President Trump is in a massive sulk over the upcoming White House governors dinner on 20 February. His own side is unhappy and Democrats are boycotting the traditionally bipartisan affair after he initially declined to invite two Democratic governors.

The row blew up because the President is furious with one governor for refusing to pardon an jailed election denier in his state. The other missing Democrat is Black and has drawn his own conclusions about why he is NFI. 

Trump is pathologically obsessed with declaring himself the winner of the 2020 election. He admitted at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington last week: “I had to win it. I needed it for my own ego.”

It is alarming enough that he is insisting on rewriting history. But there is every sign he has no intention of losing again. Proof is piling up that he plans to “steal” the November midterm elections for the Republicans – if he can. 

How can this be achieved? First, some mischievous (but not wild) speculation. Trump has already pardoned prisoners convicted over the 6 January Capitol riot of 2021. He wants the governor of Colorado to free Tina Peters, a jailed county election clerk. But there is a bigger fish sitting in jail.

Trump supporters still bang on about debunked claims that Venezuela helped to steal the 2020 election. Imagine if the former dictator, Nicolas........

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