Steve Inskeep

After enough lawmakers ignored him, Trump minimized his defeat.

Well, we won every other state.

That's the only state.

It's funny because I won Indiana all three times by a landslide.

And I wasn't working on it very hard.

Would have been nice.

I think we would have picked up two seats if we did that.

And that's Up First for Friday, December 12th.

I'm Michelle Martin.

And I'm Steve Inskeep.

On the radio, on Morning Edition, we're interviewing retired U.S.

Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman about Ukraine's position on the battlefield, following up on the story you heard a moment ago.

Wow, I want to hear that.

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And the public has seen a report on the defense secretary sharing sensitive information.