--- title: Donald Trump: Clinton Lost Because She ‘Had No Game’ description: President Donald Trump critiqued former presidential campaign opponent Hillary Clinton Thursday morning for her loss in the election canonical: https://time.com/4941110/donald-trump-crooked-hillary-clinton-lost-the-election-because-she-had-no-game/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-14T11:50:10.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T17:25:36.559Z article:section: Politics og:title: Trump: Clinton Lost Election Because She ‘Had No Game’ og:description: Trump tweets about his former opponent twice Thursday morning og:url: https://time.com/4941110/donald-trump-crooked-hillary-clinton-lost-the-election-because-she-had-no-game/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt277f19840beec7f7/6988ddbc7cdbac44abd5a00e/gettyimages-613701970.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: donald trump hillary clinton tweet og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Trump: Clinton Lost Election Because She ‘Had No Game’ twitter:description: Trump tweets about his former opponent twice Thursday morning twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt277f19840beec7f7/6988ddbc7cdbac44abd5a00e/gettyimages-613701970.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump: ‘Crooked’ Hillary Clinton Lost the Election Because She ‘Had No Game’ by [Lisa Marie Segarra](https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Sep 14, 2017 11:50 AM UTC  Democratic presidential nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump listen during the town hall debate at Washington University on October 9, 2016 in St Louis, Missouri. Democratic presidential nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump listen during the town hall debate at Washington University on October 9, 2016 in St Louis, Missouri.Photograph by Saul Loeb—Pool/Getty by [Lisa Marie Segarra](https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Sep 14, 2017 11:50 AM UTC [President Donald Trump ](http://time.com/4939607/donald-trump-chuck-schumer-nancy-pelosi-dinner/)criticized his former presidential campaign opponent Hillary Clinton Thursday morning for her loss in the election. “Crooked Hillary Clinton blames everybody (and every thing) but herself for her election loss. She lost the debates and lost her direction!” Trump tweeted. Clinton and her election strategy have come up after she addressed her loss in her new book, [_What Happened_](http://time.com/4941038/hillary-clinton-writes-the-first-draft-of-her-history/)_._ In it, Clinton cited then-FBI Director James Comey’s unexpected investigation announcement, Russia, even herself and others for ultimately costing her the presidential election, [Politico noted.](http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/09/11/hillary-clinton-what-happened-review-215595) “The ‘deplorables’ came back to haunt Hillary. They expressed their feelings loud and clear. She spent big money but, in the end, had no game!” Trump added in another tweet. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/908160218995068928) > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/908161523180285953) Trump [referenced the now infamous “deplorables” comment Clinton made while campaigning ](http://time.com/4486437/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-basket-of-deplorables/)when she said, “You could put half of Trump’s supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables,” while speaking to donors at an LGBT for Hillary fundraising gala in New York City. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4941110/donald-trump-crooked-hillary-clinton-lost-the-election-because-she-had-no-game/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4941110/donald-trump-crooked-hillary-clinton-lost-the-election-because-she-had-no-game/"},"headline":"Donald Trump: ‘Crooked’ Hillary Clinton Lost the Election Because She ‘Had No Game’","datePublished":"2017-09-14T11:50:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T17:25:36.559Z","description":"Trump tweets about his former opponent twice Thursday morning","url":"https://time.com/4941110/donald-trump-crooked-hillary-clinton-lost-the-election-because-she-had-no-game/","keywords":["hillary clinton","White House","Donald Trump","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt277f19840beec7f7/6988ddbc7cdbac44abd5a00e/gettyimages-613701970.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lisa Marie Segarra","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt277f19840beec7f7/6988ddbc7cdbac44abd5a00e/gettyimages-613701970.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"donald trump hillary clinton tweet","caption":"Candidates Hillary Clinton And Donald Trump Hold Second Presidential Debate At Washington University","creditText":"Photograph by Saul Loeb—Pool/Getty","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/hillary-clinton-2/","name":"hillary clinton"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4941110/donald-trump-crooked-hillary-clinton-lost-the-election-because-she-had-no-game/","name":"Donald Trump: ‘Crooked’ Hillary Clinton Lost the Election Because She ‘Had No Game’"}}]}] ```