Trump Pops Into Press Cabin On AF1 To Brag About Months-Old Election Map Of His Win: ‘This Just Came Out!’

President Donald Trump popped into the press cabin on Air Force One to brag about a USA Today analysis of the 2024 election that he won — a months-old analysis that seemed to be news to him.

In mid-November, USA Today produced an analysis entitled “How America voted, which counties shifted towards Trump and a look at voter turnout” by Karina Zaiets, Ramon Padilla, and Carlie Procell that featured several interactive maps.

On Wednesday night Trump — aboard Air Force One after giving a speech in Miami — appeared in the press cabin holding a printout of that article with a very red county-level map at the top. “This just came out!” Trump said, and tried to thank the paper in person:

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: So you just saw this– this just came out. Yeah, and I’d say that’s quite good right? By any standard that’s quite good. We shouldn’t leave USA–. Is anybody here from USA Today?

REPORTER: Yesterday we had someone.

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Yesterday.

He then proceeded to speak to reporters for about 15 minutes on a variety of topics, including a continuation of his controversial comments about the war in Ukraine and Elon Musk’s DOGE activities.

That USA Today analysis showed, among other things, how counties — even ones he lost — moved in Trump’s direction:

How counties shifted from 2020

In the 2024 election, Trump needed to shift many left-leaning counties toward the right. That didn’t mean he needed to win the county, he just needed to narrow the gap.

Take Nevada. Trump won the state that went to Joe Biden in 2020. His victory was aided by two counties that he still lost in 2024 because he cut into the 2020 margins:

◾ Washoe County: In 2024, the margin shifted from blue to red by 3.5 points toward Trump.

◾ Clark County: Trump cut the margin already red, gaining 6.8 points.

Watch above via C-SPAN.