
Donald Trump has taken an unusual approach to losing the presidential election and has not offered Joe Biden the type of dignity and decorum that has preceeded him in his role.
Rather than congratulating Biden and the Democrats on their win and conceding, Trump has declared himself the winner and has accused his opponents of electoral fraud, despite there being no evidence of any irregularities.
The Trump campaign has even set up a phone line for their supporters to report any instances of voter fraud that they have seen, which has since been inundated with prank calls.
Given all of this, it's probably worth taking a look back through the archive of Trump's many, many tweets to see if he has ever contradicted himself and guess what? He has.
In a tweet posted on 24 December 2016, not long after his election win over Hillary Clinton, Trump quoted Russian president Vladimir Putin's comments on Clinton and the Democrats calling for them to 'lose with dignity' and Trump agreed.
Given his recent behaviour, this tweet has begun to be circulated again just because of the president's sheer hypocrisy.
There. Is. Always. A. Tweet. https://t.co/lVxLXGqYI3— Mehdi Hasan (@Mehdi Hasan) 1604789020
This tweet hasn’t aged well. https://t.co/oKqyifzj8b— James Melville (@James Melville) 1604794013
This might be the best "there's always a Tweet for that." https://t.co/uXbLInMe9C— nxthompson (@nxthompson) 1604793857
So true! https://t.co/JTQyp9TDOs— Elizabeth Mika (@Elizabeth Mika) 1604782648
could not be more true, in fact! https://t.co/wrKjg4CgFJ— agz (@agz) 1604767589
As they say, a tweet for every occasion.. https://t.co/bsQH2UrvCG— Hugh Riminton (@Hugh Riminton) 1604736740
LOSE WITH DIGNITY, DONALD https://t.co/8HTZ03tBMk— LeGate (@LeGate) 1604810135
As a contrast here is how Joe Biden greeted Mike Pence when he handed over the role of vice president in November 2016.
I just met with @VP-elect Pence at the @WhiteHouse to offer our support for a smooth, seamless transition of power:… https://t.co/ie8SPMbOe8— VP Biden (Archived) (@VP Biden (Archived)) 1478819558