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Europe is not like the US. There is no god emperor Trump or ruling party.

So we'll see if they can get it through European Parliament.



American people voted for Trump who won by majority democratic vote. Just because you don't like that your proffered candidate lost the democratic election, doesn't mean Trump is now "the emperor". He's a clown sure, but he's the clown people elected, he's their clown for better or worse, and in 3 years they can choose another one.

Meanwhile European citizens didn't vote for the corrupt Ursula "Censura" v.d. Leyen, yet she represents the EU citizens on the international stage but they can't vote her out no matter how much they hate her, so it's ironic to virtue signal to Americans about democracy from that position. Plus many European countries are still actual monarchies, with kings and queens.

So who's the one under actual emperor rule here?


> Trump who won by majority democratic vote.

Untrue, Trump failed to achieve a majority of the popular vote (which doesn't determine the US president), only a plurality.

That only US President elected with a lower percentage in the last 25 years was... also Trump, in 2016.


Bonus Fun Fact: Someone could theoretically become President with a pathetic 23% of the votes in a 2-way race within our not-so-democratic system. (Even less, if there are additional candidates.)

https://www.npr.org/2016/11/02/500112248/how-to-win-the-pres...


Where do you get your sources? Trump won the popular vote in 2024.


I suggest you get a refreshing night's sleep and re-read things in the morning.

You originally said something different and more-specific, something contradicted by all official records.



I think I was perfectly clear the first time, how can you still not know what the term "majority" means? [0]

Let's try another style:

    YOUR OWN LINK SAYS 49.81% OF VOTES.
    THAT PORTION IS LESS THAN HALF. 
    IT IS A MINORITY, NOT A MAJORITY. 
    THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.

[0] https://electowiki.org/wiki/Majority


The word 'majority' in the context of elections = majority of the population who showed up to vote, Einstein. That's how elections are won, by that definition of majority.

If I were you, I'd ask the schools you went to for a refund, since they obviously didn't do their job.


> > YOUR OWN LINK SAYS 49.81% OF VOTES.

> majority of the population who showed up to vote, Einstein.

[sigh] That "49.81% OF VOTES" is already exactly what you're asking for, idiot. That minority (plurality!) of the people who showed up to vote voted for Trump.

Your weird desperation to deny even the smallest and most-understandable mistake has only built a large pile of very embarrassing crazy excuses.


I was wrong, sorry. Reading your last comment, what I meant to recommend you is going back to kindergarten, not to school.

Read this after: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plurality_(voting)




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