I’m wondering about this. I know from reading biographies that it is hard for politicians to lose, because you feel rejected by an entire city/state/country.
Trump likes to say ‘the blacks love me’, or ‘women love me’ or ‘latinos love me’, etc. What happens if/when he loses?
Does he even give a concession speech? Will he admit he lost a fair election and that voters preferred Clinton?
Does he say that he actually won, but lost because of voter fraud?
Does he say he lost because voters are morally inferior (lazy, uneducated, dependent on welfare)?
I’m guessing he will get angry and claim fraud. The idea of him admitting defeat with dignity doesn’t seem to be something he is capable of.
There will definitely be lots of tweets! I don’t know what they will say but I predict the words “very unfair”, “rigged”, “losers”, and “crooked Hillary” to appear a lot.
This has always been about Trump and always driven by his enormous ego and self-aggrandizement, so the end of the election isn’t going to change a thing. He might even try to get mileage out of launching a legal challenge to the election results. Whatever keeps his marmoset-topped orange mug in the news.
I think he may be able to and I think he’ll do it election night. And then throw a tantrum for the next several years. If you look across all of his public life, he doesn’t have class but he does have a sense of the moment; its all the moments after that where he goes bat-shit crazy
It wouldn’t surprise me if Trump refuses to concede and keeps himself in the spotlight for a few extra months with lawsuits against the election results.
And I don’t even want to think about the insanity that will ensue if Hillary wins the Electoral College but loses the popular vote. In that case I worry about calls for armed insurrection from some of his followers.
It’s inconceivable to me that Donald Trump could give a legitimate concession speech. Not for an instant do I believe he’s capable of it. He does not have it in him, full stop.
If he loses, his statement afterwards will unquestionably be either a claim that he was robbed (about 80% likely) an incredible, fercocious diatribe against the American people, calling them all losers (15% likely) or both (5%.)
Not just over and over, but in virtually every public sentence, sometimes doubling down in the same sentence.
Trump and his puppets make the glory days of Rush Limbaugh sound positively statesmanlike. The spew of playground namecalling is just sickening. Literally.
So yes, Trumpy will give a speech. It won’t be anything like a concession speech - more like “So the crooked bitch stole this round… torches and pitchforks, REAL Americans!”
It will be more interesting to see what HRC might say if she loses. I predict it will be more “God Help America” than anything traditional.
“In the words of Pat Paulsen: The people of America have shoved the pointed boot of reality up my as…pirations”
I cannot see Donald being quite in the league of the Trickster at delivering a “F*** you very much, ladies and gentlemen” statement that does not actually devolve into a raving fit. Trump could end by telling his followers in the room he would not care if they *actually kicked *the press corps present.
Plus remember, six years after that news conference we had Dick back rested and ready.
I don’t know what they will say but I predict the words “very unfair”, “rigged”, “losers”, and “crooked Hillary” to appear a lot.