WASHINGTON — Weeks after Donald Trump’s victory to regain the White House, he and his allies continue to call his election “massive” and “historic” and a “landslide” — which is only true if history includes only those elections that involve Donald Trump.
“We’ve made history,” Trump said in his election night speech in Florida, claiming he had been given a “mandate” by voters. “It’s a political victory that our country has never seen before, nothing like this.”
A week later, in a conversation with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, Trump said: “Amazing what happened, we had tremendous success. The most successful in over 100 years, they say.”
Trump’s staff and allies have kept up the drumbeat of boasts.
“President Trump won in dominating and historic fashion,” spokesperson Steven Cheung told The New York Times.
Karoline Leavitt, a campaign spokesperson who will be White House press secretary when Trump retakes office, called the win…