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[Well put, although I think you are being charitable to Trump. He bears much of the responsibility for the deception.]

I figured from the beginning that he was pushing this as far as he could, legally-speaking, on the principle that one good deception (4 years of legal harassment, re the Russian investigation) deserves another. Whether this gambit actually accomplished anything useful is a different question. One thing’s for sure - based on his poll numbers - if Rasmussen is to be believed, he’s out but not down.

Maybe, but if so, the only victims of this ruse have been on his own side. I don’t think there is any question that his gambit has accomplished plenty of useful things—useful for the Democrats, that is. So far, he has handed the Democrats control of the Senate and a blank check to crack down on conservatives with the Capitol riots. He has also placed our chances of taking back Congress in 2022 in serious jeopardy.

And honestly, based on everything I’ve seen so far, this isn’t a strategy, it’s a tantrum. Unfortunately, he isn’t man enough to take responsibility for his own failure. He can’t face the truth, so he makes up excuses, shifts the blame to others, and constructs a fantasy where he didn’t actually lose. In the process, he has abused the trust of millions of his followers who now believe the same fantasy. It’s pathetic.