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[–] kinkles@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Not trying to defend him but he might be referring to the “rigged” 2020 election again. Because he talks about it with every other breath.

[–] PineRune@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, with his senile mind it seems like he was trying to say that the Dems lost this one because they rigged the last one, and it all came out in one jumbled sentence.

[–] suburban_hillbilly@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Posts like this are what give Trump credibility among the people who want to believe. You're validating his complaints about persecution and fake news by stretching the truth well beyond breaking. Even in his typically incoherent state it's clear enough that he's talking about his opposition in 2020.

And worse, you're doing it for no reason. The guy does more than enough damnable, vile shit without needing any of this. Stop it.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I wouldn’t say that he “admitted” it so much as he “said” it, or to be more precise, he “bullshitted” it. I could “admit” that I’m a giraffe, but that don’t make it so.

He won the election, and no amount of BlueAnon conspiracy theory can change that.

[–] GreatBlueHeron@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I wouldn't say he admitted it either. I'd say he's bragging about it.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago

He may even believe in his heart that he won by rigging the election.

I’d say he rigged it fair and square. He rigged it in the traditional way that bourgeois elections are. Even before Trump entered politics, well-respected studies have shown that this is an oligarchy, not a democracy.

[–] PanArab@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

In my culture we believe if you mock other people for their deficiencies or imperfections you will be cursed with the same in yourself or your descendants.

Maybe mocking all other countries over their imperfect elections brought upon this tribulation? Perhaps some humility and humanity towards other nations going forward can remove this.