Trump will hang on until the very end

SIXTY-SIX DAYS TO GO. I have never seen such a sombre Donald Trump. No fire left, just an unstated acknowledgement that he might not be forming the next administration. His Rose Garden statement to the press was so unlike the Trump we have known for the last four years. Head down, no arm-waving. No pointing at members of the media, no slogans. He made his statement and then swivelled round and walked off in a very heavy sort of way, shoulders down. No Q and A. Not for the media who, he believes, campaigned against him from the moment he stepped into the White House in January 2017. But despite all that there is no question that he will fight to the end. He still believes that, for example, Wisconsin, Arizona, Pennsylvania and Georgia will be awarded to him eventually. And of course he won North Carolina, quite substantially. Everyone else in America knows that Joe Biden has won and will be president on January 20 2021. But Trump just will not accept the reality facing him. He looked a sorrowful figure. It was his first public appearance for about eight days. His closest aides had advised him to keep a low profile and he actually did as they suggested. Amazing. As it stands Biden is set to get 306 electoral college votes and so Trump has absolutely no chance of catching up let alone overtaking. His sombre look said everything but he still won't concede. Never, not in the proper traditional way.