Trump acknowledges Biden 'won' before backtracking

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last updated 15 November 2020

President Trump had to catch himself again.

On Saturday morning, Trump took to Twitter to complain about the election results, briefly acknowledging that President-elect Joe Biden "won" thanks to a "rigged" voting process even though there's no evidence to back up the voter fraud claim.

It was the second time in recent days that Trump, who at times has falsely claimed he won the election "by a lot," has indicated he's aware that Biden is the victor — during a Friday press conference he appeared to stop himself before mentioning the "next" presidential administration.

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This time, he also backtracked, clarifying in a later tweet that he hasn't conceded the race and that Biden only won "in the eyes of the fake news media." Both tweets were flagged as promoting disputed election frauds claims. Tim O'Donnell

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Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.