Trump claims he would have easily defeated Obama in election
Donald Trump said he would have easily beaten Barack Obama in an election and blamed GOP losses partly on unpopular Republican candidates.
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AIUS President Donald Trump said he would have easily defeated his predecessor, Barack Obama, if they had faced off in an election.
Trump admitted that Republican losses were partly due to voters' lack of enthusiasm for the candidates put forward by the Republican Party, according to Al Arabiya.
Trump described former President Barack Obama as being far more highly regarded than he deserves, saying: "I received far more votes than he did, and I won far more states."
He added that he set historic records for the number of votes in several major states, specifically mentioning Texas and Florida, where he achieved the highest vote totals in the history of elections in those states.