I'll make a delusional/optimistic prediction that Florida is declared for Biden on election night, allowing Biden to be declared president-elect before midnight.
However, Trump will not concede, will demand and sue for a recount in Florida immediately, and will point to Pennsylvania - which will remain too close to call for days - as an example of voter fraud and the Democrats trying to steal the election. Any other surprise states will also be held up as examples of the Democrats stealing the election.
The whole schmozzle goes to the courts in multiple states, with the Republicans litigating the results with the aim of pushing them up to the Supreme Court where they expect to win. The US experiences months of turmoil and - in contested states - civil unrest, before Biden is ultimately sworn in.
Trump subsequently dissolves into a puddle of orange pus, seeps into the sewers under Mar-a-Lago, and re-emerges as a Fox News personality, supplanting Tucker Carlson as the biggest cable news draw in the US. He uses the show to relentlessly attack Biden, and to campaign for his own reelection in 2024.
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