In private, President Trump is more sanguine than on Twitter about having to accept "the tainted results" of the election, a campaign official says. (Associated Press)More than a week after his stinging electoral defeat, President Trump spent another day secluded in the White House on Thursday feverishly tweeting, watching television and telephoning allies — focused more on his own future than governing the nation as it struggles with a worsening pandemic. Biden already has 290 electoral votes, 20 more than needed to win the White House, so North Carolina will not change the outcome. “There’s literally no downside to keeping a run for the White House in 2024 open,” he said. Trump’s efforts to undermine trust in the presidential election, without any convincing evidence, are a sharp break from historical precedent in a democracy that depends on the losing side accepting election results.
