Trump is only in office because of political affirmative action, a system that kneecaps California and New York in favor of Wyoming and North Dakota. More people voted for Clinton, and the majority in the Senate is razor thin. Trump does not exactly have a mandate. The silent majority is anything but.

If Trump fails to make Democrats happy, he's likely to find himself in the same position in 2018 as Obama was in 2010: with an opposition-majority Congress that will cock-block him at every step of the way. And then he's going to have problems himself in 2020. Obama at least won the popular vote both types by acceptable margins.

As my RDC at Great Lakes once said,"Stand. The fuck. By."

You're not paying attention.  I'm saying some people don't distinguish between "different" and "better". 

The OP even says that for the purposes of my argument it doesn't matter whether the policy you truly want is universal health care or repealing Social Security.  I'm not sure how you have missed it other than by willful ignorance. 

If you think the only small states are the reason why Trump won then you're sorely mistaken ... 

Out of the top 10 most populated states he carried Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio, North Carolina and Michigan!  (5 of the biggest swing states that Obama won in the last election! I didn't even think it was possible for him to win Pennsylvania!) 

You don't win the electoral college with just states that have high voting power (Go ask Romney and see how that fared.). Trump's victory can't be undermined one bit when he can actually change voter demographics compared to Romney. 

#Trumpcare

I'm just pointing out the inherent hypocrisy of saying "don't vote for change" when that was literally 100% of Obama's campaign. But you know, feel free to argue semantics while your core message is a giant double standard. 

There is no problem voting for change. There is a problem only looking at the POTUS office for change but continue to vote the same people to Congress. The President get the blame and the accolades with how the country goes but there is another 2/3 of the government that has just as big a role as the President. There can and will not be any real change until their is change in all of the branches of government not just the POTUS office.

The fact is that more people still voted for Clinton, so yes, Trump is still an affirmative action candidate with no mandate.

He made grand promises in the Great Lakes states he hasn't a snowball's chance of delivering on by spouting empty jingoism. The manufacturing jobs of 1950 will never return, but the people there won't face that fact.  Neither will coal mining. And manufacturing is less and less labor intensive. Come 2020, if he doesn't deliver, the Dems will be back in the WH with Congressional control to boot.  

It was basically both Obama's and Trump's campaign SLOGANS, yes.  If you equate that with the entire campaign, then I don't think there is anything more to discuss.  Obama did have actual policy proposals, you know.  So did Trump. 

And yes, I suppose that telling people they should differentiate between "different" and "better" is actually arguing semantics.  But what do you think my core message was? 

It's too bad popular vote doesn't matter ...  

The downplay from you is all too real for me to enjoy ... 

It does, though. Easy to unseat him in 2020. And don't forget, it takes 60 senators to pass a law, 66 to repeal. 

Obstruct, obstruct, obstruct.