Don’t expect Trump to accept reality, concede race anytime soon, sources say
*”No plans for Trump to invite Biden to White House”
Sources inside and outside the campaign say don’t expect President Trump to accept reality and concede the race anytime soon.
Trump is dug in, sources say, feeling embittered that he has lost the race. Advisers describe Trump as grasping any straw that he sees reported on Fox News.
He may never accept this reality, one adviser conceded.
Another indication of how alone Trump is at the moment: Vice President Mike Pence’s advisers are not eager to get the vice president behind Trump as he drags this out.
A source familiar with the situation said Pence wants to preserve his options for 2024.
There are no plans for President Trump to invite president-elect Joe Biden to the White House in the coming days, according to a source familiar with the matter.
Traditionally, there is an Oval Office meeting between incoming and outgoing presidents.
Trump has often referenced his Nov. 10, 2016, meeting with Obama, including what he was told about North Korea.
Trump, as made clear in his statement, is still contesting the election, so those traditional steps of a transition won’t happen anytime soon.
Less clear is whether the other, more granular aspects of the transition will occur, particularly at agencies and among staff.
One person familiar with the matter said there haven’t been explicit instructions disseminated from the White House on how to proceed.
