Thread by @AlexandraErin

So that story that Maggie Habermann was tweeting out earlier, a couple of things in that I find very positive signs: Donald Trump still has people around him telling him no, and he's letting that stop him.

I have said many times over the years that in my estimation Donald Trump is not at his most dangerous when he's cornered and wounded, but when he's feeling large and in charge. He's a bully and a coward. The more he can get away with, the more he'll try to get away with.

81 million people or so teamed up to tell him no and then a significant number of those people danced in the streets in what was possibly the largest spontaneous celebration in the history of the country, after the votes were counted and the outcome was clear.

There is no line he wouldn't cross and no limit he wouldn't exceed and no rule he wouldn't break and no depth he wouldn't sink to... if he felt like he'd get away with it. If he felt invincible. If he felt powerful.

I don't think he feels powerful right now.

His lawyers are failing him, his allies are abandoning him, his enablers are talking about Biden's cabinet and pushing back on what he sees as his only paths forward.

I'm not in a position to tell you he's not going to find it in himself to make any desperate gambles when it sinks all the way in that he's sunk. He *needs* the win, he *needs* the office and its powers and protections.

But I think he's very much in a position of sulking and licking his wounds and hoping that someone else will fix it for him, and I hope and pray that he stays that way until he's all the way out the door.