The claim
"Sie haben die Wahlen manipuliert, und ich wurde Präsident."
Original review summary
DW says Trump’s reference to election manipulation concerned his false 2020 election-fraud allegations, while “I became president” referred to his 2024 victory. The review says he used that sequence to imply that he should have won in 2020 and would now be president during the World Cup and Olympics.[S1]
Additional context
Trump said at a January 19 event that he would not have been president during the Olympics and World Cup if the 2020 election had not been manipulated. The review notes that the 2026 World Cup and 2028 Los Angeles Olympics were awarded during his first term. [S1]
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Sources and attribution
- [S1] DW original review
Original review · Retrieved October 16, 2026