{"id":703,"date":"2026-07-14T10:49:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T10:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/?p=703"},"modified":"2026-07-14T10:49:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T10:49:58","slug":"trump-says-hes-been-president-three-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/?p=703","title":{"rendered":"Trump Says He\u2019s Been President Three Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Donald Trump has been saying a lot of interesting things lately. And although making hyperbolic comments and\u00a0strange \u201cjokes\u201d\u00a0is really nothing out of the ordinary for him, people have noticed that he\u2019s made more mistakes during his speeches lately amid concerns about\u00a0potential cognitive decline. During the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey on Wednesday, July 8, the 80-year-old president asserted that he\u2019s been president three times now.<\/p>\n<div data-stn-player=\"lna54ugu\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">People couldn\u2019t quite tell whether he was suggesting that the 2020 election was \u201crigged\u201d in the way he has many times before, or whether he truly forgot how many times he\u2019s been president (or perhaps both).<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">During a press conference, Trump claimed that he\u2019s always right.<\/h2>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=2074898083008164236&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Flittlethings.com%2Fentertainment%2Ftrump-president-three-times-comment&amp;sessionId=b906742c7ddea8ca09f580b9f314789b2ba24fef&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"2074898083008164236\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His critics obviously disagree. And they also think that what he said next proved that he\u2019s definitely not always right, because he said he won the election in 2020 and was president three times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI predicted everything,\u201d Trump said. \u201cI\u2019ve been right about everything. And I have been for a long time. That\u2019s how I got to be president three times. That\u2019s how I won three elections. I did very well in the second one, won it. It was a rigged election. But I\u2019ve been right.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"ad-article-1\" class=\"gam-injector__ad-container gam-injector__article-ad gam-injector__inline-ad\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">People have actually been counting how many times Trump has claimed that the election was \u201crigged\u201d over the past several months, and it\u2019s over 100. That part of what he said likely sounds very familiar to everyone at this point\u2014but claiming to have actually been president three times is not.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When he said he\u2019s been president three times, he might have meant to say that he won three elections.<\/h2>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=2074931326046622017&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Flittlethings.com%2Fentertainment%2Ftrump-president-three-times-comment&amp;sessionId=b906742c7ddea8ca09f580b9f314789b2ba24fef&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"2074931326046622017\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, people weren\u2019t so sure. While that definitely could be the case, people also wondered whether Trump was actually confused. On X, some people speculated that dementia could help explain this particular blunder. After all, it\u2019s not the only thing he\u2019s said recently that has raised questions. Because, sure, sometimes he makes weird jokes. But during several recent instances in which he said something odd or outright incorrect, he did not appear to be joking.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One person on X pointed to how he seemed to confuse U.S. Small Business Administration Administrator\u00a0Kelly Loeffler with rapper Nicki Minaj. \u201cTrump is so afflicted w Alzheimers he now believes Nikki Minaj is in his cabinet,\u201d a critic wrote on X.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ad-article-2\" class=\"gam-injector__ad-container gam-injector__article-ad gam-injector__inline-ad\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And someone else mentioned how Trump recently claimed that he\u2019s the most popular person on \u201cTic Tac\u201d (meaning TikTok). \u201cAlways right?\u201d they questioned. \u201cLike being No. 1 on Tic Tac?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other commenters said \u201cangry grandpa\u201d is \u201cgetting worse by the day.\u201d One person questioned, \u201cDoes he genuinely believe he\u2019s been president 3 times??\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"ad-article-3\" class=\"gam-injector__ad-container gam-injector__article-ad gam-injector__inline-ad\"><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What bothered people more is the way no one corrected him.<\/h2>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-2\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-2&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=2074905137500361047&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Flittlethings.com%2Fentertainment%2Ftrump-president-three-times-comment&amp;sessionId=b906742c7ddea8ca09f580b9f314789b2ba24fef&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"2074905137500361047\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Regardless of the reason Trump makes claims like this, no one seems to be stopping him or even challenging him. A lot of people online were disgusted to see that Marco Rubio stood behind Trump as he claimed he\u2019s been president three times, and yet he didn\u2019t say a word.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis should concern everyone,\u201d one commenter wrote. \u201cIf Biden had rambled on like this, the Republicans would have been screeching, \u2018impeach!\u2019 Instead they\u00a0stand behind Trump\u00a0literally and figuratively.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"ad-article-4\" class=\"gam-injector__ad-container gam-injector__article-ad gam-injector__inline-ad\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNotice how not one of the men behind him even flinches when he said he\u2019s been president three times,\u201d someone else commented.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s actually quite difficult for people to understand. \u201cHow, How do these IDIOTS stand behind him day after day and not speak up to CORRECT him???\u201d another person questioned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump has been saying a lot of interesting things lately. 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