President Trump concede?
Maybe never, according to longtime GOP official and former President George W. Bush chief of staff Andy Card.
“There is no legal definition to the word that he has to comply with. He doesn’t have to say, ‘I concede,’” said Card.
But, he told Georgetown University students this week, the end is coming one way or the other for the president who is running out of avenues to stay in power.
“I’ll start off by saying even if he doesn’t concede, he will be replaced,” Card told a Zoom conference hosted by Georgetown’s Institute of Politics and Public Service at the McCourt School of Public Policy.
“The Constitution is very clear about that. And I do not think that it’s going to take, you know, an eviction notice issued to them to get out of the White House. I think that President Trump will leave office,” he added.
During the session to discuss presidential transitions and setting up new White House staffs, former Bill Clinton era chief of staff John Podesta expressed concerns that Trump’s legal fights and attack on the voting in some states could undermine future elections.
“I think this is a dangerous thing that the president is doing,” Podesta said. “He’s undermining, he’s convincing a big section of the American public that elections are rigged, and they don’t work. And that’s a dangerous thing for our democracy.”
Inside the Trump White House, officials have told Secrets that the president will not give up his legal fight even if he leaves office. What’s more, they are already looking at a 2024 run.
And many are also unconcerned with the criticism that the president is holding on, noting that many top Democrats and federal bureaucrats have fought to undermine his presidency for the past four years.
