The Madman got in on a technicality (and international collusion) and it's absolutely eating him up.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

He cannot stand the fact that more Americans voted against him than for him and his obsession with explaining away that fact is quite telling.

Donald J. Trump ‏@realDonaldTrump · 27m27 minutes ago

I have not heard any of the pundits or commentators discussing the fact that I spent FAR LESS MONEY on the win than Hillary on the loss!


Donald J. Trump ‏@realDonaldTrump · 32m32 minutes ago

I would have done even better in the election, if that is possible, if the winner was based on popular vote - but would campaign differently


Donald J. Trump ‏@realDonaldTrump · 41m41 minutes ago

Campaigning to win the Electoral College is much more difficult & sophisticated than the popular vote. Hillary focused on the wrong states!

Note to Donald: It was possible to do better in your election. You're officially the biggest losingest winner in US Presidential history. Stuff the "historical landslide" bullshit back up your orange ass where it belongs.

[cwydro]

1. I hope people are pointing that out to him,

[yeoman6987]

16. Lol. Yeah right morning joe pointed out it's true he spent less money

I don't remember who but spit!!!!!

[Kingofalldems]

38. What the hell does how much money Trump spent have to do with

the post you responded to? Are you trying to slip that in there, yeoman6987?

[tavernier]

41. Morning joke and the rest of the msm

gave him millions in free publicity and coverage and attention, day after day after day. Their CEO's even pointed that out with much glee.

[HurricaneWarning]

51. I think it was actually 2 billion in free publicity,

but who's counting?

[Maraya1969]

52. What? Did you say someone did a spit take after that comment?

[avebury]

59. With the MSM funding Trump's campaign

of course he didn't have to spend as much money. In fact he was able to channel more campaign dollars into the family coffers.

[rzemanfl]

2. "biggest losingest winner" LOL K&R

Drumpf is making life easy for the writers at SNL.

[kentuck]

3. He's the biggest loser ever...

to claim the presidency.

[Baitball Blogger]

4. Sounds like he's losing it.

[meow2u3]

25. He already lost his marbles

In face, he never had his mind to begin with!

[ailsagirl]

49. I think you're right

[exboyfil]

5. Another nice benefit

Anyone who questions the patriotism of someone who questions the legitimacy of Trump, you have Trump's own words to counter them. Remember his birtherism and calling for a revolt if the popular vote winner does not also win the election.

[Vogon_Glory]

6. Let Him Suffer

Let him suffer.

Donald Frederickovitch won in large part due to hacking by foreign powers, meddling by the FBI, corrupted voter-registration and vote-counting systems, not to mention th electoral college and our sad-sack, irresponsible, lame-stream corporate news media.

A better man would accept that those things happened and then try to show he was worthy of the office he got, regardless of how he got it.

But that's not who and what he is, is it?

[oasis]

7. Trump's final meltdown will be "unpresidented".

Only deplorables would elect such a colossal jerk for their leader.

[iluvtennis]

58. LOL nt

[chelsea0011]

8. 2.1%!!!!!!!!! That's how much he lost the election.....48.2-46.1

Honestly. This was someone getting elected by losing by almost 2.9 million votes. Every vote doesn't count and just because he got plastered in a few states doesn't mean their votes didn't count.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

12. Larger than the entire population of Houston. nt

[BeyondGeography]

9. He will be the most distracted President ever

It'll be like working with a drunk.

[gordianot]

10. Trump reminds me of the old novel The Mouse Who Roared.

A small Duchy in Europe spared the disaster of World War ll declare war in the United States in the hope of losing in order to get money from the Marshall plan. Instead they end up winning the war due to nuclear grapes. Trump is and will be forever the poster child of unintended disastrous consequences.

[JawJaw]

11. Pressure's getting to him before he's even got any responsibility

Careful what you wish for, Twitler!

[3catwoman3]

13. "I spent FAR LESS MONEY..."

Because of all the free airtime the drooling, "Oh, look, shiny object! Trump is breathing!" press gave him, every goddamned minute of every goddamned day.

The same press he now lambasts for having covered him sooooooooo unfairly.

They should have just ignored him completely.

[Frustratedlady]

18. He probably skipped out of paying a lot of the suppliers of services, as well.

I understand he's an expert at that.

[Wounded Bear]

22. He didn't skip paying his own hotels and facilities...

[spooky3]

19. Exactly. And he's not counting PAC money either.

[DetlefK]

14. His Electoral College result is the 13th-worst out of 58 presidential elections.

That means that 77% of all US-Presidents won by larger margins than he did.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

15. You tell him that, and Trump thinks....

....."Historic landslide win!"

Sad thing, it's not a joke. He actually has deluded himself into thinking he had an unpresidented--err, I mean unprecedented--victory of epic proportions, and he'll zone out anyone who dares tell him otherwise.

[Mike Niendorff]

17. Trump's "Margin of Victory" : -2,800,000 votes.

Again : ** -2,800,000 votes **

Shout it from the rooftops.


MDN

[uponit7771]

20. ... and Comey and Voter suppression.

