“I do not think Trump is trying to ‘make his base happy’ or ‘laying the groundwork for his own network’ or that ‘chaos is what he loves,’” Norton said. “The core of it is that he knows he’s in deep, multi-dimensional legal jeopardy and this defines his every action.”
Norton noted Trump is “tactically” delaying the transition of power in the U.S. in order “to buy time for cover-up and evidence suppression” and to create “a desperate endgame.” What’s Trump’s final goal? The way Norton sees it, it’s “to create enough chaos and anxiety about peaceful transfer of power and fear of irreparable damage to the system that he can cut a Nixon-style deal in exchange for finally conceding.”
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“We cannot let this mobster bully the USA into a deal to save his ass by threatening our democracy,” Nolan added, calling on Americans to call out the president’s bluff. “That is his play. But he’s got junk in his hand…He’s leaving, gracelessly and in infamy. But if we trade for it, give him some brokered settlement, we’ll be vulnerable to his return. We can’t flinch.”
Read Norton’s full thoughts on Trump’s post-election scheming in the Twitter thread below.
— Edward Norton (@EdwardNorton) November 20, 2020
— Edward Norton (@EdwardNorton) November 20, 2020
— Edward Norton (@EdwardNorton) November 20, 2020
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