In a pretaped interview with Fox “News” hostess Laura Ingraham aired Tuesday, President Trump still maintains that he won the popular vote in the 2016 general election, even though he had three million fewer votes than his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton.

“Do you think you should win the popular vote?” Ingraham asked?

“It’s more than 2016,” Trump said.

“The popular vote,” Ingraham says to get him back on track with the question she’d asked twice before.  “People say it’s important to win not because you won’t be president but because it send a message to the country, and that itself calms down.  And so conservatives and republicans in Blue states that, that, would mmm, kinda, kinda don’t matter if I vote.  What do you tell them?”

“I think I could win,” Trump said before blathering, “I think I did win the popular vote in the true sense.  I think there was tremendous cheating in California.  There was tremendous cheating in New York and other places.  AND if you take a look at the libertarian, you know they always talk about Jill Stein.  Jill Stein took one-half a percent.  They talk about Jill Stein.  Well, I have a libertarian–I’m somewhat libertarian, I have to be honest with you.  Rand Paul will tell you that.–I had a libertarian candidate on last time that got–what?–four and a half or so percent.  Those are all republican voters.  They’re wasting their vote because they have to vote for thi–”

“This time,” Ingraham interrupts, “the popular vote would be a huge message to the country if you won.”

“If there wasn’t a libertarian on the ticket,” Trump bellowed, “I would win the popular vote.  I would’ve won it last time.”