Basil Smikle: Trump’s lawsuits are ‘to set himself up for the post presidency’
Democratic strategist Basil Smikle believes that one of the major reasons Donald Trump is continuing his election lawsuits, even though they will not change the outcome of the election, is because he is trying to maintain his base
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Basil Smikle: Trump’s lawsuits are ‘to set himself up for the post presidency’
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