The Washington Post reports:
On Thursday, six American service members were killed in a helicopter crash during a peacekeeping mission in Egypt. Tropical Storm Eta made landfall in North Florida, contributing to severe flooding. The number of Americans infected with the novel coronavirus continued at a record-setting pace, sending the stock market tumbling.
At the White House, President Donald Trump spent the day as he has most others this week – sequestered from public view, tweeting grievances, falsehoods and misinformation about the election results and about Fox News’s coverage of him.
“It seems clear Trump has checked out,” said Norman Ornstein, a political scientist at the conservative American Enterprise Institute who has criticized Trump. “It’s not like this guy has shown a great interest in governing for four years, so to expect he will now accelerate the pace is a little fanciful.”
“Over the weekend, he spent two days at his private golf club in Sterling, Va. But his public schedule has not included the daily presidential security briefing since early October, even as his administration has refused to launch the formal transition” https://t.co/38ukQugEMs
— Kelly Kennedy (@KellySKennedy) November 13, 2020
NEW: This week revealed a contradiction at the heart of Trump’s assault on the election system: He is leveraging the power of his office in a long-shot bid to stay in the job while ignoring many of the public duties that come with it. https://t.co/kNMDELUwxE
— David Nakamura (@DavidNakamura) November 13, 2020