Donald Trump won 38 states in an initial election and 50 states in two subsequent elections.
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Badlands MediaOct 15, 2026
The claim that Trump won 50 states in each of two later elections is contradicted by the record: in 2020 he lost to Biden 232 to 306 electoral votes, and in 2024 he carried about 31 states plus one congressional district.
What was said
… There's never been MAGA. There's never been anything like it. People go on television and they become well known, or they run in one race and they come in second to third place, and their whole career is made. We won 38 states the initial, then we won 50 after that. I was like him. We won 50. We won 50 twice, actually. But think of it: this is the greatest movement, MAGA, in history. And just to show you, CNN did a and CN is not, he's not, they're not one of us but they did a big poll recently, two of them, and I'm going to show you. These are CN polls, so pretty amazing. …
Badlands Media · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Contradicts. The official FEC 2020 results show Trump received 232 electoral votes to Biden's 306, so Trump did not win 50 states in 2020.[1][2][3]
Contradicts. Trump won 31 states plus Maine's 2nd district in 2024, according to reference results, not 50 states.[4][5]
Contradicts. AP fact-checking notes Trump's 2024 margin was smaller than he claims and that the 2020 election was not stolen, with Biden winning more electoral and popular votes.[2]
Context. A CNN analysis reports Trump won 25 states across his three presidential bids, which does not match the 38 or 50 figures in the claim.[6]
Sources
6 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 primary, 2 not rated, 1 tier 2
- 1Here's how we know Trump's repeated claim of a landslide ...politifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts
- 2Trump highlights familiar false claims as he reviews 2025 ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts
- 3Official 2020 Presidential General Election Results - FEC.govfec.gov · primary source · cited for: contradicts
- 42024 United States presidential election - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 5US Election Results 2024: List of states won by Donald Trump and ...indiatvnews.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 6How Trump has reshaped the political mapcnn.com · tier 2 · cited for: context
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