Trump, who often describes rivals as "losers," finished second behind Ted Cruz Monday night in Iowa's Republican caucuses. Cruz won 28% of the vote, while Trump's 24% narrowly beat Marco Rubio by one point.
Trump called his performance in Iowa a "great finish," claiming he spent very little money there because he was a "long-shot." He accused the media of not covering his performance fairly, and boasted that he garnered the second-most votes in the history of Iowa caucuses, behind Cruz.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 29, 2012
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 16, 2012
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 31, 2016
But Trump's second-place finish is doomed to be forgotten, as no one remembers who came in second – at least that’s what Trump tweeted, quoting champion golfer Walter Hagen, in December 2013 and again in June 2014.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 30, 2013
After Trump's loss, the Internet quickly unearthed the tweets, which together have been retweeted approximately 57,000 times.
— Paul Kline (@pmk0803) February 2, 2016
The website Loser.com is brilliantly trolling Trump by redirecting to his Wikipedia page.
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) February 2, 2016
After the loss, Trump's Twitter handle, his favorite medium to call out "losers," went silent for an unprecedented amount of time. But that didn't stop the rest of the Internet from rubbing the loss in his face.
— Liberal Hippie Queen (@andreajmarkley) February 2, 2016
— Spencer (@Thesixler) February 2, 2016
— kookamuffin (@kookamuffin) February 2, 2016
— Dick Johnson (@Dick_Squared) February 3, 2016
— Lenne Snively (@whateyethynk) February 2, 2016
Trump returned to Twitter on Tuesday to criticize the candidate who defeated him the night before, saying Cruz's "far too long, rambling, overly flamboyant" victory speech was his "Howard Dean moment."
