‘Um, what?’ CNN anchor caught off guard live-reading Trump’s wild new social media claim

CNN anchor Pamela Brown seemed taken aback on air after reading President Donald Trump’s latest Truth Social post questioning the results of last week’s midterm elections.

The 80-year-old president posted a message Monday morning on Truth Social casting doubt on the Democratic victories in Texas and other red states, wiping out Republican congressional majorities for his remaining two years in office.

“Just moments ago, President Trump posted this on social media, quote, ‘Does anybody really believe this election was honest? How could the polls be so wrong?’” Brown said.

Trump went on to claim, “It’s all about the machines, which are far more important than the voter.”

“Um, what? What do you think about that, Pete?” Brown asked her guest, Pete Seat, a former spokesman for President George W. Bush.

“I don’t know what to think about it,” Seat replied.

Seat noted that, despite predictions, Trump hadn’t questioned the election results until now. In fact, Seat said, the president had seemed resigned to the outcome.

“He seemed pretty despondent about the results,” Seat said. He pointed to Trump’s election-night call during Politico’s livestream, where the president “sounded a little depressed about what had taken place and was recognizing the severity of the losses that Republicans took all across the country and what it meant for his agenda.”

Then came the post, which Seat said was a return to old habits.

“This post just goes back to what President Trump likes to do, which is call into question, say that elections are rigged, and try to distract away from the fact that this was a message,” Seat said. “This was a referendum.”

Seat said Republicans in Congress, including those who lost, seem to understand that.

“They understand the stakes. They understand the message that was sent, and they’re ready to get to work,” he said. “The question is, is the president ready to get to work?”

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