First things first: Donald Trump, who placed second in last night’s Iowa caucus, lost. And by his own political calculus, that makes him a loser for the evening and a loser in Iowa. So Trump lost and is a loser. Glad we could clear that up because it may come in handy later.
Last night, shortly after the results were posted and it became clear that Ted Cruz had won Iowa for the Republicans, the Donald took the stage and made a halfway decent concession speech. Take a look:
For a moment there, Trump was almost magnanimous and humble, two things he has never been known to excel at. But then he woke up this morning and took to his computer, where he tweeted out this:
My experience in Iowa was a great one. I started out with all of the experts saying I couldn't do well there and ended up in 2nd place. Nice
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 2, 2016
See what he’s trying to do there? He wants to spin a loss into a kind of victory, but as we all know, if you’re in second place, that just makes you the first place loser, and Trump lost Iowa.
Next we get the rationalizations and justifications for why Trump lost, and the first one goes a little something like this:
Because I was told I could not do well in Iowa, I spent very little there – a fraction of Cruz & Rubio. Came in a strong second. Great honor
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 2, 2016
Great honor to lose? Uh…no. Losing is what losers do, as Trump has said on thousands of occasions. So he is a loser who lost in Iowa and will lose again in other states. At times he will lose badly. But here we have Trump’s third attempt to do damage control:
The media has not covered my long-shot great finish in Iowa fairly. Brought in record voters and got second highest vote total in history!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 2, 2016
Yes, and Ted Cruz, whom Trump maintains is not even an American citizen, got the highest vote total in history! So why isn’t Trump tipping his cap to Cruz? Because he has no concept of how to act when you lose, which he did in Iowa. I repeat, TRUMP LOST IN IOWA.
Then a few minutes later Trump goes back to the keyboard and sends out this bit of spoiled tripe:
I will be talking about my wonderful experience in Iowa and the simultaneous unfair treatment by the media-later in New Hampshire. Big crowd
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 2, 2016
Now he’s gone from denial and rationalization to blame for the media. Gotta be their fault he LOST. Yep, he’s still a loser.
Finally, we get this from the Hamster Headed One:
I don't believe I have been given any credit by the voters for self-funding my campaign, the only one. I will keep doing, but not worth it!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 2, 2016
He wants credit for self-funding? Can we also give him credit and praise for being a massive dillhole who is a discredit to the human race? Because this loser cannot admit the most basic fact about Iowa: He lost.
Donald, you’re a loser. Last night, today, and tomorrow. You lost, you loser, so just deal with it.
This article was originally published by the same author at BipartisanReport.com.