Accept the Loss. Stop the Firing Squad. Fight for 2028.
At his first post-midterm appearance, President Trump said he "couldn't transfer the love" and still owns the Iran call. Conservatives who want the White House back need a kitchen-table message, not a circular blame game.
By Clara Hughes
President Donald Trump's first public appearance after Democrats captured the House and Senate was not a campaign autopsy. It was a ceremony to raise the final steel beam for the White House ballroom, Fox News and CBS News reported Wednesday. He talked construction first. The election came up when reporters asked. "If I were on the ballot, we would have won," Trump said, according to Fox News. "You saw the people that were packed. Thousands and thousands of people at every rally. And if I was on the ballot, we would have won." Then the harder line: "You couldn't transfer that love. There was such love at those rallies. It was incredible. And, we weren't able to transfer the love to candidates." That is a loss diagnosed honestly. It is not a plan for 2028. Keep reading with Altas Premium. Below: what Trump said about Iran and gasoline, why the circular