Didn't Donald Trump spend much of the 2016 Presidential campaign telling his supporters to not trust the results of the election (if he lost) ? "The system if rigged, folks!" was a persistently spoken line from Trump during his campaign rallies throughout September and October of 2016. It wasn't meant as a joke, either. Trump's purpose was to undermine the legitimacy of the election and to cast doubt on the validity of the results, so in case he lost, the defeat wouldn't hurt his brand image with his supporters. It was very selfish and egotistical of him.