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Donald Trump: “The election was rigged.”

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ABC News Exclusive: President Trump's First 100 Days of Second Term

Published April 30, 2025 | Video Starts at 39:44

We have a country that was failing. We have a country that was left out all over the world. We had a leader that was grossly incompetent. He should have never been there. The election was rigged. He should have never been there. Our country suffered greatly, and now our country is coming back like nobody can believe. I have editorials just today where they're saying they've never seen anything like it. (39:44–39:46)

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Claims the election was rigged.

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“We were losing a trillion and a half to $2 trillion a year.”
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“Eggs are down 87% since I got involved.”
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“They were making from us $1 trillion a year.”
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“Biden allowed 21 million people to flow into our country.”
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“The jails of Venezuela [were] emptied into the United States.”
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“Probably close to 5,000 young soldiers a week of being killed, Russian and Ukrainian.”
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“They were allowing people to come in from prisons, as you know, and you've heard me say it, but you've heard a lot of people say it…”
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“They were emptying their prisons into our country, and now it's totally closed down.”
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“Just yesterday they announced 99.9%.”
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“I had massive tariffs on China, if you remember, in my first term. And we had essentially no inflation, like around 1% inflation.”
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“Gasoline hit $1.98 in a few states during the last couple of days.”
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“China probably will eat those tariffs, but at 145, they basically can't do much business with the United States.”
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“We had the worst inflation probably in the history of our country.”
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“I follow the law.”
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“That's a war that would have never happened if I were president.”
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