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spanone

(135,827 posts)
Tue Apr 4, 2017, 06:50 PM Apr 2017

Trump just can't quit the 2016 campaign talk



(CNN)Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election 147 days ago. He remains fixated on his win -- and the fact no one saw it coming.

Speaking at the 2017 North America's Building Trades Unions National Legislative Conference in Washington months after Election Day, Trump regaled the assembled union members with the story about his unlikely victory, something he has done at countless speeches before.

"They would say, 'There's no way to 270. You need 270. There's no way to 270.' I heard that so much. For a year, I kept saying maybe I shouldn't be running," Trump said, before ticking through the states he won, including unexpected victories in Michigan and Wisconsin.

"They came out of the blue, and we didn't even need them -- and we love those two states -- because we won the state of Pennsylvania. And we won Ohio and Iowa and North Carolina and South Carolina and Florida, and so many others," he said, to cheers.


http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/04/politics/trump-unions-speech-2016-win/index.html
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Eliot Rosewater

(31,109 posts)
1. Didnt win those states, russians fixed it. But regardless of that,
Tue Apr 4, 2017, 06:52 PM
Apr 2017

the reason he cant accept his win and move on is he is a man-child who knows Hillary beat him.

Ilsa

(61,694 posts)
2. They're already over it, saying, "what's 270?"
Tue Apr 4, 2017, 06:53 PM
Apr 2017

Of course, maybe he'll slip up and thank Vlad for his help in western PA, Michigan, etc.

spanone

(135,827 posts)
3. the fact that 'nobody saw it coming' is something you might not want to say over & over, donnie
Tue Apr 4, 2017, 06:54 PM
Apr 2017

Ilsa

(61,694 posts)
5. I think his ego, narcissism, and dementia will overcome
Tue Apr 4, 2017, 07:01 PM
Apr 2017

any remaining good sense. He'll implicate himself, Jr., Ivanka, and many in his administration.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
4. Jesus Christ on a Cracker!
Tue Apr 4, 2017, 06:57 PM
Apr 2017

Put a damn cork in it you imbecile! We have heard enough from your fat, flabby, bloviating lips. Just STFU about the election. It's OVER!

unblock

(52,202 posts)
7. a failing president desperate to talk about his only political win.
Tue Apr 4, 2017, 07:28 PM
Apr 2017

seriously, he's won absolutely nothing since the election, unless you count the race to the bottom.

malaise

(268,949 posts)
8. He stole it
Tue Apr 4, 2017, 07:30 PM
Apr 2017

Guilt is killing him - mommy dearest is haunting him - ready to send him off to military school

justhanginon

(3,290 posts)
10. Trump knows that he is clueless at running this country and
Tue Apr 4, 2017, 07:38 PM
Apr 2017

he also knows that the smart lady in the pants suit would have taken over on day one and competently set up a working administration. She would have filled the many staff positions with professionals in their field and the country would be running smoothly. He knows this crapfest that he has begun will never approach the competency that is both expected and required of the president of the United States.

JenniferJuniper

(4,511 posts)
11. You won shit, you rat bastard traitor
Tue Apr 4, 2017, 08:26 PM
Apr 2017

and it is my greatest hope that I live long enough to see you die in prison.

Initech

(100,064 posts)
14. I hope the day comes when these rat bastards will finally see jail cells.
Tue Apr 4, 2017, 09:00 PM
Apr 2017

But the sad reality is nothing happens to these motherfuckers. Not a god damn thing. They'll get a slap on the wrist and sent to white collar resort prison.

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