Donald Trump on Tuesday evening said that his decision to boycott the latest Republican presidential debate hosted by Fox News may have cost him votes in Iowa.
“It could’ve been with the debate. I think some people were disappointed that I didn’t go in the debate,” Trump told reporters at a campaign event in New Hampshire while discussing his second place finish in the Iowa caucus.
But the real estate mogul does not regret his decision.
“If I had to do it again, I would have done the exact same thing. And the reason is — do you know why? Because I raised $6 million for the vets in one hour,” he said. “So if I took a second place instead of a first place and could give the vets $6 million dollars, I’ll do that all day long.”
He also lamented that the amount of attention Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) has received after he finished third in the Iowa caucus.
“People didn’t talk about my second place. They didn’t talk about it as positively as they should’ve,” Trump said. “And yet with Marco, who was more than 2,000 votes behind me — that’s a lot of votes, by the way — they said, ‘Oh, he’s surging. He’s surging.'”
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Whiny and self-justifying; but in this case he’s not wrong.
I wonder if Trump is suffering from episodes of manic self-aggrandizement- even for him, though, there might be a point where he pushes it too far.
I can think of a lot of reasons why Trump would have lost. Skipping the debate is low on the list.
No, just the people saying they’d vote for the single percent folks realized only the top three stood any chance at all of getting elected and the ones that say they’ll vote for you are all talk and no action.
Maybe he will do better in states with lower education levels. Whatever. Losers make huuuuge excuses.
A pompous ass with a pompadour hair.