He’s baaaa-aaaaaack.

President-elect Donald Trump was in a boastful mood Wednesday morning as he addressed House Republicans in Washington before heading to the White House to meet with outgoing President Biden.

“It’s nice to win. It’s always nice to win. A lot of good friends in this room,” Trump, 78, told the assembled GOP lawmakers after entering the conference room at the Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill to his signature rally anthem, Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the USA” 

“We had like historic kind of numbers, especially for the president, but we won’t get into that,” the smiling president-elect added. “But the House did very well, and I think we’re responsible for 31 — helping you with 31 [seats], meaning we could have lost by quite a bit.”

The 45th and soon-to-be 47th president joked about his status as the second presidential candidate to win non-consecutive terms, saying the Nov. 5 vote was “the most important election in 129 years.”

“I suspect I won’t be running again unless you say, ‘He’s good, we got to figure out something else,’” Trump joked before the press pool was asked to leave the room.

Republican lawmakers in attendance were quick to reassure reporters that the president-elect was being facetious with his last remark. The 22nd Amendment states that no one can be elected president more than twice.

The 78-year-old was joined in his Washington, DC, visit by Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, who Trump announced Tuesday night would co-lead a new “Department of Government Efficiency” alongside biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy.

Wednesday marked Trump’s first trip to the nation’s capital since his stunning election victory over Vice President Kamala Harris — in which Trump became the first Republican in 20 years to win the popular vote and expanded on the Electoral College margin from his 2016 win over Hillary Clinton.

The incoming president most recently visited Capitol Hill back in June and rubbed elbows with Republican lawmakers in what had been his first trek to Congress since the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.  

During his remarks to Republican lawmakers back then, Trump sought to recruit their support for ratcheting up tariffs, which he claimed was “the most beautiful word in the English language.”

The visit of Trump provided a colorful backdrop to Republican leadership contests in both the House and Senate. 

On the House side, incumbent Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) was expected to retain the gavel without opposition, with Trump telling attendees he was with the 52-year-old “all the way.”

There is competition on the lower rungs of House GOP leadership. On Monday, Trump announced House GOP Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) as his pick for US Ambassador to the United Nations, kicking off a race to succeed her.

Stefanik’s forthcoming exit has led to a contest between Reps. Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) and Kat Cammack (R-Fla.) for her conference chair post. 

Meanwhile, in the other chamber, the Senate Republican Conference was scheduled to vote on their new leader to succeed Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), the longest-serving Senate leader of any party in US history

McConnell, 82, had helmed the Senate GOP Senate since 2007. Trump has not endorsed a successor, nor has McConnell.