden, trying to stop votes from being counted, sending armed terrorists to polling places, and publicly announcing that there will not be a peaceful transition of power with the full backing of the GOP that has witnessed dozens of peaceful transitions of power is crossing the line.

     Knowing he was low in the polls, he and his party cut around all protocol by confirming an intern to a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court in 30 days. This way, even though Trump was out, his ugly legacy would remain in the judicial system. He needs to pay legally and in the court of public opinion for the selfish acts he has committed against his country.