President Trump Donald John TrumpSteele Dossier sub-source was subject of FBI counterintelligence probe Pelosi slams Trump executive order on pre-existing conditions: It 'isn't worth the paper it's signed on' Trump 'no longer angry' at Romney because of Supreme Court stance MORE said in an interview that aired Sunday that he is "not too prepared" to lose in 2020.

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When asked on NBC's "Meet the Press" whether he was prepared to lose, Trump said, "No. Probably not. Probably not. It would be much better, it would be much better if I said, 'Yeah.' It would be much easier for me to say, 'Oh yes.' No I'm probably not too prepared to lose. I don't like losing. I haven't lost very much in my life."

Not winning the popular vote against 2016 foe Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonFox News poll: Biden ahead of Trump in Nevada, Pennsylvania and Ohio Trump, Biden court Black business owners in final election sprint The power of incumbency: How Trump is using the Oval Office to win reelection MORE has been a particular sticking point for Trump. He noted in the interview that he believes he would have won the popular vote if he had campaigned for it.

“I like popular vote. I think I’d do better with a popular vote, but I didn’t campaign for the popular vote," he said. "You didn’t see me campaigning in California or New York.”

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Trump: “I'll say something that, again, is controversial. There were a lot of votes cast [in 2016] that I don't believe.” pic.twitter.com/EfgLEgwRJU — Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) June 23, 2019

President Trump last week officially kicked off his 2020 reelection bid with a rally in Orlando, Florida, last week.