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I think he’s just trying to further establish the (false) narrative that elections (past, present, and future) in this country are rigged to destablize law and order.
Look, even if Trump comes out and says, “I/Musk/Mussolini directly rigged the 2024 election and Harris is the rightful winner,” it’s not true. The guy lies for the sake of lying. It doesn’t make it any better if we like the narrative.
There is no evidence the 2024 election was rigged, just like there was no evidence in 2020. The cold, hard truth is that this asshole won. This idiot is whom we collectively voted for, and this idiot is what we got. Everything else he says is just bluster meant to grab headlines and distract from what he’s really doing: writing shitty executive orders, and likely soon to be followed by signing off on shittier laws.
No there are just that many pieces of shit in America that will vote for the ultimate piece of shit.
This is not a clip of Trump admitting he or his team rigged the 2024 election, it’s willful misconstrual by whoever posted this bullshit clip. This is disinformation and should be taken down.
… did you watch the clip?
Yes, I did. Trump admittedly has trouble forming cogent sentences, but you have to be be be engaging in wishful thinking to think he’s admitting to rigging the election.
Judging from the downvotes, I guess there are a lot of lemmings that are that pathetic.
to be fair (not that Trump really deserves the benefit of the doubt at this point), the clip doesnt really make it clear if he’s saying they rigged the 2024 election in his favor, or if he’s referring again to his conspiracy theories that the 2020 election was rigged against him (with the implication being that he was “supposed” to win the 2020 one and therefore would have been ineligible to run for the 2024-2028 term)
Yeah Trump is a massive douche - but this wasn’t him saying they rigged the election. You can tell he’s saying that in his first term he was sad he wouldn’t be president in 2026, but then accused his opponents of rigging the 2020 election, then saying he won in 2024 so he’ll be president in 2026.
Again, Trump is a massive douche. I hate that I even have to come across as defending him here. I’m just saying this fuckknuckle has done enough real shit that we don’t need to focus on shit that isn’t real.
He explicitly says the words, "and then they rigged the election, and now I’m your president.’ Just watch the clip. Dunno why he keeps saying stuff like this, but it’s not like the clip was edited.
You really think the “they” he’s referring to is himself or his team? No, he was referring to the Democrats, he just has trouble forming grammatical sentences.
I try not to watch anything that has this man speaking.
he just has trouble forming grammatical sentences.
Not the defense you think it is.
Not meant as a defense of him.
You know it’s too bad, one was in 2026 and one was in 2028, and I said “I won’t be there I won’t be your President”, but then they rigged the election, and now we won so I’m going to be your President for the Olympics, and for the World Cup.
I watched the clip. Anyone who thinks he’s admitting to rigging the election is really reaching for something that just ain’t true. Apparently Lemmy likes its alternative facts fantasies too.
I transcribed the pertinent portion of the video, did I leave any relevant context out? Is this another of those he’s just saying things? Or perhaps “Democrats” are the they that did the rigging, letting Trump win? Whatever, I’m not going to give it any more thought. The text is there, as accurately as I could hear it. He said it, but if you think the man is incapable of admitting to anything just by saying it, then that’s fair.
I mean I hate Trump as much as anyone, and I do believe they willfully influenced the election using a number of illegal tactics.
That being said, he’s deliberately intending to make a joke here. Why? Because it normalizes the talk about Republican election interference so if anyone brings it up legitimately they can call it a joke.
Normalize Luigi talk, and the attempt took Trump’s ear. It’s funny, ya know?
He’s saying they (not Trump) rigged the previous election for Biden.
Why would he be referring to them rigging the previous election when talking about events in 2026 and 2028?
Because if he’d won last time, he wouldn’t be able to be reelected for this term and as such wouldn’t be president for those things.
lmao I’m dumb, thanks for clarifying haha
Ok, Trump is a piece of shit and I’m not one to jump on the “uh, it was totally a joke!” train. That said…
He said he wouldn’t be president in 2026 or 2028 in a conversation that occurred in his 2017-2021 term. His “then they rigged the election” comment is ambiguous, sure, but I think there’s a very reasonable argument that he’s saying “then the Democrats [or whoever] rigged the 2020 election so my second term is delayed 4 years”
There is PLENTY wrong with what he said there, but I really don’t think “I won by rigging the 2024 election” hits the mark this time. We lost. It fucking sucks, but for the love of God don’t let us stoop to the “stolen election” level without even a half-baked bit of evidence.
I can’t say with certainty they rigged it but I do wish there was more investigation done considering how involved Elongated Muskrat was with the voting tech
For sure. But this… This is really one of those nothingburgers to borrow a phrase from season 1
Then why not investigate to prove it?
I hate dictator Trump as much as the next guy, but what he’s saying here is ‘they rigged the election in 2020, but now that means I get to host the Olympics during this term’. He’s just keeping up the lie about how he lost to Biden
What the actual fuck 🤦
“haha, he’s just messing guys, he’s just joking with you, haha like he ever means anything he says hahah, you snowflakes, he triggered you, haha, so easy haha”
Umm WTF