Trump’s First Response to the Midterm Elections: Urges Voters to “Pretend I’m on the Ballot”

On November 4, NewsNation’s White House correspondent reported that former U.S. President Donald Trump issued his first public statement on the midterm election results—telling voters, “Please pretend I’m on the ballot.” Earlier, Trump had explicitly stated: “I am not running—but if I were, we would win in a landslide!”