Sign up to get our new weekly column as a newsletter. We’re looking back at the strongest, smartest opinion takes of the week from CNN and other outlets. (CNN) Donald Trump was 23 when the Rolling Stones released a seven-minute song that began with the voices of London’s Bach Choir. “…No, you can’t always get what you want, you can’t always get what you want,” the choristers sang, “…but if you try sometime you find, you get what you need.” The song must have made an impression since Trump wound up using it regularly at his rallies, from the 2016 campaign on — until, after threats of legal action from the band, he replaced it with the Village People’s “Y.M.C.A.” The theme of wishes denied seems apt for Trump these days. The former President keeps railing against the 2020 election results, falsely claiming Joe Biden’s victory was fraudulent. On Wednesday, he broke new ground by saying Republicans won’t vote in 2022 and 2024 if “we don’t solve the presidential election fraud of 2020…It is the single most important thing for Republicans to do.” But the election is settled — Trump can’t get what he wants. “For someone who had talked… Read full this story
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