By JOHN KANELIS / johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com

We knew all along that Donald Trump lacked the underpinnings of decency and dignity to assume the role of president of the United States.

Now we get to witness the flailing, feckless futility of a man on the cusp of losing an office he had no business occupying in the first place.

Joe Biden is poised to be declared the 46th president of the United States of America. He will deliver a victory statement perhaps tonight, or maybe in the next day or two.

Donald Trump? He is fomenting the lie for the ages, that illegally cast votes propelled Biden to victory. Moreover, aides close to Trump say the Sore Loser in Chief has no intention of conceding defeat to Biden.

This is a dangerous and pitiful example of what history will record as the most freakish political aberration in American history. Ponder this for a moment: The president of the United States seeks to undermine the very basis of our representative democracy by alleging corruption in the election process that continues to unfold before our eyes.

It gets worse. Republican officeholders who have aligned themselves with Trump are giving him a pass; some of them are endorsing the dangerous conspiracy nonsense that Trump is spouting.

How does that saying go? That silence is an expression of complicity? Yep. That’s it. They are bringing shame onto themselves and allowing the disgraceful charlatan who has masqueraded as president to do the same thing.

Despite all of this, I want to offer a bit of good news.

First, each court that gets a legal complaint from Donald Trump alleging illegality in the voting process is going to waste zero time in deciding whether to accept or deny it. They know that time is not on their side, that the clock is ticking toward the inauguration of a new president, so they have to act in rapid-fire order.

Second, it is my fervent hope — and growing belief — that the U.S. Supreme Court, if it even accepts a complaint, will deliver a quick decision that will end this charade once and for all.

Third, Biden’s victory comes with a mandate to govern that Donald Trump never acquired. He will have rolled up a handsome majority of ballots cast. Biden’s Electoral College victory appears headed to matching the electoral win that Trump scored four years ago.

Lastly, the president-elect will conduct himself with the class and grace that has been missing from the presidency for the past four years.

First things first. Donald Trump might need to get escorted from the White House by federal marshals. I would pay real American money to see that event take place.

It would be the final disgrace that Donald Trump could bring to the nation’s most exalted public office.