Mikhail Taratuta: “Bad dream of the elected president”

“What the frantic Democrats are doing today, just two weeks ago, when Trump’s victory was announced, could have only been a nightmare for the president-elect if it weren’t for a terrible reality. A reality that could create problems for him much more serious than publication of the ill-fated video with its vulgarities about women,” the journalist writes in a blog on the website of the Ekho Moskvy radio station.

“If only these were protest demonstrations! People would let off steam, and that would be fine. But no, in their protest against Trump, the Democrats decided to go much further. The offensive is being carried out on several fronts at once.

Front one. Now Democrats are intensively processing the electors, who are scheduled to hold a technical vote in mid-December that will formally confirm the election of Donald Trump. Tradition obliges electors to vote according to the mandate received in their state."

“From time to time, debates flare up in the country about whether or not to preserve the old system. They become especially heated when the system comes into obvious conflict with life. This does not happen often, but it does happen, as it happened now - the popular vote gave Clinton an advantage of 1 .7 million votes, but Trump won. However, this time the losing side did not limit itself to debates, but is moving on to direct military action.”

“Already half a dozen electors have declared that they will not, although they should, vote for Trump. And about the same number are just hesitating. If there are four dozen of them, then the question is whether Melania should move to the White House or stay in Trump Tower , will be resolved on its own. But such a course of events could also cause a constitutional crisis, aggravate the division in the country, provoke mass protests and even riots, but now from Trump voters. However, as election experts believe, the rioters are unlikely to gather the required number. defectors.

Front two. It is known that in the presidential campaign, Clinton, among others, was supported with money by the entire “new economy”, i.e. high-tech companies, as, in fact, most technical specialists. But even now, after the defeat of their candidate, computer scientists continue to fight. This time - with the use of weapons of intellect and knowledge. Using mathematical models, they calculated the margin of error in electronic vote counting. This suggests that in states crucial to Trump's victory, where he won by a razor-thin margin, the actual election results may be different."

“Meanwhile, the Green Party unexpectedly joined this wave of disagreement with the vote count. And not only did it join, but it announced a popular collection of the money necessary to submit petitions for a recount of votes. A million dollars were collected in five hours. And there is every reason to believe that that the missing part will be quickly filled in. This means that a recount will most likely take place. The results may turn out to be pointless and the recount will only confirm Trump’s victory, and maybe... even then..."

“Front Three. Contrary to all journalistic standards that were at least respected in this country before the last election campaign, the American media showed extreme bias in their rejection of Trump. In essence, the fighting against Trump was carried out not only by Clinton and her fellow party members, but also by some the top Republicans, but also almost the entire journalistic corps of the country. I don’t know what Trump should do to change this attitude of the press.

Most likely, the media will continue to be completely merciless with his every mistake or failure, ardently supporting everyone who criticizes Trump. Including numerous public organizations (women’s, youth, religious, representing national minorities, etc.) that are associated with the democratic party.”

“Fourth Front. Money means a lot in election battles, but, as Trump’s victory showed (hello, conspiracy theorists!), in the struggle for power, “money bags” do not decide everything. Dreiser’s times are long behind us, after all. But the tycoons they don’t just give up, these people have enough will and opportunity to achieve their goals. In this case, the goal was to help Clinton win and prevent Trump from governing the country. The first part of the goals was not achieved, the second remains on the agenda.”

“In any case, Trump’s future is no longer as certain as it was just a couple of weeks ago. And he certainly faces a bumpy road throughout his presidency. If in these conditions - and they are unprecedented, at least in recent US history - he will manage to do something useful for his country, and even more so for the rest of the world, he will fall into the same Pantheon of fame along with Ronald Reagan. But he can just as easily be remembered as a loser president, a loser president, like Jimmy. Carter".