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{{quote|"One of the metrics by which he’s often judged any number of things is: 'Who's out there saying good things about me or fighting on my behalf?' And he never seemed to think there were enough people doing it strongly enough."

|[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-isolated-impeachment/2021/01/13/0595675a-55b6-11eb-a931-5b162d0d033d_story.html "Trump is isolated and angry at aides for failing to defend him as he is impeached again"], ''The Washington Post'', January 13, 2021}}

:* ~~[[What~~ ~~Have~~ ~~You~~ ~~Done for Me Lately?]]:~~ Trump managed to escape prosecution during his Presidency mostly due to the machinations of House Speaker (at the time) Paul Rian, Senate Majority Leader (again, at the time) Mitch McConnell, and his second Attorney General Bill Barr. Despite this, in the aftermath of the Capitol riot, he condemned and insulted ''any'' member of the Republican Party, including those three, who refused to acknowledge his fantasy of a "rigged election", going so far as to label Barr a "RINO"<ref>"Republican in Name Only", previously used as an insult towards members of the GOP who show willingness to accept Liberal ideas, [[You Keep Using That Word|now frequently used]] by Trump and his base to describe a Republican who dares disagree with him even once.</ref> because of it.

:* On a related note, Trump managed to escape prosecution during his Presidency mostly due to the machinations of House Speaker (at the time) Paul Rian, Senate Majority Leader (again, at the time) Mitch McConnell, and his second Attorney General Bill Barr. Despite this, in the aftermath of the Capitol riot, he condemned and insulted ''any'' member of the Republican Party, including those three, who refused to acknowledge his fantasy of a "rigged election", going so far as to label Barr a "RINO"<ref>"Republican in Name Only", previously used as an insult towards members of the GOP who show willingness to accept Liberal ideas, [[You Keep Using That Word|now frequently used]] by Trump and his base to describe a Republican who dares disagree with him even once.</ref> because of it.

* [[Wild Card Excuse]]:

**" Fake news" for any media coverage which was anything less than glowingly complimentary.