Column: Trump will leave but his toxic politics are here to stay

Date: 2020-11-11T12:00:36.416
Author: Doyle McManus @doylemcmanus

Description: He’ll leave the White House, but Trump isn’t going away. His toxic politics will haunt the GOP and the country for years to come.
Source: www.latimes.com
Original article URL: [www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-11-1... ]

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1 Trump will leave but his toxic politics are here to stay www.latimes.com
2 His toxic politics will haunt the GOP and the country for years to come. www.latimes.com
3 When Trump first claimed the election was still open, it was briefly plausible that he was doing what any loser in a close election might do: looking for a legal path to challenge the results. www.latimes.com
4 Some White House officials — the kind who insist on concealing their names when they’re quoted — have described a psychodrama in the halls of the White House, with a president who refuses to confront reality when it means he’ll wear the label he fears the most: Loser. www.latimes.com
5 But Trump’s continuing claims of fraud have turned his personal meltdown into a broader political crisis. www.latimes.com
6 This may sound like bare-knuckled politics with a Trump-era twist. But by keeping the myth of election fraud alive, the president is doing something his modern predecessors never did: He’s actively damaging his successor’s prospects of success. www.latimes.com
7 That makes it more difficult for other Republicans to cooperate with the incoming Biden administration, despite the president-elect’s professed intention to seek bipartisan accord. www.latimes.com
8 He will leave the White House the same way he governed: gracelessly, chaotically, putting his own interests first — and heedless of the damage he does to American democracy along the way. www.latimes.com
9 He will leave the White House the same way he governed: gracelessly, chaotically, putting his own interests first — and heedless of the damage he does to American democracy along the way. www.latimes.com