Donald Trump on Wednesday morning acknowledged that his campaign may have needed a more robust operation in Iowa, noting that he only recently learned what the term “ground game” means.
“I think we could’ve used a better ground game, a term I wasn’t even familiar with. You know, when you hear ‘ground game,’ you say, ‘What the hell is that?’ Now I’m familiar with it,” Trump said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” when asked if his campaign needed better organization to win in Iowa.
“I think in retrospect we should’ve had a better ground game, I would’ve funded a better ground game,” he continued. “But people told me my ground game was fine. And I think by most standards it was.”
Trump came in second place in the Iowa caucus, despite polls showing he had a good chance of winning the state.
At the beginning of his Wednesday interview on “Morning Joe,” it seemed Trump was not thrilled to talk about his second place finish.
“So let’s talk about Iowa. What happened?” “Morning Joe” co-host Mika Brzezinski asked Trump.
After a long pause, Trump simply responded, “OK.”
The hosts then asked if Trump could hear them, and he said he could.
When asked again what happened in Iowa, Trump responded, “Well, I think I did well there,” adding that he could have done better if he “did a little more work there.”
“The caucus system is a complex system that I was never familiar with,” the Republican presidential candidate continued. “I mean, I was never involved with the caucus system. Don’t forget, Joe, I’m doing this for the first time. I’m like a rookie. And I’m learning fast, and I do learn fast.”
Watch the interview via MSNBC:
unfortunately Donnie now thinks that ‘ground game’ means anything you shoot yourself and then grind into hamburger patties…
"I think we could’ve used a better ground game, a term I wasn’t even familiar with. You know, when you hear ‘ground game,’ you say, ‘What the hell is that?
“But people told me my ground game was fine. And I think by most standards it was.”
Its means hard physical work you freaking idiot. You treated Iowa like flyover country and they crapped on you. Get used to it clown boy.
Thought you said you were surrounding yourself with the best, Drumpf.
Well, not by the standard of how many votes you got, you stupid ape.