Opinion | Frank Figliuzzi: President Trump's Rose Garden speech was a warning to China — and American 2020 voters. - NBCNewsTHINK
If election results look unfavorable, expect Trump and his surrogates to loudly suggest that their warnings about China have come true. And they won't need to prove that it happened to create enough chaos and confusion to cause many people to question the election results, demand recounts and delay conclusions.
As in the past, Trump's team would initially support his claims. Trump has his own cronies installed as director of national intelligence, attorney general and secretary of state, and their track record of promoting his dubious claims on a variety of topics is well established. This scorched-earth approach to election results might ultimately be less about winning than about forever casting doubt on the legitimacy of the winner.
Trump still can't let go of the fact that many on the left consider Hillary Clinton the true victor in 2016 because she carried the popular vote. Moreover, Trump appears perpetually perturbed by the pall cast over his 2016 victory by the special counsel's findings that
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