Trump Still Convinced 2024 Election Was Rigged—Even Though He Won
In the latest twist to the ongoing saga of American electoral drama, former President Donald Trump has once again taken to social media to declare that the 2024 election was "totally rigged," despite, well, *him* being the one who won. The announcement has sparked confusion, intrigue, and a somewhat baffled sense of déjà vu among political analysts, who are still trying to process how someone can win an election and simultaneously insist it was stolen from them.
"It's just unbelievable," Trump said, speaking from his lavish Mar-a-Lago estate, where he has apparently been working on "deep state" conspiracy theories full-time. "They rigged the 2024 election like no one has ever seen before. It was totally rigged, and let me tell you, nobody knows rigging better than I do. Nobody. And I won, I won bigly—but it was still rigged!"
To the uninitiated, this statement may seem contradictory at best, self-sabotaging at worst. However, Trump’s logic (if it can be called that) is, of course, a finely tuned machine of paradoxes, each more impressive than the last.
A New Frontier in Election Denial
In a development that defies the laws of political physics, Trump’s complaint is not that he lost—*he* didn’t lose—but that his victory was somehow invalidated by nefarious actors. This marks a new frontier in election denial: the **"I won, but it was still rigged"** school of thought. It’s a sentiment that may baffle the general public, but resonates deeply with his base, who have come to accept that logic is merely an obstacle to be overcome on the path to greatness.
Political strategists have been scrambling to understand how this could be possible. "Typically, when a candidate wins an election, they express joy or satisfaction," said historian and political analyst Susan Conover. "But what we have here is a new form of psychological warfare, where the winner is trapped in an endless loop of grievance, forever convinced the process was an elaborate fraud. It's as if he's running for president in the *upside-down world* where victory is synonymous with victimhood."
The Rigging Was "Big," “Tremendous”
In a rambling interview on Fox News, Trump elaborated on his belief that the 2024 election was manipulated on an epic scale. “Look, I’ve had people tell me, *'Mr. Trump, sir, you’re the president, you won, there’s no fraud, the election was fair'*. But I know the truth,” he explained, pacing around his private library of oversized, gilded books. “The rigging was *huge*. It was huge, it was tremendous. And I can tell you, nobody knows how to rig elections better than me. Nobody does. It’s almost like I rigged it for myself, but even I can’t outsmart the Deep State, you know?”
Trump’s supporters are reportedly thrilled by his ongoing insistence that he won despite the rigging. "Look, we all knew the election was going to be rigged, we just didn’t know *how*," said Joe DeLuca, a Trump supporter from West Virginia. "But the man *still won*. That’s what makes him a true patriot. Rigged or not, he did it. That’s why we’re behind him. He’s our fighter, even when he’s fighting the system that’s giving him everything he wanted in the first place.”
Indeed, for many of Trump’s most ardent followers, his statement is a kind of poetic justice. They do not see a paradox, but rather the continuing struggle of a misunderstood genius who, in their eyes, is simply too powerful for the world to handle.
Fact-Checking? Not in Trump's Vocabulary
Despite the overwhelming evidence of his win—including a landslide in several battleground states, exit polls, and the congratulatory messages from heads of state worldwide—Trump has continued to promote the unfounded notion that the system is rigged against him. His supporters have also gone into full denial mode, dismissing any contradictory facts as part of an elaborate scheme to discredit him.
"We’ve all seen the fake news, the media lies, the reports that say Trump won fairly," said Sandra Jenkins, a longtime Trump supporter. "But come on, do you really trust anything the so-called experts say? Of course the election was rigged—it had to be. No one wins like Trump unless something’s going on behind the scenes."
And so, the battle rages on. Trump’s message to the American people? Trust no one except him. "I know what’s going on. I *feel* it," Trump continued. "I’ve had people telling me, ‘Oh, Mr. Trump, there’s no evidence,’ and I say, ‘What evidence do you need? I won! And that proves it was rigged!’"
The Deep State Conspiracy… Explained
Trump’s victory, for all its conventionality, has nonetheless inspired some creative conspiracy theories. In his latest address to his supporters, Trump claimed that his success was only possible because of the Deep State's incredibly sophisticated efforts to make it look like a fair election. "Do you think I would’ve won without them allowing me to win? They want me to win, but they want it to look like I didn’t. So they rigged it. They let me win, but they rigged it, because they knew it would get people talking. And that’s the art of the deal.”
Some political analysts are positing that this new narrative is a way for Trump to preemptively explain any future challenges to his presidency. "By claiming the election was rigged in his favor, Trump is preparing a rhetorical battlefield in which every action he takes is not only justifiable, but preordained by forces beyond his control,” said Dr. Margaret McElroy, a political psychologist. "It’s genius, really—a kind of inverse victimhood, where power is maintained by constantly pointing to an unseen adversary."
The Media's Role in the Rigging
For Trump, no story about the rigging would be complete without assigning blame to the media, whom he has consistently accused of unfairly influencing public opinion and misrepresenting facts. "The media was *totally* in on it,” Trump stated in an interview with Newsmax. “They wanted me to win, they just didn’t want you to know that they wanted me to win. So they rigged it. They made me look good, they made me look bad, but in the end, I’m *the winner*."
This version of events raises new questions about how media outlets, particularly conservative ones, were complicit in manipulating the election in Trump’s favor while simultaneously disparaging his victory. It’s a delicate balance that only a mind like Trump’s could navigate—both embracing and condemning the very system that helped him win.
How the Rest of America Is Responding
The response from the broader American electorate has been a mix of bewilderment and resignation. Some are simply tired of the endless claims of fraud. "I just don’t know how to process this anymore," said Diane Nguyen, a moderate Democrat. "He’s literally admitting he won and still says it was rigged. It’s like living in an alternate reality, but we’re all stuck in it together."
Meanwhile, independents who had hoped the election would signal a return to normalcy are now grappling with the realization that normalcy, at least where Trump is concerned, is a mirage. "I voted for him because I thought it was over, that he’d accept his victory and move on," said Carl Foster, an independent voter from Ohio. "But now it’s just endless reruns of the same show. It’s like a Netflix series that’s gone on for too long and nobody knows how to cancel it."
What’s Next for Trump?
As we enter the first year of Trump’s second term, questions loom about what direction the former president will take with his ever-evolving narrative. Will he continue to claim his victory was part of a rigged plot? Will he demand a recount of a recount? And what will happen if the Deep State gets wind of these new theories?
Only time will tell, but one thing is certain: the 2024 election, though *settled*, is far from over in the minds of Trump and his supporters.
As for the rest of the nation? Well, they’ll just have to sit back, relax, and enjoy the show—after all, when the victor believes the game was rigged, you can’t help but wonder: is this the greatest trick ever pulled, or just a confusing political circus of existential questions and one man’s quest for total control?
As Trump himself likes to say: "It’s going to be *yuge*!"
