I think the media was ready to roll with a "Trump grows into the presidency" storyline after any glimmer, but Trump would almost immediately kill it by saying something stupid or dangerous. He lied incessantly.

Sadly, I now have a clear vision of how the great American experiment in democracy will end. Someone will come along who is better at it than Trump and pick up the tools that he used. Biden had to win by 4% with substantial margins in Michigan and Pennsylvania.