He is almost entirely disengaged from leading the nation even as Americans are being felled by the coronavirus at record rates. He played almost no role in negotiating the stimulus bill that just passed Congress before working to disrupt it at the last minute. This article is based on interviews with more than a dozen current and former administration officials, Republicans and allies of the president. Most of his advisers believe Mr. Trump will depart the White House for a final time by Jan. 20. But how far he will go to subvert the election results, actually refuse to leave the White House or to unleash a wave of unilateral policy decisions in his final weeks is hard to discern.

Source: New York Times December 23, 2020 16:07 UTC