Trump: Electoral College is: a) disaster; b) genius; c) depends; d) part of Trump University

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Trump embraces Electoral College

As calls to trash “undemocratic” system grow, Trump calls it "genius"

In another clear signal that Donald Trump will govern for all the people with humility, the President-elect made his first comments about the presidential election popular vote, which has him on track to lose to Hillary Clinton by over one million votes.

The comments were sent via Twitter:

That tweet was followed six minutes later by a second:

Commenting on Trump’s tweets, Democratic strategist Milton U. Miliated, said, “Look, there is some good news here. Given Trump’s use of Twitter, the American people will not have to dole out the money for a White House communications director or press secretary.”

Not surprisingly, Trump’s musings about the genius of the Electoral College are at odds with comments he made during the 2012 presidential election when he called the Electoral College “a disaster for democracy.”

Commenting on this apparent flip-flop, campaign manager Kellyanne Conway said, “Look, views change over time. That was then, this is now. Mr. Trump will continue to support a great American tradition like the Electoral College as long as it keeps supporting him.”