Trump purges, Pentagon chief torpedoed

Donald Trump's counter-offensive has started and the climate is night of long knives. Thus, after the electoral defeat, the first head to fall is that of Pentagon chief Mark Esper, one of the names at the top of the outgoing president's blacklist. A long list of senior officials deemed unfaithful and accused of betraying him. Here then are the names of the caliber of William Barr, Minister of Justice, Cristopher Wray, head of the FBI, Gina Haspel, director of the CIA, shaking. All figures recently hit by the president's arrows, especially angry at the failure to launch an investigation into the Biden and for having waited in vain for the announced report on the origin of the Russiagate investigation. Report that in his view should have revealed the Obama administration's plot against him. The new secretary of defense will be, effective immediately, the head of counterterrorism, Christopher Miller. Meanwhile, Trump is ready to go back to the election campaign. According to what transpires from his entourage, this is more than a suggestion, with The Donald determined to hold out in the White House fort and sabotage the transition to the Biden era. In short, a month of fire is to be expected in which to launch a counter-offensive not only on the legal level but also returning to the field, with blitzes in the States where votes are still counted and with real Make America Great Again style rallies. . Other than granting the victory, therefore. Although not everyone in his inner circle is convinced that this is the right way to go. While the fear grows among Republicans that unleashing a new war - and on such slippery ground as that of alleged electoral fraud - could ultimately damage the party even more, with the race for the Senate still open and which will be decided by the two ballots of January 5 in Georgia. A decisive game that could end with the entire Congress in the hands of the Democrats. But for Trump the only honorable way out of this situation remains for now not to retreat an inch. Here then he would be ready for new crowds in Georgia, Arizona, Pennsylvania, to flaunt the evidence of rigged elections and a stolen victory. Among these - say sources of his campaign - also the obituaries of Americans who, long dead, would be among the voters who voted. The outgoing president is especially targeting votes by post, which he says are largely illegal. The appeal to the Supreme Court then remains one of the cards in Trump's hands, even if his own lawyers are holding back on the possible success of this initiative. Considering also that it was the High Court that said yes in some states to the counting of votes even after Election Day on November 3.