Trump Is Pissed at True Reports His Victory Wasn't Exactly a Landslide

[LetMyPeopleVote]

trump is claiming to have won a historic landslide victory that gives him a mandate. In the real world, trump did not win a landslide victory and has no mandate

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https://newrepublic.com/post/188744/trump-pissed-reports-didnt-win-landslide-election-results

Donald Trump is upset with the media for accurately reporting that his election night victory wasn’t exactly a “landslide.”

Trump transition team spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt on Friday took aim at Politico and The New York Times for reporting on the fact that President-elect Trump didn’t win the popular vote by some resounding majority.

“New Fake News Narrative Alert!” Leavitt posted on X. “Here are the ridiculous headlines from @politico and @nytimes this morning. The fake news is trying to minimize President Trump’s massive and historic victory to try to delegitimize his mandate before he even takes the Oath of Office again.”

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It’s no surprise that Trump and his team are fuming: Since November 5, Trump’s margin of victory has narrowed considerably. As of the vote count Friday morning, Trump only won against Vice President Kamala Harris by 1.6 points, and failed to secure more than 50 percent of the popular vote. Hillary Clinton managed to beat Trump by a larger margin in 2016 than Trump did over Harris in 2024.

Trump and his supporters have been pushing the landslide narrative ever since he defeated Harris. “We had a great election in the U.S.… Amazing what happened, we had tremendous success. The most successful in over 100 years they say,” he told Fox News last week. Trump campaign communications director Steven Cheung claimed that “President Trump won in dominating and historic fashion after the Democrats and the fake news media peddled outright lies and disinformation throughout the campaign.” And Republicans throughout Congress have claimed the same.

trump cannot deal with reality or facts

[TheRickles]

1. Good to see that the NYT is addressing this issue directly.

It seemed that the MSM wasn't ever going to mention the fact that Trump didn't even reach the 50% threshold of the popular vote. A plurality landslide, I guess.

[Lunabell]

8. Dummy? Really?

You obviously haven't read the TOS. Who's the "dummy" now?

[Wiz Imp]

3. To repeat one more time - there have been only 6 elections in US history with a smaller popular vote margin

than Trump's margin this election. The closest thing for calling it "historic" is it was very nearly the narrowest margin of victory in history.

If Trump's margin was "massive", then in 2020 Biden's victory was "super ultra massive" (4.5% margin for Biden to 1.5% for Trump)

[Irish_Dem]

4. Everything is about Trump brand management.

Anything that does not match the PR hype will make Trump furious.

[Blue Owl]

5. Fuck the orange garbage clown

[Diamond_Dog]

6. Yes. What you said, Blue Owl.

[malaise]

13. THIS

Rec

[Submariner]

7. Fuk him! He should be grateful he didn't catch a bullet in the head

and that he isn't buried next to his ex-wife in a golf course weed patch.

That 3rd republican, who probably learned from the first two's mistakes, is out there somewhere.

[rubbersole]

9. Well, putin doesn't need him anymore.

Never a good thing.

[MFM008]

15. Plenty of time

For someone with sharpshooter expertise to practice up.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

10. Never mind, there will be millions at his inauguration event. It'll be huge!

[electric_blue68]

16. Don't you mean...

YUUGGGEEEE!!!!!

[sop]

27. I hear Sean Spicer's looking for a job.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

31. He was sensationally fabulous on Dancing With the Stars, so ...

... while the throngs are awaiting Trump's typically tardy arrival, Sean can lead them in "YMCA" and "Macarena".

[B.See]

11. The closeness of the election only further confirms how

those percentages of minorities and women who voted against their/our OWN best interests, including those who didn't even fkng BOTHER,

just up and gave this country away to an angry renegade MOB of fascists and supremacists.

Talk about rolling over and playing dead....

[LetMyPeopleVote]

12. There was no landslide and there is no mandate

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Trump and his MAGA allies are telling anyone who will listen that he achieved an historic “landslide” victory — but that facts don’t add up.

Trump did not even get 50% of the vote and he won the popular vote by the smallest margin since 2000 and his margin of victory was one of the smallest in the last 100 years.

And this means there certainly is no mandate for action:

"Two massive polls of the 2024 electorate—the network exit poll and the VoteCast survey used by Fox News, the Wall Street Journal, and other outlets—show that Trump won the election because voters rejected the status quo and had positive memories of his first term. But on most issues, they oppose what Republicans want to do in his second term."

[dutch777]

14. Other than for his ego, his vote count won't help. His problem will be slim majorities in Congress and GOP infighting

Sure he'll do a bunch of largely symbolic Exec Orders Day One but his ability to really get substantive stuff done will take legislating and when was the last time the House could even pass a budget? Guessing that was under Pelosi. While Trump is assembling his clown car cabinet, the clown car already in place in the GOP House will be a huge stumbling block for his agenda. And well deserved for him and the GOP.

[electric_blue68]

17. I suuure Hope you Are Right!!!

[Rhiannon12866]

18. Exactly, well said. Thanks!

All we need, a criminal president who refuses to accept reality.

[Metaphorical]

29. They have to elect a House leader first

My guess at this stage is that at this stage the House is going to be infighting for the next year and will go through a series of leaders just like last time, even as their margin shrinks. The difference - at this point Jeffries really has no reason to help support Johnson or the current leader, as it is likely that most of Trump's policies are likely to be bad ones.

[dutch777]

32. I would not be surprised if you are right. Doubt Trump will be able to wrangle GOP House in-fiighting.

Wonder how long McConnell hangs on in the Senate too

[usonian]

19. I've got your landslide here.

[boonecreek]

20. Colicky toddler elect says what? nt.

[msongs]

21. trumps view will become history if it is not challenged on a larger scale nt

[intheflow]

22. Sad!

[Dem4life1234]

23. He's such a miserable old sack of lard

He's always pissed about something. When is that KFC diet gonna do its due duty?

Not content that he won...possibly through nefarious methods. He is a miserable hateful old man.

It's definitely not a landslide.

Honestly, election of late are not landslides, the ones in the past used to be landslides, prior to the 2000s. Reagan's 1984 win was a landslide. The country is more divided and nutty as ever.

[tonekat]

24. May he get so upset he suffers an aneurysm. N/T

[peggysue2]

25. Same old, same old

Agent Orange insisted he had the largest inauguration in history in 2016. I was in DC for the Woman's March. His so-called 'mega-crowd' was puny, so much so that Sean Spicer's insistence to the contrary was laughable and beyond bizarre.

Trump's neediness is legend!

[underpants]

26. He said it didn't rain in 2017

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[Dem4life1234]

28. I'm trying to figure how his ass is at 49.9% votes

When the lard never really topped at over 47% approval ratings.

That is why I had such high hopes because he topped out at 47% approval, so how did he end up with 49.9% votes?

So over this bullshit. I don't trust him or the people around him. I wish a recount was done.

[Jit423]

30. OR, when winning is not enough.