Donald Trump does not appear happy that people are correctly pointing out that his narrow victory over Vice President Kamala Harris does not give him a sweeping mandate to govern.
Trump's incoming White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, on Friday slammed articles from The New York Times and Politico highlighting that Trump did not win in a “landslide,” as he’s asserted since Nov. 5.
"New Fake News Narrative Alert! Here are the ridiculous headlines from Politico and The New York Times this morning,” Leavitt wrote on X on Friday, posting screenshots of both articles. “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."
And his campaign fired off an email statement on Friday with the subject line “The Truth About The MAGA Mandate,” which declared, “President Trump will take office with an historic mandate for his agenda—despite the unprecedented obstacles he faced every step of the way.”
“The deck was stacked against President Trump from the very beginning—and he still won big. Voters across the country trusted President Trump to deliver on his promises, and that's exactly what he'll do,” the statement said. “It's President Trump's MAGA Mandate.”
Trump has been touting his win since Election Night.
"America has given us an unprecedented and powerful mandate," Trump said on Nov. 6.
And he wrote in a Nov. 17 post on his Truth Social platform, “What a great week this has been. Perhaps the most successful Election results in Republican Party history! MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. Thank you!!!”
The whining about Trump’s mandate comes as multiple media outlets have correctly pointed out that, as vote tallies are being finalized, Trump’s win does not look like the landslide it did on election night.
