“Desperate endgame” – Digby's Hullabaloo

Texas Hold'em How-To — Trump wishes this was the hand he is playing. It’s not.

Actor Edward Norton adds to the “bending reality” post I put up earlier. We get so focused on process we sometimes overlook baser motives. Trump is trying find some way to win, of course. But as much as anything else, he is trying to survive, says Norton. If you don’t play poker, skim this primer before digesting Norton’s thoughts.

I’m no political pundit but I grew up w a dad who was a federal prosecutor & he taught me a lot & I’ve also sat a fair amount of poker w serious players & l’ll say this: I do not think Trump is trying to ‘make his base happy’ or ‘laying the groundwork for his own network’…
— Edward Norton 🌻🇺🇦 (@EdwardNorton) November 20, 2020

…which is to create enough chaos & anxiety about peaceful transfer of power, & fear of irreparable damage to the system, that he can cut a Nixon-style deal in exchange for finally conceding. But he doesn’t have the cards. His bluff after ‘the flop’ has been called in court…
— Edward Norton 🌻🇺🇦 (@EdwardNorton) November 20, 2020

I will allow that he’s also a whiny, sulky, petulant, Grinchy, vindictive little 10-ply-super-soft bitch who no doubt is just throwing a wicked pout fest & trying to give a tiny-hand middle finger to the whole country for pure spite, without a single thought for the dead & dying
— Edward Norton 🌻🇺🇦 (@EdwardNorton) November 20, 2020

But his contemptible, treasonous, seditious assault on the stability of our political compact isn’t about 2024, personal enrichment or anything else other than trying to use chaos & threat to the foundation of the system as leverage to trade for a safe exit. Call. His. Bluff.
— Edward Norton 🌻🇺🇦 (@EdwardNorton) November 20, 2020

Trump is hoping “junk” can be a real cool hand.