How does a man whose brand is all about winning come to terms with defeat? After a widely panned performance in Monday’s inaugural presidential debate, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump gave several contradictory answers. At a rally with nearly 10,000 people in a hangar on the Florida space coast Tuesday night Trump repeatedly claimed victory, berated the media for covering his loss and offered excuses for his performance. “I was also holding back, “ Trump said, in the familiar wording of a vanquished schoolyard bully.