Will the recount truly change anything or is this a a desperate and empty attempt.?

No, he's already president-elect and the other candidate already conceded. Anything to change that is throwing democracy under the bus.

It might be more interesting to see what the EC has to say about Mr. Trump's possible clash with the constitution over his business interests and their possible conflict with the constitution which forbids any president from accepting payments of any kind from foreign government. Technically since Trump is still head of those businesses, those payments to his company Could be seen as payments to him personally and Could be grounds for impeachment. The EC Could decide to just do away with that whole issue by refusing to confirm Trump on those grounds.