… He became president in 2016 despite losing the popular vote by a wide margin, flipping three states by a combined total of fewer than 78,000 votes. He was never viewed favorably by most Americans, and most Americans never approved of his performance as president. When it came time to seek a second term, he lost, seeing his opponent earn a majority of votes cast and of electoral votes.
Trump insists that he is a winner, one of the all-time-great presidents. Americans broadly and American voters specifically, seem to have disagreed. CONT.
Philip Bump, Washington Post
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