Kidnapped in the White House after a series of high-profile resignations and the deadly riot on Wednesday at the U.S. Capitol that ignited openly and with less than two weeks to go before Donald Trump leaves. failing so far could soon become the first U.S. president to be indicted twice by the House of Representatives. Instead, he is determined to stay in charge and make himself look good, aside from the body count. According to a source with direct knowledge of the issue, the president at one point in the White House on Friday “literally shouted” the words, “I’M NOT GOING TO OFFICE,” before launching into a run-up to how Democratic lawmakers will lament the their drive to accuse him a second time and they are hurting the “country” by doing so.
Two people most familiar with the situation say Trump made other similar comments this week or gave no indication that he was worried about leaving early or being withdrawn. Trump, the two sources said, also predicted that, for him, it would be a futile effort, as the next Democratic-controlled Senate, currently in the hands of the Republican Party, would never convict him in another impeachment trial. ask the advisers if you agreed with him.
In addition to growing calls for his resignation or invocation of the 25th Amendment to remove him from office, Trump is now facing a possible investigation into inciting riots over his comments to supporters ahead of Wednesday’s storm at the Capitol. .
Since Friday, the president has also been legal on Twitter to ban his @realDonaldTrump account, demanding to know if there were legal remedies for the permanent suspension, those close to Trump say.
White House spokesmen did not respond to a request for comment Saturday afternoon. But campaign assistant Jason Miller, Trump’s current senior adviser, told The Daily Beast Saturday night, “Be careful what you want. Big Tech, Big Media and their friends in the National Democratic Party have a unique ability to exaggerate, which results in a strengthening of President Trump’s political base. ”
In the days since the pro-Trump riot and its death toll, as well as in the last days of a wave of coronaviruses in the United States, the outgoing president has been consumed by his standard diet of personal grievances and plans promote and brag about what he considers his “amazing accomplishments,” even when some first-rate members of his own party begin to distance themselves from his mess.
According to two sources familiar with the matter, the president and several close advisers are discussing the possibility of Trump sitting in several media interviews in the coming days, in an attempt to boast of his time in office, including a potential interview. focus on the Middle East agreements that he and his son-in-law, White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, helped make.
However, several current and former Trump officials who do not believe he should resign immediately feel he should leave the scene now before President-elect Joe Biden takes office.
Asked if the president should resign, Barry Bennett, who served as Trump’s senior adviser during the 2016 campaign, said Saturday, “No. But go to Florida and stay. It’s not a time to increase boiling rage across the country. Smart leaders will understand that anger on both sides is the real threat to our country. No Trump. Climbing doesn’t look like what he did. We can’t afford to go further down this road … If it’s not too late ”.