Enough already, Mr Trump

Summary

The article reflects on the media coverage of Donald Trump's controversial claims and actions during the 2020 U.S. presidential election as observed from Scotland.

Abstract

The article discusses the pervasive presence of Donald Trump in global media, particularly in Scotland, where the public has been inundated with news about his presidency and the 2020 U.S. election. It recounts Trump's premature claims of victory and baseless accusations of electoral fraud against Joe Biden, despite the election process still underway. The piece criticizes Trump's attempt to involve the Supreme Court to halt the vote count and expresses skepticism about the fairness of the U.S. electoral system, given the existence of the electoral college which could potentially favor a candidate who did not win the popular vote.

Opinions

The author expresses exasperation with Trump's constant presence in the news and his controversial political behavior.
There is a clear disapproval of Trump's accusations of fraud and his call for the Supreme Court to intervene in the election process.
The author implies that Trump's actions are undemocratic and akin to those of an autocrat, rather than a leader in a democratic society.
The piece suggests that Trump's strategy to discredit mail-in votes is a form of voter suppression and is hypocritical given his own suggestions to his supporters.
There is a sense of irony in the author's tone when discussing the possibility of Trump losing the election and the potential for the electoral college to override the popular vote.
The author questions whether the American political system, particularly the electoral college, is just and whether it serves the will of the people.

The media here report the outrageous

We see and hear and read about Trump, a lot. There isn’t ever a day, in the four years of his presidency, we haven’t had his face poking out at us from our news feeds. We sit shaking our heads at every proclamation, every skewed tweet, and every obvious lie.

This morning, I switched on my television and faced him again. Standing on his podium, he accused Biden and his party of “fraud” and seeking to “disenfranchise” the electorate. ‘Oh good, he must be losing’ — my first thought.

Then he claimed victory. I had a double-take. Had he not lost?

Trump listed off several states as those he had won. But all the votes hadn’t been counted. That is not how elections work. America isn’t Russia.

I checked and it was close: BIDEN 220 — TRUMP 213.

Trump called for his right-wing appointees in the US Supreme Court to intervene and stop the count. That is no way for a president to act. This isn’t an episode of The Sopranos or a scene from The Godfather. Enough already, Mr Trump, your country won’t let you steamroll your way back into the Whitehouse, or will they?

Love him or loathe him, you can’t deny his self-preservation instincts. He knows that the early mailed-in votes will go against him. The votes he tried to stop using baseless accusations of voter fraud. The only attempt at voter fraud we saw was him telling his cult to mail their votes in and then vote in person again.

My arithmetic is rusty, but isn’t 220 higher than 213? Does Trump want to stop the count when he is losing? Yeah, go ahead, stop the count and concede.

But, I’m being stupid. History teaches me things, and one of those is that the American system isn’t as simple as the person who gets the most votes wins. There’s something called an electoral college that can turn things in the loser’s favour.

Seems like there are no winners in this election.

Enough Already, Mr Trump

The morning of the USA election in Scotland

The media here report the outrageous