<i>Just over an hour after the meeting was said to have ended, Mr. Trump tweeted at 1:42 a.m. on Dec. 19 that it was “statistically impossible” for him to have lost the election. In the tweet, he also urged supporters to gather in Washington to demonstrate, drawing dozens of responses from people sharing plans to occupy the Capitol build…
<i>Just over an hour after the meeting was said to have ended, Mr. Trump tweeted at 1:42 a.m. on Dec. 19 that it was “statistically impossible” for him to have lost the election. In the tweet, he also urged supporters to gather in Washington to demonstrate, drawing dozens of responses from people sharing plans to occupy the Capitol building and photos of weapons they said they planned to bring.
“Be there, will be wild,” <i>
It is understandable that the bulk of attention has been given to Trump's 'invitation' at the end of his tweet, we should not overlook the fact that the entire tweet was bullshit--in particular his claim that it was "statistically impossible" for him to have lost. To the extent it means anything at all, a "statistically impossible" result is one for which the probability is exactly 0. The only sense in which Biden had a 0 probability of winning was in the fevered imaginations of Trump and his sycophants.
In addition, to being BS on its face, Trump implied that the basis for this claim was a report by Peter Navarro. But that report only said (twice) that it was "statistically improbable" for Biden to have won. So Trump was even lying about that! Navarro is a fabulist, but at least understands that there is a distinction between improbable and impossible. Trump clearly doesn't know the difference and couldn't care less. With him, it's just bullshit all the way down.
<i>Just over an hour after the meeting was said to have ended, Mr. Trump tweeted at 1:42 a.m. on Dec. 19 that it was “statistically impossible” for him to have lost the election. In the tweet, he also urged supporters to gather in Washington to demonstrate, drawing dozens of responses from people sharing plans to occupy the Capitol building and photos of weapons they said they planned to bring.
“Be there, will be wild,” <i>
It is understandable that the bulk of attention has been given to Trump's 'invitation' at the end of his tweet, we should not overlook the fact that the entire tweet was bullshit--in particular his claim that it was "statistically impossible" for him to have lost. To the extent it means anything at all, a "statistically impossible" result is one for which the probability is exactly 0. The only sense in which Biden had a 0 probability of winning was in the fevered imaginations of Trump and his sycophants.
In addition, to being BS on its face, Trump implied that the basis for this claim was a report by Peter Navarro. But that report only said (twice) that it was "statistically improbable" for Biden to have won. So Trump was even lying about that! Navarro is a fabulist, but at least understands that there is a distinction between improbable and impossible. Trump clearly doesn't know the difference and couldn't care less. With him, it's just bullshit all the way down.