Donald Trump said the Trumpiest thing possible about the election

As votes rolled in from throughout the nation Tuesday night, Donald Trump stated something really extraordinary when inquired about just how much credit or blame he must get for the election results.

” I believe if they win, I must get all of the credit, and if they lose, I must not be blamed at all,” Trump told NewsNation, including: “However it will most likely be simply the opposite.”.

Yes, he actually stated that. And, no, he wasn’t joking. He would, rather just, like to have his cake and consume it, too.

In Trump’s world, all good ideas are the direct outcome of his action while all bad things are absolutely another person’s fault. He is permanently informing himself a story in which he is the permanently hero– combating the losers and the haters who are dragging him down.

Case in point, this tweet from Maggie Haberman of the New York City Times:.

” Trump is undoubtedly furious today, especially about Mehmet Oz, and is blaming everybody who recommended him to back Oz– including his better half, explaining it as not her finest choice, according to individuals near to him.”

It was his better half’s fault!

The information inform a various story.

Trump was seen positively by simply 39% of citizens, according to the exit ballot, while 58% saw him in an undesirable light. Those numbers put him listed below Joe Biden (41% favorable/56% undesirable).

And there are other numbers in the exit ballot that recommend Trump was a drag on Republican prospects. Practically 1 in 3 (28%) of citizens stated that there vote was to send out a message of opposition to the previous president– and they voted 90% -8% for Democrats in your house. Simply 16% stated their vote was a method to support Trump,.

Aside from the exit survey numbers, there’s proof of Donald Trump’s finger prints all over this election– and not in a great way. He backed prospects in gubernatorial races in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Illinois and Michigan who all lost convincingly as they had a hard time to establish a winning basic election message. (In the Arizona guv’s race, election denier– and Trump endorsee– Kari Lake tracks although there is still a substantial variety of tallies delegated count.).

On the Senate side, Trump’s record was a little much better. While Oz lost in Pennsylvania, his backed prospects won in North Carolina and Ohio. In Georgia, the race in between Herschel Walker and Sen. Raphael Warnock is prematurely to call. Ditto the Arizona Senate race in between Trump-backed Blake Masters and Sen. Mark Kelly. And Nevada, where Adam Laxalt, who had the Trump recommendation, leads Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto.

However, it’s an extremely combined record. And not one that Trump can take credit for while preventing blame.