Trump adviser who vowed to eat his own shoe if Biden won is refusing to fulfil his promise

A former adviser to Donald Trump’s failed re-election campaign is refusing to make good on a promise to eat his own shoe after Joe Biden won the race for the White House.

Harlan Hill, a consultant to the 45th president, made the rash pledge to McKay Coppins of The Atlantic, who interviewed him at an Election Night party in Washington, DC, last November hosted by ex-Trump strategist Steve Bannon.

The gathering, taking place inside a large tent on a city rooftop, was described by the journalist as “giddy, almost fevered”, its over-confident atmosphere one in which “bravado reigned”.

Cornering Mr Hill, Mr Coppins asked how sure he was that Mr Trump would win a second term.