Response to “Why Trump is Weakening”

Ross Douthat in today’s New York Times makes the following case:

“In Donald Trump’s quest to sustain his dominance over the Republican Party, his claim to have been robbed of victory in 2020 has been a crucial talisman, lending him powers denied to previous defeated presidential candidates. By insisting that he was cheated out of victory, Trump fashioned himself into a king-in-exile rather than a loser — an Arthur betrayed by the Mordreds of his own party, waiting in the Avalon of Mar-a-Lago to make his prophesied return.”

A ‘talisman’ is it, Ross? Well, only if you and your pompous "All the News That's Fit to Print" newspaper says so, I guess it must be true. And, of course, the NYT never fails to carry anything Trump. Like Ivory Soap, it not only sells well, it floats. Just exactly what powers did he get that were denied to previous defeated presidential candidates? And why would you presume or even think that a sitting president denying an obviously lost election is anything other th…