"Anyone who thinks my story is anywhere near over is sadly mistaken"
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The subtext is grievance and stamina braided together. “Anyone who thinks” casts critics as presumptuous and naive, while “sadly mistaken” adds a smirk of superiority, as if their doubt is not merely wrong but emotionally pathetic. It’s classic Trump positioning: the world as an arena of winners who refuse closure and losers who crave it. He’s not arguing legitimacy; he’s asserting inevitability.
Context matters because “over” is doing heavy lifting. For Trump, endings are unacceptable because they imply judgment: electoral defeat, legal peril, aging, fading relevance. This line refuses the premise that there’s a final chapter governed by institutions or consensus. Instead, it re-centers authority in his own narration. The power move is simple: if politics is storytelling, then the person who controls the plot controls the crowd. And the crowd, in Trump’s model, is the real lever of power.
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| Topic | Never Give Up |
|---|---|
| Source | Help us find the source |
| Cite | Cite this Quote |
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Trump, Donald. (n.d.). Anyone who thinks my story is anywhere near over is sadly mistaken. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/anyone-who-thinks-my-story-is-anywhere-near-over-30835/
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Trump, Donald. "Anyone who thinks my story is anywhere near over is sadly mistaken." FixQuotes. Accessed February 2, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/anyone-who-thinks-my-story-is-anywhere-near-over-30835/.
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"Anyone who thinks my story is anywhere near over is sadly mistaken." FixQuotes, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/anyone-who-thinks-my-story-is-anywhere-near-over-30835/. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.




