But two words in particular stood out, which came as he described himself: “extraordinarily brilliant.”
Trump, as he often does in votes that don’t go his way, complained without evidence that the referendum was “rigged.” He railed against mail-in votes. And he griped that the language on the ballot was “purposefully unintelligible and deceptive.”
“I am an extraordinarily brilliant person,” he declared on Truth Social. “And even I had no idea what the hell they were talking about in the Referendum, and neither do they!”
Critics mocked the president for his over-the-top claim about his intelligence ― but many also delivered a warning, saying the post is proof that he is gearing up to contest the midterm elections if, as expected, Republicans lose one or both houses of Congress:
