Having lost the 2020 presidential election to Biden, judged the loser by every standard, Trump entered a state of delusory denial. Ignoring the stunning fact that more than 3,000 Americans a day were dying of Covid, that hospitals were unable to meet demands for basic care, that many places had no available ICU beds, that millions were facing poverty, hunger and eviction, having been smacked down and laughed off by every court to which he took his tantrum, his sole focus was still on trying to overturn the election.

Having lost the 2020 presidential election to Biden, judged the loser by every standard and by every measure, Trump entered a state of delusory denial. Ignoring the stunning fact that more than 3,000 Americans a day were dying of Covid, that hospitals were unable to meet the demands for basic care, that there were, in many places, no ICU beds available, that millions of people were facing poverty, hunger and eviction, having been smacked down by every court to which he had taken his tantrum, his sole focus was still on trying to overturn the election.