One of the ugliest presidential elections in recent American history is over. “To the victor go the spoils.”

Not so fast. There are 75 days from Election Day to the inauguration of president-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday, Jan. 20. That gives President Donald Trump and his cronies plenty of time to muck up the works. We may witness a moral and political train wreck in the remaining weeks of the Trump administration. Nobody likes a sore loser.

There may be a temptation for a few of those who are angry and disappointed that their candidate lost the election to latch onto presidential mementos to lessen the pain of defeat.

Some people in the Trump administration may feel entitled to appropriate just about anything of worth that is not nailed to the floor as they vacate the White House.

We can only speculate on how much a roll of certified Trump presidential toilet paper could fetch on the open market. The new tenants of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue may have to go furniture shopping just to get a bed to sleep on.

A perk that American presidents enjoy is the use of Air Force One as their personal air taxi. That aircraft costs the taxpayers $140,000 an hour to operate.

An Air Force One trip from the White House to Trump’s home at Mar-A-Lago in Florida, including ancillary expenses, has been costing the taxpayers in excess of $1 million per visit.

Unfortunately for President Trump, he will not be flying back to Florida on Air Force One on the day he is no longer president. That aircraft is reserved for current presidential use, not former presidents.

Mr. Trump may have to fly home on Jet Blue.

Joe Biden’s official home address is in Greenville, Delaware. It is 98 miles from the White House. He could take a cab home from work if he had to.

Today, a newborn infant may, by the time they are 5 years old, never know who President Trump was. He will have become a fading character in Homer Simpson cartoons.

We should take a collective deep breath, give Air Force One a much needed rest, concentrate on finding a path to controlling the coronavirus, repair a struggling economy, find a postmaster who can manage to deliver the mail on time, restore confidence in government, and heal divisive politics.

America may be down but we are not out.

(Jim Baer lives in Concord.)