If “Monday morning quarterbacking” is an ex post explanation for what you should have done to win something you lost, what’s the word for an ex ante explanation for why you’re going to lose something that hasn’t happened yet?
(Note this isn’t the first time Trump has done this. In 2016, when everyone expected him to lose, Trump justified what he believed would be a future loss by blaming “illegal immigrants” for illegally voting, even though no one had voted yet.)
