he told us who he was in 1989.
"it's not whether you win or lose — it's whether you win." that was the tagline for Trump: The Game, a board game he was hawking on TV decades before any of this. not exactly a subtle mission statement.
last night he gave a primetime speech on "election integrity." same claims he's made for six years — 2020 was stolen, the systems are rigged, foreign meddling — still zero evidence, per every outlet that covered it. the one arguably new claim, a DHS count of 250,000 "noncitizen voters" in four states, falls apart the second you look at where the number came from (spoiler: nobody will say, and the state election officials are calling it speculative).
his own press secretary wouldn't say whether he'll accept the November midterm results. that's the actual point of a speech like this — not persuading anyone of anything true, just pre-loading doubt.
full writeup with sources: https://www.reddit.com/r/PoliticalOpinions/comments/1uz6zpx/trumps_election_speech_last_night_was_designed_to/