[NewJeffCT]

21. Trumpy - you received over $3 billion in free media coverage

far more than the Clinton campaign spent.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

23. Are you kidding?

My take is that he's completely convinced he won by a landslide, and that millions really did vote illegally. It is NOT eating him up that he won on a "technicality".

He believes he has a mandate to govern however he wishes. All those tweets are just his inner bully coming out.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

24. I think he's got two competing voices screaming at each other in his mind.

One is reality, which isn't very kind to him, but is extremely truthful to him.

The other, a coping mechanism, is his idealized reality where he is the greatest, he is the best, and anyone who dares disagree better get the hell out of his way.

SNL captured it perfectly last week in its skit "Through Donald's Eyes":

https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/through-donalds-eyes/3438964?snl=1

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

27. He has absolutely no inner voice screaming reality at him.

Not at all. He lives in a complete fantasy world of his own. Because he simply makes stuff up, he believes everyone else does also, if he actually thinks anything through to that point, which I sincerely doubt. He has zero introspection, and no conscience whatsoever. He's probably a psychopath or sociopath (can a person be both?) but I hesitate to slap an actual diagnosis on.

[2naSalit]

33. Boy, they sure nailed it on that one! ....nt

[3catwoman3]

26. We should be like old-fashioned...

...itching powder - pick, pick, pick.

Or better yet, a raging case of scabies. We all know Trumplethinskin's emotional dermal covering is so fragile that he is completely incapable of letting even the smallest slight go unaddressed.

Maybe someone should sing "Let It Go" to him on Januarty 20th.

[Roland99]

28. So pathetically petty!

[dae]

29. What a maroon! Maybe he could change his color!

[Lithos]

30. This is a bit of a wasted argument

Cheeto-breath will go ahead and act like he has a mandate no matter what we say or do. George W. did it in 2000, why should Cheeto-breath act differently?

L-

[Fast Walker 52]

32. I think the point is that it goes to his petty character and how this will continue to haunt him

[Lithos]

35. That list will grow

Almost like the chains on Jacob Marley

[Fast Walker 52]

39. haha, good analogy

[Fast Walker 52]

31. The failing Trump image is losing it! Sad!

[coco22]

34. Sore winner...

crying his ass off.

[Puzzler]

36. Sorry for the cussing, but ...

Trump just can't f***ing shut up, can he?

To be honest, I'm quite glad that his Twitter frequency, and pettiness are continuing... 24/7.

Yes, he's obviously going to be making ludicrous statements, no doubt, many about foreign policy. However, since Trump is so utterly incompetent, it's probably far better that foreign countries/powers at least develop a kind of "Trump Deafness". In other words, they'll have to learn fast to largely ignore Trump's rants. And if they don't: we're screwed, but we're screwed already.

Yes, the situation is utterly ridiculous, nevertheless, it's real. But the consequences of Trump remaining much more muted, could be far more dangerous in the long run.

So, yeah Donald, keep Tweeting, anything and everything that comes into your head. And continue to be distracted by everything 24/7... preferably for about the next four years.

-P

[Mc Mike]

37. Tuff sh*t, Sniftler. rec, nt.

[maveric]

40. Ok Donald. Let's have a revote.

We'll see your mandate then. Right?

[DemoTex]

42. Whoa! Heavy on the past conditional subjunctive there, Donnie Boy.

You vapid, atavistic, vainglorious, impotent short-timer.

[NBachers]

43. That's funny, I've been reading the same things here on DU, over and over and over . . .

[briv1016]

44. Runner-up in chief.

[Skittles]

45. FUCK YOU TRUMP, MORE AMERCIANS VOTED FOR HILLARY CLINTON

AND YOU SPENT FAR LESS BECAUSE THE MEDIA YOU DESPISE WAS ALL TOO WILLING TO COVER YOUR FASCIST ASS FOR FREE

[11 Bravo]

46. And it's fucking eating his saggy ass UP!

[Raine]

47. Trump is such a whiny crybaby, waaa waaa waaa

go suck your thumb you baby!

[keepthemhonestO]

48. Election was stolen

based on that and in retrospect the fact that he was spending hardly any money, makes me think. He knew he could win without spending money? Why? He knew someone was going to cheat for him. I am a very frugal person also, and if I know I can get something without spending money on it. I won't spend a dime.

[joanbarnes]

50. Clue: The Powers do not like the one who spends less money. just sayin'

[Feeling the Bern]

53. The Fame Industrial Complex created this Attention Junkie!

[MFM008]

54. isnt it great

its so obvious its burning his ass.
I could have won it if i wanted to.
ROF.
LMFAO.

[AwakeAtLast]

55. PERFECT SONG CHOICE!

[napi21]

56. f The otther thing they aren't talking about is the FREE TV TIME he got in comparrison to how

much Hillary of Bernie got. I blame the media and ALL THAT FREE FACE TIME for getting the Con elected far more that Russia or Comey!

[Doitnow]

57. DITTO

I really can't decide which I think caused trump to "win," all the media time he got or all the voter suppression that went on. In any case, the whole Rethuglican party should be labeled with Lying, Cheating and Stealing. Instead of R next to their name, they should have LCS. And everyone ought not ever put the word, President near his name.