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>>> FOR THIS WEEK’S MEMO TO
TRUMP, I WANT TO ADDRESS THE
LAME DUCK PRESIDENT’S
INCREASINGLY PATHETIC SORE LOSER
SYNDROME.
MR. PRESIDENT, IT’S BEEN OVER A
MONTH SINCE THE ELECTION RESULTS
BECAME CLEAR.
YOU LOST.
EVEN YOUR FAVORITE NETWORK, FOX
NEWS, KNOWS IT’S TRUE.
AND IN THE WEEKS SINCE THAT
CALL, YOUR LOSING MARGIN HAS
ONLY GROWN.
JOE BIDEN’S POPULAR VOTE LEAD
NOW TOPS 7 MILLION, AND IN THE
ALL-IMPORTANT ELECTORAL COLLEGE,
WELL, BIDEN ENJOYS THE SAME LEAD
THAT YOU HAD OVER HILLARY
CLINTON FOUR YEARS AGO.
YOU KNOW, THE LEAD YOU CALLED A
LANDSLIDE?
DESPITE THE FACT THAT CLINTON
WALLOPED YOU WITH THE POPULAR
VOTES, SHE PROVIDED A LESSON IN
GRACE THAT YOU COULD LEARN FROM,
MR. PRESIDENT.
SHE GAVE A CONCESSION SPEECH THE
VERY NEXT DAY, AND EVEN
DUTIFULLY APPLAUDED AT YOUR
INAUGURATION IN HER CAPACITY AS
A FORMER FIRST LADY.
BUT ALL CLINTON HAS GOTTEN OUT
OF HER POST-POLITICAL LIFE IS A
BEST-SELLING BOOK, REWARDING
CHARITY WORK, AND MORE TIME WITH
THE FAMILY THAT LOVES HER.
IF NONE OF THOSE THINGS INTEREST
YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, LET’S TAKE A
LOOK AT OTHER PRESIDENTIAL
LOSERS.
MAYBE YOU MIGHT BE INSPIRED BY
ONE OF THEIR EXAMPLES.
AL GORE ACTUALLY HAD MUCH MORE
REASON THAN YOU TO WHINE ABOUT A
STOLEN ELECTION.
THE SUPREME COURT STEPPED IN AND
STOPPED THE RECOUNT IN FLORIDA
WHILE GEORGE W. BUSH WAS AHEAD
BY FEWER THAN 600 VOTES.
BUT AS OUTGOING VICE PRESIDENT,
GORE WELCOMED BUSH TO THE WHITE
HOUSE IN THE TRANSITION PERIOD
AND APPLAUDED HIS RIVAL ON
INAUGURATION DAY.
GORE WENT ON TO LIVE ONE OF YOUR
DREAMS, MR. PRESIDENT.
HE RAN A TELEVISION NETWORK AND
EVEN WON AN EMMY AWARD,
SOMETHING YOU’VE WHAT KIND ABOUT
NEVER ACCOMPLISHING.
BUT MAYBE YOU NEED A REPUBLICAN
EXAMPLE.
THE LAST ONE-TERM PRESIDENT WAS
GEORGE H.W. BUSH.
WHEN IT BECAME CLEAR THAT BILL
CLINTON DEFEATED HIM IN 1992, HE
WELCOMED THE CLINTONS TO THE
WHITE HOUSE AND ATTENDED
INAUGURATION IN CLEAR SUPPORT OF
THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE AND A
PEACEFUL TRANSITION OF POWER.
AND WHEN RONALD REAGAN ENDED
JIMMY CARTER’S BID FOR A SECOND
TERM IN 1980, THE CARTERS
WELCOMED THE REAGANS TO THE
WHITE HOUSE AND ATTENDED THE
INAUGURATION.
DO YOU SEE A PATTERN,
MR. PRESIDENT?
THE LOSERS OF THE ELECTIONS
BEHAVED THAT ACTUAL ADULTS,
ACCEPTING THEIR LOSS WITH
DIGNITY AND WERE WELCOMED BACK
INTO POLITE SOCIETY AS RESPECTED
STATESMEN.
IF THAT’S NOT ENOUGH FOR YOU,
WE’LL GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO
1960 AND THE ELECTION BETWEEN
JOHN F. KENNEDY AND RICHARD
NIXON.
KENNEDY, OF COURSE, DEFEATED
NIXON, AND THE OUTGOING VICE
PRESIDENT NONETHELESS
PARTICIPATED IN THE TRANSITION
AND ATTENDED THE INAUGURATION.
NIXON WENT ON TO BE ELECTED
PRESIDENT EIGHT YEARS LATER.
SO MR. PRESIDENT, AT THE RISK OF
ASKING YOU TO FOLLOW IN THE
FOOTSTEPS OF RICHARD NIXON,
YOU’LL SEE BY HIS EXAMPLE THAT
ALL IS NOT LOST.
IF AND ONLY IF YOU BEHAVE LIKE
AN ADULT.
DROP YOUR HOPELESS LAWSUITS THAT
HAVE BEEN TEARING AT THE HEART
OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY.
STOP SPINNING CONSPIRACY
THEORIES ABOUT AN ELECTION YOU
LOST FAIR AND SQUARE.
IF YOU MUST INFLICT ANOTHER
TRUMP PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN ON
THE WORLD, AT LEAST HAVE THE
DIGNITY TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE
INAUGURATION TO LAUNCH IT.
IF YOU WANT THE SPOTLIGHT, YOUR
BEST BET IS TO ATTEND THE
INAUGURATION AND HOPE JOE BIDEN