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JI7

(89,252 posts) Wed Nov 23, 2016, 12:57 AM Nov 2016

I think Trump wanted to win the Popular Vote but not the Electoral

He wanted to go on a tour about how he is the most popular but the rigged system kept him from what should be his. and of course profit from his idiot followers along the way.

now he is expect to do work .

The part about his rallies which got the most support and which he enjoyed the most was about how unfair everything and everyone is. and then go off attacking people while he gets applause.

he wants to try to do something similar now but the problem is that the system put him in power so it's not the same thing. there is no equal opposition like a candidate of another party as hillary was . and even congress is controlled by those who are supposed to be on his side and who was voted in by many of his own voters.

and at the same time he does not get the feel good moment of having had the most votes. and you know for an ego like his THAT was the most important.

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I think Trump wanted to win the Popular Vote but not the Electoral (Original Post) JI7 Nov 2016 OP

It definitely burns him that he lost the popular vote bigly! LonePirate Nov 2016 #1

Right there with you Lotusflower70 Nov 2016 #2

I think he would have loved that eom drmeow Nov 2016 #3

wait till he sees the final Popular vote count MFM008 Nov 2016 #4

He's only interested in the WIN. That is the only score which matters to him. Ford_Prefect Nov 2016 #5

Hasn't he said as much somewhere? Not about the election, but moonscape Nov 2016 #6

He definitely would have enjoyed the drama etherealtruth Nov 2016 #7

Me personally I thought Republicans would continue JonLP24 Nov 2016 #8

LonePirate

(13,426 posts)

1. It definitely burns him that he lost the popular vote bigly!

Reply to JI7 (Original post)

Wed Nov 23, 2016, 01:04 AM

Nov 2016

That is possibly the only bright spot from this past presidential election.

Lotusflower70

(3,077 posts)

2. Right there with you

Reply to JI7 (Original post)

Wed Nov 23, 2016, 01:04 AM

Nov 2016

I really think this too. Crazy maybe. But I don't think he truly thought he was going to win and I don't think he wants the job. All the talk about how many people he has to hire and whether or not he has to live in the White House instead of his golden palace least me to believe he wanted the attention but not the work. And all the ethical issues and conflicts of interest are starting to pile up. He still wants rallies for admiration purposes. I think he liked campaigning for the attention. But this kind of being under the microscope isn't giving him the same kind of gratification.

drmeow

(5,020 posts)

3. I think he would have loved that eom

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Wed Nov 23, 2016, 01:10 AM

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MFM008

(19,816 posts)

4. wait till he sees the final Popular vote count

Reply to JI7 (Original post)

Wed Nov 23, 2016, 01:26 AM

Nov 2016

hopefully the shock will kill him.

Ford_Prefect

(7,901 posts)

5. He's only interested in the WIN. That is the only score which matters to him.

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Wed Nov 23, 2016, 03:15 AM

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moonscape

(4,673 posts)

6. Hasn't he said as much somewhere? Not about the election, but

Reply to Ford_Prefect (Reply #5)

Wed Nov 23, 2016, 07:18 AM

Nov 2016

in general that it's all about the chase (of the deal, the girl, whatever) and then he gets bored.

Guess that's why he also doesn't read: gets bored after conquering the first page.

etherealtruth

(22,165 posts)

7. He definitely would have enjoyed the drama

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Wed Nov 23, 2016, 07:43 AM

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JonLP24

(29,322 posts)

8. Me personally I thought Republicans would continue

Reply to JI7 (Original post)

Wed Nov 23, 2016, 07:52 AM

Nov 2016

To lose by wide electoral margins even though they lose by just a few percentage points of the national vote because of the electoral odds.

I think they were going for the electoral college because Trump spent a lot of resources in those large blue states such as Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Florida.

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