Trump says he will go quietly if defeated

Well that little drama is over. Trump has said on Fox News that he will definitely go quietly if Joe Biden beats him in November. Biden had rather mischievously suggested that Trump would not accept defeat and would have to be dragged out of the White House by America's top military chiefs. Constitutionally, I don't think it would be the job of the military to intervene in the event of a refusal by the president to leave office, that would surely be a matter for Congress. And can you imagine, after his recent experience being mixed up in politics, General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his fellow chiefs, marching up the path to the White House to frogmarch Trump out of the building? General Milley would run a mile before agreeing to do any such thing. But now Trump has calmed the waters. He would accept defeat if he loses in November. But he added a sting to the tail. It would be very bad for America if he is defeated, he said. And that, I am sure, is going to be his election campaign buzz phrase. Vote for me or you will get Biden, and disaster for the nation. It reminds me of the classic headline in The Sun newspaper in the UK when the Labour Party's Neil Kinnock, looked liked he was going to win the election in 1992. He was ahead in the polls and on voting day The Sun's headline was: "If Kinnock wins today will the last person to leave Britain please turn out the lights." Kinnock was defeated by Conservative John Major. Trump could well try his luck with similar headlines in his favoured newspapers. Right now Biden is looking good in the polls. But as Kinnock found 28 years ago, that is no guarantee of success. This is what Trump is counting on. But if he IS defeated, it's good to hear that he is not planning to barricadde himself in the White House.