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There are so many huge problems that won’t be magically solved by the inauguration tomorrow, but just for now, I’m going to enjoy every last one of the quotes about Trump being a sad, lonely loser.
“On Monday afternoon, an administration official told CNN the bells and whistles might all be for a very big audience of one -- the President -- and a small audience of others: "So far, there haven't been a lot of RSVPs." https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/18/politics/trump-biden-inauguration-snub/index.html
Please share also your favorite petty schadenfreude quotes (with link to the source if you can!).
https://twitter.com/juliaioffe/status/1351725906637828096?s=21 https://twitter.com/juliaioffe/status/1351725906637828096
“In addition, Trump was annoyed that personal lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani said publicly that he would be defending Trump during impeachment.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-final-day/2021/01/19/25abf526-5a71-11eb-b8bd-ee36b1cd18bf_story.html
From the same piece:
https://twitter.com/cnn/status/1351220322423500800?s=21 https://twitter.com/cnn/status/1351220322423500800
“Former national security adviser John Bolton, who has said since leaving the White House in 2019 that he does not believe Trump is fit to be president, was invited, as was Bolton's former deputy, Charles Kupperman. Neither will attend.” https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/534835-pence-other-gop-officials-expected-to-skip-trump-send-off
“Anthony Scaramucci... was invited, too, in what he took as a sign that staff were looking to beef up attendance for the image conscious Trump.
"Trust me, that had to be a mass email if one of them got sent to me,” Scaramucci said.” https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/534835-pence-other-gop-officials-expected-to-skip-trump-send-off
"Trust me, that had to be a mass email if one of them got sent to me,” Scaramucci said.” https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/534835-pence-other-gop-officials-expected-to-skip-trump-send-off
https://twitter.com/cfishman/status/1351870824073080835?s=21 https://twitter.com/cfishman/status/1351870824073080835
https://twitter.com/jendeaderick/status/1351880878612488201?s=21 https://twitter.com/jendeaderick/status/1351880878612488201
This whole thread ICYMI, but this was my favorite: https://twitter.com/itsthebrandi/status/1351729086465409028?s=21 https://twitter.com/itsthebrandi/status/1351729086465409028
With the smell of tear gas still lingering in the corridors, Giuliani phoned Tommy Tuberville and left a long message that... urged him to “slow down” the certification. Tuberville never got the message, though, b/c Giuliani had dialed the wrong senator. https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/01/20/last-days-of-donald-trump-459751
Ugh, inject it into my veins: "Trump remained cloistered at the White House, pacing back and forth between the residence and the Oval Office, reading the New York Times (“House Prepares Article of Impeachment” was the banner headline) and watching television." (same article)
"Other staffers, who were obligated to keep on top of official business even though Trump had grown disinterested, tried to limit their time with him in the Oval Office to avoid hearing his endless harangues about the stolen election."
"He had Fox News on even though he hadn’t forgiven the network for its role in calling... AZ for Biden. And still unable to vent on Twitter, he made more calls than usual — not, as one former Trump aide said, “to more people” but rather, “the same people over and over again.”
This article contains dangerously high levels of schadenfreude. https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/01/20/last-days-of-donald-trump-459751
“Part of it, to be honest, is I’m not sure a lot of people are calling him,” said a Republican close to the president. “I think he has more availability and he’s more anxious and wants to talk to people who are loyal and support him still.”
HE HAS MORE AVAILABILITY
HE HAS MORE AVAILABILITY
"Trump had expected to award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Bill Belichick, but it was canceled after the New England Patriots head coach, a longtime friend of Trump’s, said he would not accept it. That left nothing official on Trump’s schedule for the day." 
"Just days earlier, Trump had grown annoyed with Giuliani, refusing to take his calls or pay his bills. It remains unclear whether Trump is ready to hire him again."
