Is Trump Going Meekly by His Standards?

   If some eyes -- mine included -- weren't seeing the full blunt of President Trump's resistance, maybe now we are. 

   A fuller story of his anger with Fox News after Fox News called the Arizona tally for Biden is emerging, in a story from the Washington Post. The length he went to get Fox to change its call is now being told. "Get that result changed," he yelled at White House staffers. So, Chief of Staff Mark Meadows called the Fox News decision desk repeatedly. Holly Hicks worked her connections. Kellyanne Conway called Fox to complain. Jared Kushner had a line to the top, and reached out to Fox owner Rupert Murdoch. 

   But, alas, no movement from Fox. They didn't back down on their call of Arizona for Biden

   "On election night, I'm telling you, the news side is running the show," The Post quoted an unnamed Fox official as saying. 

   In the next two days, notable Republicans -- including a few White House officials -- were calling for accepting the results. Trump, himself, didn't make an appearance, and his tweets were receiving so little attention that it almost seemed he was meekly submitting without much of a whimper. It seemed as if some of his aides might have made a little headway in trying to persuade him to accept his loss.

   Is he? Is he not? Is he going peacefully (by his standards)?  And, what of all his followers on social media? Are they as outraged as we would expect? Or, is their anger even dialed in a bit. With the courts throwing out the lawsuits one after another, has the whole uprising been mellowed?

   And, what of the firing of Defense Secretary Mark Esper? Just another firing in a long line of them? Or, might it signal more? coming on the heels of the election when all Trump's thoughts are surely on his loss and what he can do to stop it. Replacing Esper two months before Trump's own contract is up -- does it indicate he is lining up more officials to stand with him in resisting defeat?

   Where goes all this? It has yet to be played out. At this point, we cannot tell. It might have appeared he was going somewhat meekly, but maybe we haven't been seeing everything.