Trump is met with silence from GOP audience after complaining about being the most 'persecuted' person in American history

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Trump's statement came at the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit in Florida.

"Certainly, there's been no politician or president treated like I've been treated," he said.

On Friday, the former president spoke at a rally in Arizona where he was met with boos.

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Former President Donald Trump says no one in American history has been as persecuted as he has.

"A friend of mine once said that I was the most persecuted person in the history of our country," he said at the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit in Tampa, Florida, on Saturday. "I never thought of it that way. I never had time. I was always fighting these people that were trying to persecute me."

He doubled down: "I didn't have time to think about getting persecuted because I was fighting persecution," continuing to add, "Certainly, there's been no politician or president treated like I've been treated."

His remarks came after an introductory video montage and "God Bless the USA" by Lee Greenwood played. As fire blasted from the stage, Trump entered, tossed out "TRUMP WAS RIGHT" hats, and was greeted by a room full of cheers.

On Friday, the former president also spoke at a rally in Arizona where he was met with boos over his endorsement of Eli Crane, an Arizona GOP congressional candidate.

"But you like me, right?" Trump said before a small giggle.

DickySchmidt33 on July 24th, 2022 at 12:19 UTC »

In a just world Donald Trump would have received less than 1% of the vote in the 2016 primaries and would have been booed off the stage for being a hateful racist asshole.

B0SS_H0GG on July 24th, 2022 at 11:58 UTC »

The ONLY thing this twat has ever done, is exaggerate his success and complain about unfairness to him.

He is the definition of loser.

mahnamahna27 on July 24th, 2022 at 11:56 UTC »

"Certainly, there's been no politician or president treated like I've been treated."

I assume he isn't including the four presidents who were shot and killed? Oh wait, he said certainly.