US EditionTrump tells lie after lie during National Prayer Breakfast: I needed this for my ‘ego’
- President Donald Trump at the National Prayer Breakfast yesterday said `They rigged the second election` and admitted he needed the win for his ego.
- Since returning to office a year ago, Trump has directed the Department of Justice toward efforts tied to rewriting the 2020 result, amid FBI searches of Fulton County on Jan 28 and last week.
- Trump has also proposed nationalising elections and claimed past popular-vote victories, while saying `They rigged the second election`, prompting laughter.
- The speech immediately drew criticism and stoked concern about midterm interference, with some Republicans pushing back and the White House saying Trump did not intervene in 2025 off-year elections.
- Courts and records counter Trump's fraud claims as dozens of courts rejected challenges and official tallies show popular-vote gaps of nearly 2.9 million and about 7 million against him.
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President Trump acknowledges that his desire to win at the polls in 2020 was motivated by his personal ego
The Independent
The Independent (US)Trump goes on bizarre tangents in National Prayer Breakfast speech
Washington, United States. U.S. President Donald Trump, who was twice elected to the highest office in the country, but still refuses to acknowledge his defeat in 2020, said Thursday that he needed to win at the polls to satisfy his ego. “They made the second choice. I had to win it. I had to win it. I needed it for my own ego,” said the Republican during a speech at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, an annual event held in February t…
The Straits Times
Free Malaysia Today NewsTrump says he needs election wins to feed ‘own ego’
Mr Trump still refuses to concede his 2020 defeat. Read more at straitstimes.com.
'I really have a big ego': Trump stuns Prayer Breakfast crowd with ego confession, casts doubt on this 2016 vote result
President Trump appeared at the 74th National Prayer Breakfast on Feb. 5, 2026, and took the opportunity to dredge up old grudges about past elections while dropping a new piece of misinformation: He actually won the popular vote in 2016. While doing so, he also admitted his primary priority is his own ego. Trump said, “They rigged the second election,” meaning 2020, and the baseless claim that he won. Then, referring to 2024, he added, “I had t…
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