A classic climbdown with nothing to show for it

Congress won. Trump lost. The president's climbdown on Sunday and his agreement to sign the $900 billion relief package despite angrily refusing to do so for days has done him no good but at least it has meant the much-needed financial support can now be dished out to everyone in the US. Let us hope that the $600 cheques are not sent to too many dead people, as they were the first time virus-aid cheques were sent through the post. The Revenue people seemed to have somewhat out-of-date names and addresses in their books. Trump backed down after he was bludgeoned over the weekend by friends and foes in Congress to do the right thing. One of whom pointed out that if he didn't he would be remembered for causing chaos and misery in his last weeks of being president. The president gave in but he still has it firmly in his head that he won the election and that at some point in the next three weeks the rest of the country, including and especially the Supreme Court, will come round to his way of thinking and ask him to stay in the White House. Be gone Joe Biden. Maybe that's the only reason he agreed to sign the bill because, as president AFTER January 20, he would be able to sort Congress out and get the changes he wanted. Does he really believe what he is sayng and tweeting every day, that HE WON the election and therefore has every right to stay put? Or does he laugh and joke to Melania in private and say "don't worry, darling, it's all a game, you better get packing". You don't hear anything these days from his daughter Ivanka. Is she still as supportive as ever or has she whispered into his ear that he only has three weeks left? Does anyone close to him even hint at his imminent departure from power? Of all the books that have been written about the Trump administration, the one I'm looking forward to is the fly-on-the-wall account of Trump's last days. What actually is going on right now? Is there some plot afoot? Relax, Mr President-Elect, there ain't nothing he can do to stop you from becoming the 46th president. Is there?