Only 56% of Americans voted in the 2016 election. 48.2% voted for Clinton and 46.1% voted for Trump. Breaking it down – 26% of Americans voted for Trump. @DavidPakman once broke these 26% of Americans into 4 subgroups, (1. bigots, 2. The selfish and ignorant, 3. Those who would actually benefit from his policies (aka the 1%), and 4. Those who were well intentioned but was misinformed and believed the propaganda). These people should then be considered the minority – but silent, unfortunately, many of them are not (especially the bigots and the ignoramuses ). And I certainly would not want to live here if I was not a citizen myself.
Trump won by taking advantage of the electoral college by having someone (who that may be is still open for debate) brilliantly target certain states, and within these states certain counties/ regions. Trump won by a small margin (some as little as 10k) in many of these counties – using tactics that, if not illegal, are at the very least unethical.
To conclude: Trump’s smaller vote size does not give him the mandate to do the destructive things that he is currently doing to our government and our country, but unfortunately Trump is only a symptom to a much bigger problem. There is more of us than them, however, therefore if he is not impeached or forced out of office through the 25th amendment (I am a clinical therapist and truly believe he is in the early stages of dementia) he will not win the next election. Unfortunately, as the saying goes, once you invite trash into your house, your house begins to stink. It will likely take decades to clean up the mess that will be left behind and yes, America is increasingly getting closer to becoming the actual shithole that he is accusing certain “brown” countries of being. God have pity on America.