Trump didn't say he became president because of the 2024 election was 'rigged' - Poynter

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : " A video attached to the post -- which originated as an X post that had tallied nearly 8 million views on that platform by March 10 -- showed Trump seated in the Oval Office speaking as a man stood nearby.
50% : Trump was speaking in the Oval Office March 7 alongside FIFA President Gianni Infantino as they announced a White House task force that will oversee preparations for the 2025 Club World Cup and the 2026 World Cup.
35% : A March 9 Instagram post with more than 15,500 likes said, "Yesterday, March 7th 2025, here is Trump saying verbatim 'They rigged the election, and I became President.'
35% : That was quite a ... quite an achievement for both of us, so I'll be president during the World Cup, and during the Olympics..." We found other social media posts sharing the video along with similar claims that it showed Trump confessing to taking office following a fraudulent election.
32% : "It was so sad, because I said, 'Can you imagine I'm not going to be president, and that's too bad,'" Trump said in the clip.
10% : Trump was referring to the 2020 election, which he lost to former President Joe Biden, and which he has falsely and relentlessly claimed was rigged If fact-checkers were referees, we might show a yellow card over social media posts that claim to show President Donald Trump confessing to rigging the 2024 election as he talked about the World Cup.

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