WASHINGTON – In the final weeks of the Trump administration, the West Wing began to empty. White House trade adviser Peter Navarro was seen carrying a framed photograph of the US and Chinese presidents facing off. The chief of staff’s wife was seen packing a stuffed bird in her car.
President Donald Trump remained preoccupied with overturning his November 2020 election defeat. He spent his final days meeting with lawyers, planning how to settle scores with Republicans who voted to impeach him after the riot on Jan. 6 at the U.S. Capitol and negotiating pardons with his advisers, former aides said.