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The September 18 transcript records Trump saying his endorsement helped a president who had been in twelfth place become president. This supports the claim’s core attribution of electoral credit, while this passage alone documents one foreign leader rather than multiple leaders and should not be generalized beyond the quoted event. DIRECT_TEXT

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Source: Transcript: President Trump Remarks on Healthcare, Sep. 18, 2026 · locator {} · excerpt hash sha256:f5d13c33bd9bb4105cbacbd776439f7368bdec25e36b2150258fcfa72e707b98

TRUMP: Well, you have a great president. He was a big Trump fan. He was in twelfth place. I endorsed him, and now he’s president. And he’s doing a fantastic job, and he’s got it under control.