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All this trouble with a 49.8% mandate? (Original Post)
Frasier Balzov
Mar 2025
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newdeal2
(5,390 posts)1. Easier to destroy than build stuff
Especially when you have a cult and the richest people in the world on your side.
ZDU
(1,258 posts)2. Exactly... WTF
Chaos and insanity brought to the world by Peepaw Red Hat, Red Tie
bottomofthehill
(9,387 posts)3. It is actually much lower than that
He was elected by 48.8% of the 64% of voters who turned out so actually he got just under 32% of registered voters.
Big Blue Marble
(5,690 posts)4. It was all they needed to access the reins of power.
They will bully and bluff the rest.
Silent Type
(12,412 posts)5. When one considers that in a sane world trump should have lost by 20+ points, the loss in Nov was staggering.
Marie Marie
(11,283 posts)6. Bet that mandate of "approval" for all his bullshit has dropped
considerably since voting. The stupid that voted for him for stupid reasons are getting an education in Trump logic and chaos.