U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he departs Joint Base Andrews for the United States Coast Guard Academy in Connecticut, in Maryland, U.S., May 20, 2026. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
President Donald Trump spoke to reporters at Joint Base Andrews on Wednesday morning.
One reporter asked about Israel, and Trump touted his popularity there and said Benjamin Netanyahu "will do whatever I tell him to do." He then teased the idea of running for prime minister in Israel after he leaves the U.S. presidency.
Spencer Pratt, a Trump ally, is running for mayor of Los Angeles, and Trump championed his candidacy before complaining about "a really rigged vote in California."
"I'd like to see him do well. He's a character. I assume he probably supports me...I heard he's a big MAGA person. He's doing well, I don't know! You have a rigged vote out there, that's the problem," said Trump.
"You have all the mail-in ballots. Everything else. It's very hard to win because the elections are very dishonest. If we had Jesus Christ come down and count the votes, I would have won California because I do great with Hispanics. But it's a rigged vote. They said 38 million votes — nobody knows where they're going, of course, to Democrats ... Disproportinate, Democrats get many more votes. Some of them get eight cards and Republicans have to call in, 'where's my card?'" he continued.
Trump was presumably talking about the mail-in ballots when he was talking about the "cards."
Computer engineer Furkan Gözükara called it "Absolutely delusion. ... The US President fabricates a massive conspiracy, hallucinating Democrats get 8-ballots each. His fragile ego refuses to accept reality."
"Trump lost California by 20 points in 2024 and 29 points in 2020," recalled White House correspondent for USA Today, Joey Garrison.
Others cracked up, saying that Jesus would never lie for Trump.
Another blasted CSPAN for running the video live on its air, saying they should cut from the feed to provide a real-time fact-check of the president's false claims about California elections.
Fact-checker Daniel Dale commented, "Truly bananas claim President Trump has made on multiple occasions. He lost California by 30 points in 2016 (more than 4 million votes), 29 points in 2020 (more than 5 million votes) and 20 points in 2024 (more than 3 million votes). Votes are counted accurately in every state."
TRUMP: I think Ken Paxton will win. And I think he'll go on to defeat a very defective candidate, a candidate that believes in six genders. And he he takes hits at Jesus Christ. And he's wearing a mask. And he's a vegan. You can't get elected as a vegan in Texas. pic.twitter.com/PlsZB2h7hq
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