It would also look like the guy who won in a landslide by earning more votes than any other candidate in US history successfully claiming the office that the PEOPLE voted him into though. He ran and won; now he's legally required to do the job.

The fake news will always make everything Trump does look bad, without exception. He literally created unprecedented nationwide prosperity and world peace, and they flay him daily. The ship has sailed on trying to control their optics.

If the nation is under military control he is the Commander in Chief.

I disagree. What "it would look like" is the guy who won in a landslide by earning more votes than any other candidate in US history is trying, successfully, to remain in the office that the PEOPLE voted him into. The press will always make everything Trump does look bad, without exception. The ship has sailed on trying to manage their optics. When you lose, you leave. Not when you win.

If the nation is under military control he is the Commander in Chief, so still in office.