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11. I needed it for my own ego. I would've had a bad ego for the rest of my life.

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 05:09 PM

19 hrs ago

Trump at National Prayer Breakfast: "They rigged the second election. I had to win it. I needed it for my own ego. I would've had a bad ego for the rest of my life. Now I really have a big ego. Beating these lunatics was incredible ... The first time they said I didn't win the popular vote. I did"
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-02-05T14:06:37.721Z

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Trump makes startling admission about his 'big ego' at National Prayer Breakfast [View all] turbinetree Yesterday OP

Prayer Breakfast, Christians, and the Bible? Botany Yesterday #1

Trump: "I had to win it. I had to win it. I needed it for my own ego." And to stay out of jail. sop Yesterday #2

I think they were also mercuryblues Yesterday #6

Yes, it certainly looks that way PatSeg Yesterday #8

I long for the day when no one has to give a fuck Johonny Yesterday #3

I could barely take a minute of his rambling blather at a "National PRAYER Breakfast"!!! Had txwhitedove Yesterday #4

Yep. That's the kind of thing you would confess to at a National Prayer Meeting. Baitball Blogger Yesterday #5

As long as he and Stephen Miller go first--along with Bannon, Noem, Bondi, Hegseth, Vance, Thiel, hlthe2b Yesterday #7

Prayer asks God to improve Trump's moral failings as president stands feet away LetMyPeopleVote 21 hrs ago #9

Trump's brain melts down on stage in incoherent, slurring rant about his "big ego" during the National Prayer Breakfast LetMyPeopleVote 20 hrs ago #10

I needed it for my own ego. I would've had a bad ego for the rest of my life. LetMyPeopleVote 19 hrs ago #11