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'I didn't win the election': Trump admits defeat in session with historians
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/apr/05/trump-admits-election-defeat-historians-zelizer-princetonI didnt win the election, he said.
The admission came in a video interview with a panel of historians convened by Julian Zelizer, a Princeton professor and editor of The Presidency of Donald Trump: A First Historical Assessment. The interview was published on Monday by the Atlantic.
Describing his attempts to make South Korea pay more for US military assistance, Trump said Moon Jae-in, the South Korean president, was among the happiest world leaders after the 2020 US election put Joe Biden in the White House.
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'I didn't win the election': Trump admits defeat in session with historians (Original Post)
ItsjustMe
Apr 2022
OP
Trump says whatever he has to say to get out of a situation. This isn't a change of heart. He still
Doodley
Apr 2022
#3
I honestly do not believe that Trump knows a difference in a lie and the truth.
Chainfire
Apr 2022
#6
Sure he admits he lost, but no because he lost, but because it was rigged for him to lose.
Thomas Hurt
Apr 2022
#7
Omnipresent
(5,722 posts)1. Also...
Tfg could add, I lost the popular vote twice
Zambero
(8,968 posts)2. by 10 million votes 2016 + 2020
Add 'em up Donnie!
Doodley
(9,129 posts)3. Trump says whatever he has to say to get out of a situation. This isn't a change of heart. He still
repeats the big lie.
Docreed2003
(16,876 posts)8. Exactly this
If anyone thinks he would say "I lost" in front of his MAGA cult, I have some oceanfront property in Arizona for them.
Wicked Blue
(5,851 posts)4. Who administered the truth serum? nt
I hope a tape exists, otherwise, Don the Con will just deny he said it.
Chainfire
(17,643 posts)6. I honestly do not believe that Trump knows a difference in a lie and the truth.
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)7. Sure he admits he lost, but no because he lost, but because it was rigged for him to lose.
He is still grifting. He is still blaming others.