Trump Defeat Leaves Chastened White House Wondering What’s Next
- President was on golf course when networks declared Biden win
- Post-election legal and political strategy has been haphazard
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President Donald Trump’s aides described a leadership vacuum in the White House on Saturday after he lost re-election and internal finger-pointing began, even as his associates wondered how he would grapple with defeat.
The race was called while Trump was at his golf course in northern Virginia. Many of his exhausted aides had headed home for the weekend, to rest and to escape the latest coronavirus outbreak sweeping the West Wing.