Editorial Board
Trump Should Be More Like Nixon
One lesson of American history: If you lose an election, don’t have a temper tantrum.
Nixon in 1960.
Photograph: Central Press/Getty ImagesAt the first presidential debate, Donald Trump said he would “absolutely” accept the outcome of the election as the will of the people. But that was before poor debate reviews rolled in and boasts of sexual assault surfaced, sending his campaign into a tailspin. Trump has since backtracked, claiming that the election might be stolen from him. And if it is, guess who will be to blame? As usual, Trump leaves little to the imagination.
“I just hear such reports about Philadelphia,” he said at a rally in Pennsylvania last week. “We have to make sure that this election is not stolen from us and is not taken away from us. Everybody knows what I’m talking about.”