this might be a bit lazy, but I found a comment on the linked site.. that I feel sums up what I have been feeling/thinking about what I have seen.

I was hopeful with Trump, but he always seemed more talk than action. Given how friendly he is with known 'losers' (in my opinion, guiliani is guilty of 9.11 as he shipped the steel to china to be melted making him directly involved. )

any 'rebuke' you have to the below would be interesting. or agreement. I have no strong attachment to my opinion here. I wish they were wrong..

photonron says:
February 2, 2021 at 1:56 am

i agree with belinda. he didn’t try very hard. he let certain personal isms get in the way of winning.

1. all those that work around him work at his pleasure. that means he can fire anyone whenever for whatever reason he deem fit. he didn’t.
2. a leader should know when he’s given the winning strategy and jump on it. he didn’t.
3. 4 years he was undermined by people around him, that he chose to trust, and he had no idea or was OK with it.
4. a man who has worked with the best lawyers in the world suddenly sticks by a lawyer, who’s been out of the game for what 20 years and is getting his ass handed to him? why? did he not know he was losing with the ticky tack legal approach rudy was taking? if you stick with the losing team with a losing strategy don’t expect to win.
5. the man has been talking about election fraud since the day he took office. what did he actually do about ending election fraud? nothing. absolutely nothing. what did he do to preempt the fraud? nothing. absolutely nothing. did he seize voting machines? no. did he seize ballots? no. does this sound like he tried? no.
6. the italian contract worker’s affidavit; he had that before christmas. the affidavit is from a man who actually participated in digitally transferring votes from trump to biden. this is the holy grail of evidence but meh…
7. it is said trump raised nearly $300 million for his legal defense from various stop the steal efforts collectively. roughly 80+ million of that received by the rnc. much of this money remains. why? how much of this money did rudy walk away with?

now i point these things out as a trump supporter. i donated to his campaign twice. then i stopped because i didn’t want another penny to go to the no action rnc. instead, i starting giving to sidney who’s working on behalf of the american people.

now let’s get to some huge f-ups:

1. the president called on people to attend the jan 6 “protest”. people came at their own expense from all over. he said march down to congress. they marched down to congress. the breach occurred long before the main body of his supporters got there and most remained outside while some went inside more as looky-loos. after the breach and the girl got shot, he released a video where he basically expressed his disgust with what happened at the capitol and said people should be held accountable. did he specifically say those that went inside to destroy and steal? no. did he specifically narrow his disgust to only those that inflicted physical harm against police officers? no. he lumped everyone together.
2. he ends his public announcement with “go home”. people paid out of pocket to be there to protect the republic because their constitution is under attack. his message is we tried and now it’s time to go home. does that sound like a winner talking?
3. 0 for 2 on AGs. first one sidelined himself on day 1. second one talked but i don’t think he moved once.
4. durham, looks mean. what’s he done? i’ll wait. how much is he being paid to do nothing?
5. his scotus picks, how did they work out? but hey don’t worry, we only have to wait until their lives run out to replace them.
6. when states declared themselves sanctuary states what did he do about it? nothing. when did states get the power to say f-you federal government? what’s the point of the federal government then if states can just do whatever they want. oh btw, they still got money from the same government they disobeyed. go figure.

now i can go on and on. but why? it’s over. those of you that still stand by the trump movement fine, that’s your choice. i just hope you start asking yourself why did he lose if he had so many options to take control and win?

here’s my 2 cents; he made a deal with the gop to walk away with some protection for his family and his brand. it’s that simple. instead of draining the swamp, he joined it.