Trump called the intelligence community's consensus that Russian were behind the hacks after numerous denials/deflections a "witch hunt" as well.  Then a few days later he had to eat those words when he admitted that the conclusion was sound that the Russians were behind the hacks.  And he's still trying to pedal out that "election loss" justification?
I almost feel sorry for Trump because he is simply incapable of learning from his mistakes.  Except that would require admitting and accepting making any mistakes in the first place.