Win or Lose, Trump Shows His Unfitness
The president’s grossly irresponsible claims aside, the only thing to do now is wait for votes to be counted.
Stop talking.
Photographer: Mandel Ngan/AFP
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As I write this, some eight states still haven’t been called for president, and millions of regular, lawful ballots haven’t been counted. President Donald Trump nevertheless falsely claimed early Wednesday morning that he has won re-election — and that all the states where he was currently trailing would eventually be his once the ballots were counted, whereas all the states in which he was currently leading were obviously victories for him and that the Supreme Court should cut off the counts, thanks to what he falsely called “fraud” without even a hint of evidence.