Trump never won in popular vote

Donald Trump, who contested the 2016 presidential election, was beaten by Hillary Clinton by 2.9 million in popular votes which would have been more than sufficient to win an election in any other country, but in the U.S one has also to get a minimum of 270 electoral college votes to become a winner. Trump became the President obtaining only 304 electoral votes as against Clinton’s 227. Her 2.9 million majority in popular votes became insignificant. In the 2020 election, Trump was beaten by Joe Biden in both, popular vote as well as in electoral votes. Biden beat him by over 6 million popular votes and scored 306 as against Trump’s 232 in electoral votes. However, the drama Trump played, soon after the results were announced, alleging fraud, shocked the whole world. All his litigations, in many courts, including the U.S Supreme Court, flopped, despite having a majority of Republican appointed judges.

Chris Krebs, the US top election security official and a Republican who was fired by Trump after he repeatedly disputed the President’s election fraud, said “This is not the America I recognize and it has got to stop. We need everyone across the leadership ranks to stand up.”

After his long battle, we see Trump has finally conceded and engaged in pardoning his supporters who have committed many criminal acts. Sadly, when he is to face the dozens of litigations, expected against him, there is none to pardon him then! In the meantime, Trump has publicly announced that he will contest the 2024 presidential election. It is to be seen how he will clear all the litigation awaiting him before the next election. We can also expect high drama if he were to lose that election, too!

S.H.MOULANA