{"id":241364,"date":"2026-05-20T17:56:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T17:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/20\/donald-trump-teases-spencer-pratt-endorsement-bemoans-rigged-elections-in-california\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T17:56:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T17:56:06","slug":"donald-trump-teases-spencer-pratt-endorsement-bemoans-rigged-elections-in-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/20\/donald-trump-teases-spencer-pratt-endorsement-bemoans-rigged-elections-in-california\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump Teases Spencer Pratt Endorsement, Bemoans &#8216;Rigged&#8217; Elections In California"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>It stands to reason that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/05\/will-spencer-pratts-past-as-a-reality-tv-villain-derail-his-mayoral-run\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spencer Pratt has drawn a lot of comparisons to Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re both blonde, brash veterans of the reality TV trenches who launched political campaigns that initially seemed like practical jokes but met with surprising success.<\/p>\n<p>So does Trump support <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/05\/spencer-pratt-exposed-trailer-claim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pratt\u2019s effort to become the next mayor of Los Angeles<\/a>? Well, that depends on how Spencer feels about the MAGA movement.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-946704198-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Spencer Pratt accepts the award for Snapchatter of the Year onstage during the 10th Annual Shorty Awards at PlayStation Theater on April 15, 2018 in New York City. \" class=\"wp-image-555374 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-946704198-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-946704198-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-946704198-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-946704198-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-946704198-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-946704198-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-946704198-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-946704198-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Spencer Pratt accepts the award for Snapchatter of the Year onstage during the 10th Annual Shorty Awards at PlayStation Theater on April 15, 2018 in New York City. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Dave Kotinsky\/Getty Images for Shorty Awards)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Yes, Trump stopped just short of making an endorsement this week, saying that he would like to see Pratt \u201cdo well\u201d in the LA mayoral race.<\/p>\n<p>His reason? The president\u2019s tepid support had nothing to do with policy and everything to do with Spencer\u2019s rumored loyalties.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if he sees himself in Pratt, Trump turned things around and wondered if Pratt sees himself as a product of MAGA culture.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d like to see him do well \u2014 he\u2019s a character,\u201d Trump told reporters on Wednesday, adding: <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-9-16 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Donald Trump Rooting For Spencer Pratt Because He Believes He&#039;s A MAGA Supporter\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U6fmzZeYrFQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know, I don\u2019t know him. I assume he probably supports me. Does he support me?\u2026 I heard he does. I heard he\u2019s a big MAGA person. He\u2019s doing well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>From there, Trump returned to his favorite topic of all (other than himself), and began venting about the 2020 presidential election. He griped about the \u201creally rigged vote in California,\u201d saying that \u201cthe elections are very dishonest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we had Jesus Christ come down and count the votes, I would have won California,\u201d he added. \u201cBecause I do great with Hispanics. But it\u2019s a rigged vote.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yes, it\u2019s the kind of quote that would have occupied an entire week-long news cycle with any other politician in US history.<\/p>\n<p>But this is the age of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/05\/natalie-maines-donald-trump-jan-6-slush-fund\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> the $1.776 billion slush fund for January 6 insurrectionists<\/a>. It\u2019s a time when we might have a more outrageous Trump-related story by the end of business today.<\/p>\n<p>And it\u2019s a time when many Americans don\u2019t think twice about electing a TV personality with zero political experience to manage one of the world\u2019s largest economies.<\/p>\n<p>Pratt has not yet publicly reacted to Trump\u2019s pseudo-endorsement, but you can be sure that he and his team are loving the free press.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/05\/donald-trump-teases-spencer-pratt-endorsement-bemoans-rigged-elections-in-california\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 2 minutes It stands to reason that Spencer Pratt has drawn a lot of comparisons to Donald Trump. They\u2019re both blonde, brash veterans of the reality TV trenches who launched political campaigns that initially seemed like practical jokes but met with surprising success. So does Trump support Pratt\u2019s effort to become the next [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":241366,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-241364","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241364\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}