Loser

 Donald Trump has lost more often in Georgia than the University of Tennessee.

Seriously, Trump's fragile ego is filled with contempt by losers and losing. It's his biggest insult. He's now something like 2-34 in Court, he's lost Georgia in the count, the recount and the certification. Michigan, he's lost two or three times. He's lost in Court in Pennsylvania so many times, I'd feel sorry for his "legal" team if they weren't trying to orchestrate a judicial coup. (Technically, it's only a coup if it comes from the Coup region of France, otherwise it's simply Sparking Autogolpe.) 

There was a surprisingly astute thread for Edward Norton, the actor. He said that, while he isn't a pundit, he's played a lot of high stakes poker, and what Trump is doing is a pot-committed bluff. Trump knows his loss will expose him to endless legal jeopardy. That means he's "pot-committed;" all his chips are in the pot. But he's got not cards. Biden is holding four aces, Trump is trying to draw to an inside straight flush, and as the turn and the river flop, he's left to more and more desperate bets. His only way to win is if the dealer cheats on his behalf, and so far the dealer (the Courts) are having none of it.

Trump has simply stopped doing his job. Like the spoiled toddler he is, he's taking his ball and going home (or at least to his second home: the back nine). Of course, it's not like he ever really did his job in the first place, but whatever. The nation will be adrift as Trump sulks and pouts his way through every coming defeat. Meanwhile, the lack of ascertainment delays the ability of the Biden team to plan the vaccination program or come up to speed on national security issues. 

The psychic wounding of Trump will continue. Michigan, Wisconsin and Nevada will certify soon, as will Pennsylvania and Arizona. Trump will sue and lose. The Electoral College will vote in early December, making Biden officially the President-Elect. (At this point, the GSA likely relents and gives him the ascertainment.) In early January, Congress will accept the Electoral College results. 

Each of these moments will send Trump into a spluttering rage as the day of reckoning comes closer. 

The fact that the GOP is either aiding or not opposing Trump's attempted self-coup is genuinely distressing, if not terribly surprising. And next time, it might be close enough to cheat. But don't get too stressed by the flailing machinations of Giuliani and company to not enjoy the tantrums that Trump indulges himself in.