'Authoritarian propaganda': Russian textbook says Trump was cheated out of presidency

Winston Churchill once said: "History will be kind to me for I intend to write it."

And history might be kind to former President Donald Trump... if the Russians write it.

A world history textbook circulating in Russia sums up the 2020 presidential election as being swayed by rampant voter fraud that was executed by the Democratic Party, according to a Newsweek report.

It was quoting a tweet posted by The Times [U.K.] foreign correspondent Marc Bennetts that reads: "New Russian history book for 11th graders says Trump lost the 2020 elections 'as a result of obvious electoral fraud by the Democratic Party...'"

The 45th president is barraged with numerous criminal charges involving various attempts to meddle with the 2020 presidential election results where President Joe Biden arose as the victor.

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The constant claim by Trump and his surrogates contend that the only reason he isn't running the country today was because the election was tainted, even though those claims have been tried and knocked down in the courts.

Konstantin Sonin, a University of Chicago professor and political economist chimed in about the fact-challenged entry.

"The new World History textbook for high schools in Russia quietly informs kids that Donald Trump was denied presidency in 2020 as a result of 'obvious falsifications' by the Democratic Party," he tweeted.

He referred to the effort as being part of what's called the "reverse cargo cult" that he believes is an "authoritarian propaganda" staple.

"Under the 'reverse cargo cult,' the locals believe that the fact that their own elections are fake means that elections in democracies are fake as well."