WTF can Trump offer in acknowledgement he is losing by 2.3 million votes?

[RiverStone]

I doubt anything except more gloating and arrogance. What was that BS about representing all the people?

If he had a modicum of character, perhaps rec a Merrick Garland vote (as the Senate stole that SCOTUS appointment from Obama already). Or maybe rec a Dem to a cabinet post?

This duplicitous man now loves the EC (formally hated it), and could not give a damn how much he is losing by nor does he feel he owes the winning majority anything.

Rant over.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Unfortunately he doesn't have to offer anything because he won the electoral college.

Yes, the electoral college is antiquated and no longer makes much sense, but we are stuck with it for the foreseeable future. Democrats can use the popular vote to remind him that he doesn't have a "mandate" but that's about it.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

4. Exactly

Hillary obviously got millions more votes in the popular, but no one got a majority - no mandate for anyone.

And I wouldn't expect any President to appoint someone from the other party to his or her cabinet. I wasn't happy when President Obama let Gates stay on as SECDEF.

[RiverStone]

6. Unfortuneatly, I agree with you. Other than in the poll of public perception, a mandate...

...only means he is a LOSER of votes.

Not sure there is any other way to leverage it, except maybe to try and eliminate the antiquated EC someday...that is, after we have time fighting for reproductive rights, civil liberties, and the trashing of true democracy by the ruling party.

Sorry, in a grumpy mood tonight (Black Friday traffic) - and I shop for ALL online!

[Abq_Sarah]

15. Or he will win the electoral college

We'll know in December. And no, he doesn't have to offer a single concession because if the numbers hold, he will have won 57% of the EC votes. If he were smart and being honest about reaching out, we would have seen it already in his cabinet picks. Unfortunately, what I'm seeing is more of the "I Won" mentality that is going to do nothing to bring both sides together for the good of the country.

[Travis_0004]

2. Since he won the election, my guess is nothing.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

3. Die. He wants us to die. Nt

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. Oh, I don't think so. If we all die he won't have anybody to rule over.

He lives for public attention. He just ate up the adoration of all those Trump-chanters at his rallies. What fun is it to be the president of a country full of dead people?

[RiverStone]

7. He'd even try for attention in a Zombie Apocalypse

There is a joke in there someplace...

[unblock]

8. "can" is not the right question. what *would* he offer is more applicable.

and the answer is nothing but empty hot air. he doesn't much care for the people who voted for him, never mind the people who didn't.

his priorities are donnie, donnie, his family, donnie, the trump brand, donnie, his family, the rich people who enable him, donnie, and donnie.

the bulk of america is nowhere on the list, except to the extent we serve the priorities above.


so why would he bother offering us anything? he has the white house.


remember when shrub was elected and he immediately said something about being humble? yeah, right, because he was presided so modestly and in constant deference to his controversial installation to power?


trump will preside in his usual arrogant fashion. people don't long act outside their own personality.

[RiverStone]

10. President Obama suggested perhaps the shock and awe of responsibility...

May create a shift in taking this "job" more seriously (I paraphrased).

NOT!

[unblock]

12. i do think he'll take the job more seriously than many expect.

but the bar is so, so low....

[Warren DeMontague]

9. I've heard the media repeatedly refer to his "landslide victory"

[milestogo]

11. He doesn't have a modicum of character.

[Ken Burch]

13. He could try growing a soul.

Probably wouldn't take root, though.

[Martin Eden]

14. He'd probably say he won the popular vote

... and the vote tally proves it was rigged for Hillary.

[Hekate]

16. He's embarking on a Victory Tour, that's what. His brainwashed followers are convinced....

.....that he really won, and evil ones are trying to snatch away their victory along with their gunz.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

17. Nothing

Righties won't admit weakness.

[davidn3600]

18. Bush went on to be a 2-term president despite losing the popular vote in 2000

It ultimately doesn't matter much except for the history books.