And now, America's number one show on pop culture and politics.

This is the Michael Medved Show.

And another great day in this greatest nation on God's Green Earth.

A great day is the controversy about some of President Trump's appointments.

Two top positions continues, but it continues with a different perspective.

All of a sudden, President Trump is no longer a president who was elected by a majority of the voters.

He was elected by a plurality.

He got about 2 million more votes than Kamala Harris.

His size of his victory margin placed him of 51 contested elections since 1824.

This is not the smallest margin, but it's one of the smallest margins.

It ranks 44th out of 51. This is not a strong mandate. Joe Biden actually

had a stronger mandate when he won in 2020. Right now the votes are 76,644 for President Trump, just under 50%. And 74 million and 50,000 for Kamala Harris. So what you're

talking about is ends up being a close election.

The new rap is that the UK independent writes, Trump's margin of victory, historically speaking, is very small.

Although he may have won handily in the Electoral College by 312 to 226,

he's estimated to win the popular vote, which continues coming in, drip by drip. He continues,

he's estimated to win the popular vote by around 1.6%. That puts him in 16th place among post-World War II presidential victories

just behind Jimmy Carter, who barely squeaked out a victory over Gerald Ford. But he's still ahead of

his 2016 performance when he lost a popular

vote but still won the keys to the White House because of the Electoral College.

Trump can claim the title of being the first Republican to win the popular vote in 20 years,

but that says more about the quirks of the electoral college and the

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