{"id":"1793765162344-money-segment","slug":"trump-claims-landslide-after-midterms","title":"Trump claims landslide after midterms","summary":"President Trump broke his post-election silence on Truth Social and said that if he had been on the ballot, Republicans would have won “IN A LANDSLIDE.”\n\nThis is the same Trump Truth Social post, accurately quoted: “I wasn't on the Ballot and if I was, we would have won IN A LANDSLIDE!”\n\nThe European Commission has urged EU citizens to prepare emergency kits with essential supplies for at least 72 hours as part of crisis preparedness guidance.","publishedAt":"2026-11-04T04:06:02.344Z","channel":{"id":"money","name":"Oncast Money","language":"en"},"show":"Money Tonight","verification":{"status":"verified","leadVerdict":"TRUE","notes":"TRUE: President Trump broke his post-election silence on Truth Social and said that if he had been on the ballot, Republicans would have won “IN A LANDSLIDE.”\nSource: [themirror.com](https://www.themirror.com/news/politics/trump-sulks-would-won-landslide-2096224) NAMES: none (https://x.com/KobeissiLetter/status/2117824743399461112)\n\nTRUE: This is the same Trump Truth Social post, accurately quoted: “I wasn't on the Ballot and if I was, we would have won IN A LANDSLIDE!”\nSource: [themirror.com](https://www.themirror.com/news/politics/trump-sulks-would-won-landslide-2096224) NAMES: none (https://x.com/unusual_whales/status/2117824924446548278)\n\nTRUE: The European Commission has urged EU citizens to prepare emergency kits with essential supplies for at least 72 hours as part of crisis preparedness guidance.\nSource: European Commission NAMES: EU = European Union (https://t.me/cointelegraph/73032)","claims":[{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"President Trump broke his post-election silence on Truth Social and said that if he had been on the ballot, Republicans would have won “IN A LANDSLIDE.”","sourceName":"[themirror.com](https://www.themirror.com/news/politics/trump-sulks-would-won-landslide-2096224) NAMES: none","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/KobeissiLetter/status/2117824743399461112","claim":"BREAKING: President Trump comments on the US Midterm elections for the first time since polls closed: Trump says he would have “won in a landslide” if he was on the ballot. https://t.co/kmqD9HEyhu","author":"The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter)"},{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"This is the same Trump Truth Social post, accurately quoted: “I wasn't on the Ballot and if I was, we would have won IN A LANDSLIDE!”","sourceName":"[themirror.com](https://www.themirror.com/news/politics/trump-sulks-would-won-landslide-2096224) NAMES: none","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/unusual_whales/status/2117824924446548278","claim":"BREAKING: Trump has said: I wasn't on the Ballot and if I was, we would have won IN A LANDSLIDE! https://t.co/x9IWJaLThA","author":"@unusual_whales"},{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"The European Commission has urged EU citizens to prepare emergency kits with essential supplies for at least 72 hours as part of crisis preparedness guidance.","sourceName":"European Commission NAMES: EU = European Union","sourceUrl":"https://t.me/cointelegraph/73032","claim":"🇪🇺 ALERT: The European Commission is urging EU citizens to prepare emergency kits with enough essential supplies to survive at least 72 hours during a crisis. News | Markets | YouTube","author":"Cointelegraph"}]},"sources":[{"url":"https://x.com/KobeissiLetter/status/2117824743399461112","name":"[themirror.com](https://www.themirror.com/news/politics/trump-sulks-would-won-landslide-2096224) NAMES: none","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter)"},{"url":"https://x.com/unusual_whales/status/2117824924446548278","name":"[themirror.com](https://www.themirror.com/news/politics/trump-sulks-would-won-landslide-2096224) NAMES: none","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"@unusual_whales"},{"url":"https://t.me/cointelegraph/73032","name":"European Commission NAMES: EU = European Union","kind":"telegram","verdict":"TRUE","author":"Cointelegraph"}],"url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1793765162344-money-segment-trump-claims-landslide-after-midterms","listenUrl":"https://oncast.fm/c/money","attribution":{"publisher":"Oncast","site":"https://oncast.fm","url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1793765162344-money-segment-trump-claims-landslide-after-midterms","cite":"Cite https://oncast.fm/story/1793765162344-money-segment-trump-claims-landslide-after-midterms and the original source links. Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Bill","text":"Trump just broke his silence. The Kobeissi Letter posted on X the Truth Social quote: \"I wasn't on the Ballot and if I was, we would have won IN A LANDSLIDE!\""},{"host":"Bill","text":"Unusual Whales posted on X the same screenshot seconds later."},{"host":"Bill","text":"The replies under Kobeissi's post are split. One says good riddance. Another blames him for the war, tariffs, all of it."},{"host":"Adam","text":"That's anger, not analysis."},{"host":"Bill","text":"Anger is real."},{"host":"Adam","text":"A landslide. The counterfactual always wins."},{"host":"Bill","text":"No, come on, the pattern holds. Presidents get hammered in midterms."},{"host":"Adam","text":"Hammered is not landslide. The party in power loses seats every cycle."},{"host":"Bill","text":"He didn't say Republicans would win. He said HE would have won."},{"host":"Adam","text":"That's even more convenient."},{"host":"Bill","text":"Why? His approval with the base is higher than any elected Republican."},{"host":"Adam","text":"And his disapproval with independents is why Republicans are projected to lose the House."},{"host":"Bill","text":"So you agree he changes the map."},{"host":"Adam","text":"He changes the map. Whether he changes it enough for a landslide? No."},{"host":"Bill","text":"You're hung up on the word landslide."},{"host":"Adam","text":"I'm hung up on the evidence."},{"host":"Bill","text":"The evidence is the House is projected to flip. You can't tell me he loses that with him on the ballot."},{"host":"Adam","text":"I can tell you no one knows."},{"host":"Bill","text":"That's weak."},{"host":"Adam","text":"It's honest. You want certainty, go to Polymarket."},{"host":"Bill","text":"Speaking of which—"},{"host":"Bill","text":"Polymarket posted on X that Democrats are now at 69 percent for the 2028 presidential election. All-time high."},{"host":"Adam","text":"A market on a race three years away. I can't verify that exact number."},{"host":"Bill","text":"Markets are forward-looking. They're pricing in what just happened."},{"host":"Adam","text":"They're pricing in a mood. The direction is clear; the odds are a guess."},{"host":"Bill","text":"It's not just direction. Vacancies matter."},{"host":"Adam","text":"Who's running? You can't price a race without a candidate."},{"host":"Bill","text":"You price the party. Same as you price the Fed before a meeting."},{"host":"Adam","text":"The Fed meets every six weeks. 2028 is three years out."},{"host":"Bill","text":"Fine. It's a sentiment gauge."},{"host":"Adam","text":"Then call it a sentiment gauge, not an all-time high headline."},{"host":"Bill","text":"The exchange posted the number, Adam."},{"host":"Adam","text":"I'm not arguing with the post, I'm arguing with the weight."},{"host":"Bill","text":"And the weight is that the market thinks tonight hurt Republicans badly."},{"host":"Adam","text":"It did. But a betting market on an election without candidates is noise."},{"host":"Bill","text":"All markets are noise until the trade."},{"host":"Adam","text":"That's not a quote, it's a bumper sticker."},{"host":"Bill","text":"Fine. I'll put it on a bumper sticker."},{"host":"Adam","text":"Here's one making the rounds. Rocket Terminal on X claims BlackRock's Larry Fink warned of a global recession tied to Iran."},{"host":"Bill","text":"I saw that. BlackRock's eleven trillion. That would be everywhere."},{"host":"Adam","text":"It isn't. I found no independent report."},{"host":"Bill","text":"So someone's farming engagement off election anxiety."},{"host":"Adam","text":"Correct. Throw it out."},{"host":"Bill","text":"Already gone."},{"host":"Adam","text":"The market's got enough real worries tonight."}]}