A Modest Proposal for How to Placate Trumpsters While Preserving Democracy

This American carnage ends right now

 The Supreme Court having rejected the latest last insane attempt to overturn the election, the reality is finally hitting home for Trump supporters and maybe even Trump himself that they really won't be able to overturn this election, and the end is at hand.  The Electoral College meets on Monday to make the obvious official.

In some ways, it seems almost a shame, because I had just come up with a Modest Proposal to make all sides happy.

Donald Trump has achieved extraordinary success at simply disregarding reality and governing in a fantasy world, so why not take this approach to the ultimate conclusion -- the question of who is President.  While Joe Biden holds a real inauguration, takes up residence in the White House, and takes commands of the government, Donald Trump can stage his counter-inaugural.  We can build a TV set of the White House for him and allow him to play act at being President for right-wing TV.  He can tweet, sign papers, give speeches, hold rallies and even announce "policies."  Fox, Newsmax, and OAN can hold regular shows on his brilliant leadership, bring on members of his mock-Cabinet, and even some Republican members of Congress to talk about his latest legislative initiative.

Meanwhile, Biden can take control of the actual federal bureaucracy, appoint competent officials, clean up the mess Trump left, and even work with Republicans in Congress to pass COVID relief.  The New York Times, Washington Post, CNN and other mainstream media can report on the doings of the actual government, and Trump supporters will never be the wiser because they never follow these sources anyhow.  To the extent reports of the actual government penetrate even the right wing bubble, talking heads can always right it off as "fake news" from the "lamestream media."  

Why, Republicans could even cooperate minimally with a Biden Administration.  Why not, even they could just go on right wing TV and deny it?  All incentive to hurt America for political advantage would vanish, since their supporters would think Donald Trump was still in office, and good news would be good new.

Well, I can dream, can't I?