here is nothing as “ex” as an ex-president. Even though he hasn’t conceded defeat – and may never do so – power is tangibly ebbing away from Donald Trump. It is a remarkable transformation for a man used to commanding immediate and complete attention.
When President Trump made his rambling 16-minute declaration of victory, most of the major US networks cut away from him once it became apparent that it was merely a succession of desperate, baseless allegations about an improbable national conspiracy by unnamed “Democrats” or, still more vague, “they”, formed by a shadowy alliance of “big media, big money and big tech”.
Much of the president’s remarks went unbroadcast. Ironically his old enemies on CNN did carry the complete diatribe live, albeit with an immediate comment by the anchor comparing the president to “an obese turtle on his back, flailing in the hot sun”.
