Is Pence seen as “faithless” and betraying such that Trump would try to grab voting machines

Desperation and unhingery on the way to the bunker. “Shoo fly don’t bother me”.

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Inside the White House, Trump is lashing out, and everyone is in the blast zone.

At this point, if officials aren't in the “use DHS or the military to impound voting machines” camp, the president considers them weak and beneath contempt. https://t.co/VGfH6vYFLB— Axios (@axios) December 22, 2020

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Pence’s role on Jan. 6 has begun to loom large in Trump’s mind, according to people who’ve discussed the matter with him.

Trump would view Pence performing his constitutional duty — and validating the election result — as the ultimate betrayal. https://t.co/VGfH6wghab

— Axios (@axios) December 22, 2020

Why it matters: Trump thinks everyone around him is weak, stupid or disloyal — and increasingly seeks comfort only in people who egg him on to overturn the election results. We cannot stress enough how unnerved Trump officials are by the conversations unfolding inside the White House.

Top officials are trying to stay away from the West Wing right now.

• Trump is lashing out, and everyone is in the blast zone: At this point, if you're not in the “use the Department of Homeland Security or the military to impound voting machines” camp, the president considers you weak and beneath contempt.
• Trump is fed up with Cipollone, his counsel. Some supporters of Cipollone are worried that Trump is on the brink of removing him and replacing him with a fringe loyalist.

A source who spoke to Trump said the president was complaining about Pence and brought up a Lincoln Project ad that claims that Pence is “backing away” from Trump. This ad has clearly got inside Trump’s head, the source said.

• Trump views Pence as not fighting hard enough for him — the same complaint he uses against virtually everybody who works for him and has been loyal to him.

Pence’s role on Jan. 6 has begun to loom large in Trump’s mind, according to people who’ve discussed the matter with him.

• Trump would view Pence performing his constitutional duty — and validating the election result — as the ultimate betrayal.

A new fixation: Trump has even been asking advisers whether they can get state legislatures to rescind their electoral votes. When he’s told no, he lashes out even more, said a source who discussed the matter with the president.

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Will Trump make a grab for those voting machines?

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I predicted that Trump would try to get Pence to put fake electors in the envelope he delivers to Congress on January 6th, or use some other parliamentary B.S. to hold up the count.

I am now leaning toward the prediction that Pence will not do this. pic.twitter.com/oJMkIe0Hoq

— Noah Smith 🐇 (@Noahpinion) December 22, 2020

— Noah Smith 🐇 (@Noahpinion) December 22, 2020

— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) December 22, 2020

— Shimon Prokupecz (@ShimonPro) December 21, 2020

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