According to New York Times political analyst Jamelle Bouie, however, there is a clear reason the “intricate scheme” necessary for Trump to control the election results will fail: sheer incompetence. You see him issuing broad executive orders that purport to wrangle control of elections from the states to the White House. What’s more, asserts Bouie, “that's setting aside how the administration has acted over the past year. He says that the same goes for the various lawsuits the Trump administration has filed regarding elections: “The administration has lost all of them. But he argues, “I think a lot of you overestimate both Republican ingenuity and the success of various Republican plots.