Is this your first election? This has never been the case before (even in 2000 when the media got it wrong due to Florida). Why would or should it be the case now?
Are we just going to pretend like this election was not different from every other election? Something very unique occurred in this election and I don't appreciate the media and leaders declaring a winner when the other candidate is still contesting it. Why shouldn't we wait to be certain?
Leaders across the world are congratulating Biden and accepting the results. All of the US media is accepting the results. Even Fox News accepted the results. Most of the GOP is accepting the results.
One man-child's tantrum does not a country make. The few in power that are sticking with Trump right now are absolutely deluded. His voters are simply misinformed, but will accept the truth soon enough.
The results of the election are already certain. They've been certain for days, DDHQ (non-partisan) called them a long time ago and they were slow to do so. It is through an abundance of caution that news outlets waited to get past .5% margin in PA to call the results.
It doesn't matter that Trump is contesting the results. He has lost all semblance of support (a miracle he had any in the first place). He was golfing when the results were being announced, I don't think even he cares that much; he's just scared and trying to cling to power.
So no, we should not treat Trump differently: We should treat him as we would anyone throwing a tantrum like he does: Dismiss it and ignore it. The courts are dismissing it (8 cases lost/dismissed out of 8 filed), and the media is ignoring it. As long as the election is fair (which it was), and the results are correct (which they are), Biden is President. Let it be.
> Leaders across the world are congratulating Biden and accepting the results. All of the US media is accepting the results. Even Fox News accepted the results. Most of the GOP is accepting the results.
Regardless about how you feel about this election, consensus does not determine election results, the law does, and the result of the application of the law is decided by a handful of people, none of whom you just listed.
The fact that Biden has been widely accepted as the next president is extremely important. That means nobody in the world views these claims of election fraud etc as legitimate.
Meanwhile you have trump crying out on Twitter "I WON THIS ELECTION BY A LOT" and nobody believes him.
Your recounts and certifications will find Biden has won. Given the current numbers, that is pretty definitive; a recount may slightly change them but that doesn't matter much.
That is why it's pretty safe to say, Biden is the next president, period. Kind of like it's safe to say the sun will set today and rise tomorrow. Sure, it might not, but at this point if it doesn't, we have bigger fish to fry than "the media was wrong".
