Common wisdom: Trump hates the hacking story because it tranishes his victroy. True?

[skip fox]

True. It does tarnish his victory, but it doesn't de-legitimize it.

So why is he constantly harping on it then? Does his egoism, obsessiveness and petulance account for the time and energy he is putting into this story (that it wasn't the Russians) account for his vehemence?

Perhaps. But even Trump must know this story is going to go south on him.

Perhaps it's something more. Much more. Like collusion with the Russian government about what to hack and release or, at the minimum, with Wikileaks about when to release different portions. The first would be treason. The second would be a bombshell.

Trump's thinking might go like the following: "If I discredit the intelligence agancies up front, then if they turn up evidence of such collusion I can simply dismiss it as evidence of further errors."

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. It sure as hell does delegitimize it.

If it is possible to reasonably conclude that the hacking could have affected the election enough to swing it in his favor (and that's possible, considering the very thin margins in several swing states), then his victory is just as illegitimate as Bush's was. I have no doubt Trump is trying to dismiss the hacking claims for that reason.

[MineralMan]

2. Well, I know that when someone tranishes my victroy

I'm always pretty upset, so I suppose that makes sense. I treat my victroy with a great deal of care. Polishing the tranish off of it takes time.

[McCamy Taylor]

3. The hack is something he can blame on Russia. I .e. it helped him but he can deny responsibility.

He is much more afraid of folks finding out that his campaign coordinated with Russia.

[justhanginon]

4. In future history books it is my wish that when referring to presidents that

the 45th president be named as Donald J. Trump* with the large asterisk denoting a disputed election.

[Wellstone ruled]

5. Once Con Job heads to the Court House to file

defamation suits,then we will see the Bully go into Hyper Hate Drive.

[GeorgeGist]

6. In his mind ...

his presidency is illegitimate. He's always been a phony.