Trump gets ready to play midterm blowout blame game

[DonViejo]

In public the president says the 2018 election is about him. In private, he talks about pointing the finger after likely Democratic gains.

By GABBY ORR and DANIEL LIPPMAN 10/22/2018 05:02 AM EDT

At his rallies, President Donald Trump argues that the midterms are about one person — Donald Trump. “Get out in 2018,” Trump told a crowd in Missouri last month, “because you’re voting for me!” Privately, the president says the exact opposite.

According to two people familiar with the conversations, Trump is distancing himself from a potential Republican thumping on Election Day. He’s telling confidants that he doesn’t see the midterms as a referendum on himself, describing his 2020 reelection bid as “the real election.” And he says that he holds House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell responsible for protecting their congressional majorities.

According to one person with knowledge of these talks, Trump has said of Ryan and McConnell: “These are their elections … and if they screw it up, it’s not my fault.”

Other sources said Trump is sure to lash out at perhaps his favorite bogeyman of all — the media — for allegedly opposing him.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/22/trump-midterms-blame-republicans-921782

[duforsure]

1. Con artists are all very well versed

In excuses and lying to make themselves out anytime they lose as the victims again. This will be no different with liars trump and cruz.