The Daily Populous Wednesday March 12nd, 2025 morning edition
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Claim: During a news conference with FIFA President Gianni Infantino in March 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump said, "They rigged the election, and I became president." Rating: About this rating Correct Attribution Context Although the footage is unaltered and the quote is authentic, it's unclear whether Trump was referring to the 2020 or 2024 presidential election.

In March 2025, a video of U.S. President Donald Trump allegedly stating, "They rigged the election, and I became president," circulated on the internet, with many claiming that he was referring to the 2020 election, which Trump lost to former President Joe Biden, as opposed to the 2024 election, as some users appeared to allege.

The claim that Trump made the remark spread across multiple platforms, including Instagram (archived), Bluesky (archived) and X (archived).

The video is authentic. The circulated clip is from a news conference on March 7, 2025, during which Trump met with International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) President Gianni Infantino to sign an executive order establishing a White House task force on the FIFA World Cup 2026 event. Cities across Canada and Mexico, as well as the U.S., will host.

Beginning at minute 2:46, Trump said:

I love what he said, like three Super Bowls a day for a month. That's what it is. That's really amazing when you think of it. I've never heard that expression. That's a lot. You know when we made this [plan] it was made during my term, my first term, and it was so sad because they said, 'Can you imagine? I'm [you're] not going to be president. And that's too bad.' And what happened is, they rigged the election, and I became president. So that was a good thing, that was a good thing, that was quite an achievement for both of us. So I'll be president during the World Cup.

Although the clip is unaltered and the quote in question is authentic, Trump did not specify whether he was referring to the 2020 or 2024 presidential election.

Ninjorp on March 11st, 2025 at 18:57 UTC »

Add that to him thanking Elon for fixing those voting machines in Pennsylvania.

ChanceStad on March 11st, 2025 at 18:15 UTC »

Jan 19th: After welcoming Musk onstage, Trump said

“He knows those computers better than anybody. All those computers. Those vote-counting computers. And we ended up winning Pennsylvania like in a landslide,

He journeyed to Pennsylvania where he spent a month-and-a-half campaigning for me in Pennsylvania and he's a popular guy. He was very effective... Thank you to Elon"

Mason_Miami on March 11st, 2025 at 17:45 UTC »

Elon Musk Veers Into Clearly Illegal Vote Buying, Offering $1 Million Per Day Lottery Prize Only to Registered Voters