President Trump argued Republicans are “entitled” to pick up five additional House seats in Texas as state GOP officials try to advance a new congressional district map ahead of next year's midterms.

Trump said during an interview Tuesday on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” that other Democratic states such as California, Illinois and Massachusetts are already significantly gerrymandered, giving Republicans much less representation in Congress than the percentage of the vote he won there during the 2024 election.

“We should have many more seats in California. It’s all gerrymandered,” he said. “And we have an opportunity in Texas to pick up five seats. We have a really good governor, and we have good people in Texas. And I won Texas. I got the highest vote in the history of........

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