{"id":4534,"date":"2026-03-28T20:01:44","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T20:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=4534"},"modified":"2026-03-28T20:01:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T20:01:44","slug":"donald-trump-says-he-hangs-around-with-losers-because-it-makes-him-feel-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=4534","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump says he \u2018hangs around with losers\u2019 because it \u2018makes him feel better\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><!--$--><\/p>\n<p><h2>Spare a thought for JD Vance and Marco Rubio<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose drop-cap \">\n<p>Spare a thought for Donald Trump&#8217;s henchmen after the US president said that he &#8220;hangs around with losers&#8221; because it &#8220;makes him feel better&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>JD Vance, Marco Rubio and the rest of the Backstreet Boys probably won&#8217;t be best pleased after hearing their leader might only like them because he thinks they&#8217;re &#8220;losers&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>This is what Trump suggested yesterday on Friday evening at a Miami event sponsored by the Saudi Arabia sovereign wealth fund, during which he also had time to praise on multiple occasions a man he had assassinated in 2020 &#8211; Iranian official Qasem Soleimani and whom he described as a &#8220;great leader&#8221; and a &#8220;mad genius.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"w-full flex flex-col items-center max-w-[659px] 970:max-w-[630px] my-5\">\n<div class=\"w-[345px] tablet:w-[618px]\"><img alt=\"Donald Trump says he \u2018hangs around with losers\u2019 because it \u2018makes him feel better\u2019\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"618\" height=\"329\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"w-full h-auto object-contain rounded-[10px]\" style=\"color:transparent\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 345px, 618px\" src=\"\/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.joe.co.uk%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F03%2FGettyImages-2262470918.jpg%3Fheight%3D683%26amp%3Bwidth%3D1024&amp;w=64&amp;q=75 64w, \/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.joe.co.uk%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F03%2FGettyImages-2262470918.jpg%3Fheight%3D683%26amp%3Bwidth%3D1024&amp;w=96&amp;q=75 96w, \/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.joe.co.uk%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F03%2FGettyImages-2262470918.jpg%3Fheight%3D683%26amp%3Bwidth%3D1024&amp;w=128&amp;q=75 128w, \/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.joe.co.uk%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F03%2FGettyImages-2262470918.jpg%3Fheight%3D683%26amp%3Bwidth%3D1024&amp;w=160&amp;q=75 160w, \/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.joe.co.uk%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F03%2FGettyImages-2262470918.jpg%3Fheight%3D683%26amp%3Bwidth%3D1024&amp;w=192&amp;q=75 192w, \/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.joe.co.uk%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F03%2FGettyImages-2262470918.jpg%3Fheight%3D683%26amp%3Bwidth%3D1024&amp;w=256&amp;q=75 256w, \/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.joe.co.uk%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F03%2FGettyImages-2262470918.jpg%3Fheight%3D683%26amp%3Bwidth%3D1024&amp;w=320&amp;q=75 320w, \/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.joe.co.uk%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F03%2FGettyImages-2262470918.jpg%3Fheight%3D683%26amp%3Bwidth%3D1024&amp;w=360&amp;q=75 360w, \/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.joe.co.uk%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F03%2FGettyImages-2262470918.jpg%3Fheight%3D683%26amp%3Bwidth%3D1024&amp;w=414&amp;q=75 414w, \/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.joe.co.uk%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F03%2FGettyImages-2262470918.jpg%3Fheight%3D683%26amp%3Bwidth%3D1024&amp;w=640&amp;q=75 640w, \/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.joe.co.uk%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F03%2FGettyImages-2262470918.jpg%3Fheight%3D683%26amp%3Bwidth%3D1024&amp;w=768&amp;q=75 768w, \/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.joe.co.uk%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F03%2FGettyImages-2262470918.jpg%3Fheight%3D683%26amp%3Bwidth%3D1024&amp;w=1024&amp;q=75 1024w, \/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.joe.co.uk%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F03%2FGettyImages-2262470918.jpg%3Fheight%3D683%26amp%3Bwidth%3D1024&amp;w=1280&amp;q=75 1280w, \/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.joe.co.uk%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F03%2FGettyImages-2262470918.jpg%3Fheight%3D683%26amp%3Bwidth%3D1024&amp;w=1536&amp;q=75 1536w\" bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.joe.co.uk\/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.joe.co.uk%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F03%2FGettyImages-2262470918.jpg%3Fheight%3D683%26amp%3Bwidth%3D1024&amp;w=1536&amp;q=75\"\/><img alt=\"Logo Camera in article\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"11\" height=\"9\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"absolute w-[11px] h-[9px] bottom-[11px] right-[11px] object-conatin tablet:hidden\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"\/_next\/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2Fcamera.5e27b748.png&amp;w=64&amp;q=75 1x\" bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.joe.co.uk\/_next\/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2Fcamera.5e27b748.png&amp;w=64&amp;q=75\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>The event morphed into a Q&amp;A, which Trump fronted by telling a room full of world leaders, investors and policymakers that they can ask him questions about sex.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>He said: &#8220;Unlike other politicians, they would like the questions screened. I don&#8217;t ask for screening of the questions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>&#8220;You can ask me anything you want.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>&#8220;You can talk sex. Whatever the hell you want. I&#8217;m here for you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>One of the questions Trump was asked was: &#8220;What leadership trait the world is missing right now?&#8221; <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>And of course, Trump gave the most Donald J. Trump response he could muster.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>The US president said: &#8220;Well, it&#8217;s winning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve watched a lot of people, leaders, great leaders, the one thing about sports is you break it down into a two-hour period, you don&#8217;t have to wait a life time to find out if somebody is a winner or a loser.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>&#8220;You&#8217;ve got a lot of losers, mostly losers fortunately, it&#8217;s a good thing to have a lot of losers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>He continued: &#8220;I always like to hang around with losers actually because it makes me feel better.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>&#8220;I hate guys that are very, very successful and you have to listen to their success stories, I like people to listen to my success.&#8221; <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>To be fair to Trump, he did follow it up with the get out of jail free card of &#8220;I&#8217;m only kidding&#8221;, although that quickly turned to dust as he muttered &#8220;erm sort of&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><\/div>\n<p>#Donald #Trump #hangs #losers #feel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spare a thought for JD Vance and Marco Rubio Spare a thought for Donald Trump&#8217;s henchmen after the US president said that he &#8220;hangs around with losers&#8221; because it &#8220;makes him feel better&#8221;. 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