不管乔·拜登的显然升任美国第46任总统，总统唐纳德·特朗普美国的竞选活动在关键州展开了一系列法律战，同时仍在争先恐后地寻找选民欺诈的例子。
但在竞选活动中，因害怕报复而不愿透露姓名的消息人士表示，疲劳和失望打击了总统团队的普通成员，现实是总统输掉了选举。
“这是一种可怕的感觉，”特朗普的一名竞选助手在主要网络称之为拜登竞选后告诉美国广播公司新闻。据消息人士称，一些员工表示，他们最近几天一直在努力应对失败，其他人则表示，直到福克斯新闻周六做出最后决定，这种感觉才变得真实。
尽管特朗普团队已在几个州提起诉讼，但熟悉这些行动的消息人士向美国广播公司新闻(ABC News)强调，围绕这些诉讼一直存在内部争吵，总统法律团队的一些成员认为这些诉讼“毫无意义”、“毫无价值”。消息人士特别表示，现任总统私人律师的前纽约市市长朱利安尼(Giuliani)和佛罗里达州司法部长帕姆·邦迪(Pam Bondi)的参与应被视为“特朗普的战士们的行动，他们会做任何事情，无视这一明显的现实，即一切都结束了。”
与此同时，特朗普在面对失败时一直桀骜不驯，在弗吉尼亚的高尔夫俱乐部呆了几个小时后，他在周六的一系列全冠推特上一再毫无根据地声称自己赢得了选举。
另一名助手指出，他们为总统自2016年以来扩大了支持感到自豪，但最终，结果显示，这不足以克服“这么多人有多恨他”，并引用了总统对2014年大选的处理冠状病毒不懈的努力诋毁邮寄选票作为关键问题。
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唐纳德·特朗普总统在他的豪华轿车里看着他从高尔夫球场返回白宫
多位消息人士告诉美国广播公司新闻，自选举日以来，许多特朗普竞选团队的工作人员一直挤在弗吉尼亚州阿灵顿竞选总部嘈杂的地板上，每天都接到数百个电话，拨打竞选团队设立的热线，试图发现选民欺诈的情况。
但消息人士告诉美国广播公司新闻，热线对一些人来说已经变成了噩梦，因为一些员工(其中一些人的合同将在未来几天到期)在挂断电话之前，一直受到人们恶作剧电话的轰炸，这些电话是因为拜登的胜利而笑或嘲笑他们。恶作剧拨打特朗普竞选热线已经成为今年早些时候使用的社交媒体网络TikTok的一种趋势试图破坏总统的集会在塔尔萨通过集体购票。
特朗普竞选团队没有回应置评请求。
周六早些时候，在拜登预计赢得选举之前，特朗普的竞选经理比尔·斯捷潘(Bill Stepien)和竞选副经理贾斯汀·克拉克(Justin Clark)希望周六与全国各地的高级代理人私下通话，召集军队，敦促他们“我们仍在这场战斗中”。
美国广播公司新闻部从一个来源获得了电话录音。
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11月7日，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普从高尔夫球场返回华盛顿白宫
斯捷潘在7月份接任竞选经理一职，他试图向代理人明确表示，这个电话不是“募捐恳求”，但他继续要求捐款，称这是他们帮助总统前进的第一种方式。
“这不是募捐募捐，我想说得非常清楚，这是一个更新电话，以确保你确切知道我们在竞选中的位置...但是如果有人想为法律辩护基金捐款，你可以去唐纳川普网。
该运动一直在积极筹集资金，为其正在进行的法律努力提供资金，每天向支持者发送数十条短信和电子邮件。但根据捐赠页面上的细则，60%的筹款将用于偿还竞选债务。
斯捷潘在电话中为代理人发出了另一个行动呼吁:“做好准备。”
特朗普的竞选经理敦促代理人，他们可以在未来几天呼吁他们参加抗议活动，并表达他们对总统的支持。
“在这种情况下，我们可能需要你在你们州的抗议活动中提供帮助，以确保总统得到代表，我们这边的论点得到展示，”斯蒂佩恩说。“在接到通知的那一刻，我们可能需要你在地面上的帮助和支持，你知道，挥舞旗帜，呼喊总统的名字和支持。”
Inside the Trump campaign as it grapples with defeat while plowing forward with legal fight
DespiteJoe Biden'sapparent ascension as the 46th president of the United States, PresidentDonald Trump's campaign is barreling forward with a blitz of legal fights in key states while still scrambling to find instances of voter fraud.
But inside the campaign, sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation, say fatigue and disappointment has hit the rank and file on the president's team, and the reality is settling in that the president lost the election.
"It's a horrible feeling," one Trump campaign aide told ABC News after the major networks called the race for Biden. Some staffers said they'd come to grips with losing in recent days, others said it didn't feel real until Fox News made the final call on Saturday, according to sources.
Though the Trump team has filed lawsuits in several states, sources familiar with the actions stress to ABC News that there has been internal bickering over the suits with some members of the president's legal team feeling they are "pointless" and "meritless." Sources said in particular former New York City Mayor Giuliani, who is now the president's personal attorney, and Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi's involvement should be seen as "the actions of Trump's warriors who will do anything and ignore the obvious reality that this is over."
Meanwhile, Trump has been defiant in the face of defeat, repeatedly and baselessly claiming he won the election in a series of all-caps tweets on Saturday after spending a few hours at his golf club in Virginia.
Another aide noted that they were proud that the president had expanded support from 2016, but, ultimately, the results show it wasn't enough to overcome "how much so many people hate him," citing the president's handling of thecoronavirusand relentless efforts todiscredit mail-in ballotsas key issues.
Since Election Day, many Trump campaign staffers have been huddled on a noisy floor in the campaign's Arlington, Virginia, headquarters fielding hundreds of calls a day on a hotline the campaign set up as they try to find instances of voter fraud, multiple sources told ABC News.
But the hotline has turned into a nightmare for some, as staffers, some of whom have contracts that expire in the coming days, have been bombarded with prank calls from people laughing or mocking them over Biden's win before hanging up, sources tell ABC News. Prank calling the Trump campaign's hotline has already become a trend on TikTok, the social media network that was used earlier in the yearin an attempt to tank the president's rallyin Tulsa by mass-requesting tickets.
The Trump campaign did not respond to a request for comment.
Earlier on Saturday, before Biden was projected to win the election, Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien and deputy campaign manager Justin Clark looked to rally the troops Saturday on a private call with top surrogates around the country, urging them that "we are still in this fight."
ABC News obtained audio of the call from a source.
Stepien, who took over as campaign manager back in July, tried to make it clear to the surrogates that the call wasn't a "fundraising solicitation," but went on to ask for donations, saying it was the first way they could help the president moving forward.
"This is not a fundraising solicitation, I want to be super clear, this is an update call to make sure you know exactly where we are in the campaign ... but if anyone wants to contribute to the Legal Defense Fund, you can go to DonaldTrump.com," Stepien said.
The campaign has been aggressively raising money to fund its ongoing legal efforts, blasting dozens of texts and emails to supporters each day. But according to the fine print on the donations page, 60% of the funds raised will go to paying down the campaign's debt.
Stepien issued another call to action for surrogates on the call: "Stay at the ready."
Trump's campaign manager urged surrogates that they could call on them in the coming days to show up to protests and voice their support for the president.
"At a moment's instance we may need your help at protests in your state to make sure that the president is represented and our side of the argument is shown," Stepien said." At a moment's notice, we may need your help and support on the ground, you know, waving the flag and yelling the president's name and support."
