Trump is reportedly 'very aware' he lost the election but is putting up a fight as 'theater'

[Alben Barkley]

https://theweek.com/speedreads/949542/trump-reportedly-aware-lost-election-but-putting-fight-theater

President Trump is reportedly challenging the 2020 election results primarily just as "theater," as he puts on a "performance" for his supporters despite knowing he will not begin a second term in January.

Trump has still yet to concede the election to President-elect Joe Biden, and by Thursday morning, he was continuing to fire off baseless allegations of widespread voter fraud. But NBC News' Peter Alexander reports, citing a White House aide, that Trump is "very aware there is not a path to victory" for him and is putting up legal challenges as a kind of "theater" for his supporters, believing that they "deserve a fight."

[Alben Barkley]

If this is just about "theater," then why is Trump making major personnel changes at the Pentagon?

He's rewarding "loyalists" apparently and kicking out people who he feels weren't adequately supportive of him in the past. It's just all part of the tantrum. It's not like he's replacing the actual military brass.