Dwindling Support for Trump's Challenge to America's Democracy

Since the likelihood President Trump will concede to Joe Biden, who most acknowledge as the President-Elect, dwindling by the minute, the remarks made by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff that directly contradict Trump’s rhetoric does not bode well for the current President. President Trump and his administration along with his campaign have made it seem as though they will fight to the very end that they in fact won the election despite no such evidence. Not only is there very little evidence to support the Trump camp’s claims, their legal actions have been stifled. In Pennsylvania, many of the lawsuits filed by Trump campaign have been thrown out of court. The President is running out of options to challenge the results of the election. 

He has used rhetoric to suggest that he would use certain actions that would in fact lead to the involvement of military personnel. These statements have been directly countered by General Mark Milley whose remarks made it clearly evident that he sees the oath taken by anyone in the military that they serve the Constitution of United States rather than any President who serves as Commander-in-Chief of these service members. 

Having exacerbated almost all of the legal resources at his disposal, Trump would have to rely on support from the troops that he still commands. At least until the President-Elect Joe Biden is sworn in on the Inauguration Day in January. President Trump has faced more opposition by his immediate predecessor, former President Barrack Obama said in a 60 minutes interview that Trump and his administration are “delegitimizing democracy” by disregarding the win by the Biden campaign. 

Those who have been condemning the actions being taken by the Trump administration have used similar rhetoric to President Obama and have even made remarks that coincide with what General Milley said. Perhaps the best way to put it, is that Trump does not have a leg to stand on when it comes to challenging the results of this election. His own Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff has made very public remarks ensuring that the military does not serve him but rather the Constitution and will protect that over him or any future President. 

Trump's desire to fight the election results have created another rift in this country and hurts the respect of America's democracy held by our allies and international institutions.