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Re:Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario as 'Lake America' by JohnFen on Thursday August 27, 2026 @06:32PM (#49472143)
> I am reminded that Americans voted for him twice.

Americans voted for him once. He lost the popular vote in 2016 and only became president because of the electoral college.

Re:Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario as 'Lake America' by krapp on Thursday August 27, 2026 @09:22PM (#49473301)
Americans voted for him twice. The electoral college is how American presidents are elected. If Americans wanted the popular vote to matter in their elections, they've had two centuries to change the system. They haven't, which means they accept the system and its results as representative of the will of the American people.
Re:Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario as 'Lake America' by JohnFen on Friday August 28, 2026 @07:59AM (#49477270)
Americans voted for him once. You're redefining what "winning the vote" means.
Re:Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario as 'Lake America' by krapp on Friday August 28, 2026 @09:05AM (#49477926)
"Winning the vote" means winning the electoral college, it always has. The popular vote has never been relevant. The states elect the president, the people don't (not directly) and never have.

Don't try to revise history here. Like it or not - and I personally hate it - and barring actual evidence of fraud, Trump won two elections under the same rules as every other president.

Re:Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario as 'Lake America' by JohnFen on Friday August 28, 2026 @09:25AM (#49478148)
Yes, Trump won both elections. I never said otherwise. I said that he only won the popular vote in one of them (Americans only voted for him once). In the other one, he was selected by a small group, not by the citizenry.