President Donald Trump told attendees at the American Cornerstone Institute’s Founders Dinner that George Washington “would have voted” for him.

Addressing the crowd dining at Washington’s own Mount Vernon estate, Trump said, “On the world stage, we are once again putting America first. That is what we do, we help others, but we have to put America first. Exactly as George Washington would have wanted. He would have voted for us.”

The president went on to reference an unnamed man who ranked him as the third best president in American history, right behind Washington and Abraham Lincoln. “We have a man who rated me the number three president of all time,” Trump claimed. “He said only superseded by George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. And the host of the show said, ‘Are you in trouble! T

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