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Will Trump Try to Postpone the Election?
Donald Trump sent out a tweet yesterday suggesting that the November election be postponed because of the possibility of fraud with vote by mail. This created instant hysteria as well as a lot of articles reassuring the public that Trump cannot legally postpone the election.
If he cannot legally change the date of the election, then why did he hint that he would? There’s a lot of moving parts here, so let’s break it down.
The Timing
Economic numbers that indicated that the economy is in free fall were released on Thursday morning. In Trump’s mind, this makes him look bad because he has based the success of his administration on the success of the economy.
So he pulled a classic Trump tactic and tweeted the most outrageous thing that he could think of to distract attention from the ugly numbers. He does this all the time. Tries to divert attention from events that in his mind either make him look bad or take attention away from him.
Which brings us to the second event on that same day that he didn’t like. It was the day of John Lewis’ funeral. Trump hated John Lewis because Lewis called him an illegitimate president and refused to attend Trump’s inauguration. Trump hated even more that the eyes of the entire nation were on Lewis’ funeral. Trump always has to be the…
