Trump Blames Democrats for Market Drop, Revisits Election Claims
With early election results rattling the stock market and daylight saving time back in the crosshairs, Trump used Truth Social to argue that Democrats were to blame for both the market slump and what he called the nation’s annoying clock changes. He also pressed claims that ballot problems cost him and allies victories, including an extraordinary post about Dan Sullivan vote totals. The posts combined grievance, policy venting, and fresh attacks on Democratic elections.
Election Claims Around Dan Sullivan Vote Totals
ElectionIntegrityTrump claimed that vote totals for Dan Sullivan and another Democratic ballot candidate should be handed to the “REAL Dan Sullivan” because the race was already settled. In a later post, he argued that if he had been on the ballot, he would have won in a landslide.
The posts extend Trump’s long-running effort to frame unfavorable or uncertain results as illegitimate and to recast personal absence from the ballot as the decisive factor in losses. By insisting that officials should simply transfer votes and declare the election over, he is not only amplifying grievance but also normalizing the idea that outcomes can be overridden when he believes the “real” winner is obvious. That message reinforces a broader strategy of delegitimizing electoral processes while keeping his own political brand at the center of every contest.
"The vote totals for the Fake Dan Sullivan, plus the other “slug” that the Dems put on the Ballot, should be immediately given to the REAL Dan Sullivan, and the Election is over - He easily wins. There is no other fair solution!"
"I JUST WASN’T ON THE BALLOT. IF I WERE, WE WOULD HAVE WON IN A LANDSLIDE!"