Trump is not conceding, and is likely to fire foes, pardon friends
by Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times
Nov 07, 2020
4 minutes
WASHINGTON â President Donald Trump has 10 weeks to exact revenge on his political foes, pardon his friends and make life difficult for President-elect Joe Biden, who bested him at the ballot box and turned him into something he hates: a loser.
Now a lame duck, Trump is continuing to push political norms and stoke partisan passions by refusing to concede, repeating the same blatant falsehoods he made after the election â that he had won but Democrats "stole" the race through fraud, neither of which was true.
Trump tweeted his intentions Saturday morning, before arriving at his Virginia golf course, falsely claiming: "I WON THIS ELECTION, BY A LOT!"
Among the president's first moves may be
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