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Just be precise, watch out for the 'little guy'. It's not sane US citizens doing this. We're experiencing a coup over here, neighbor. And the sane ones are trying to figure out how to get back to being good neighbors, and stop the corporate coup. srsly.
Trump won a majority, and the GOP won the house and senate. It's not all US citizens, but if it's not a majority, it's close enough. Is it really a coup if it's what the majority wanted?
This is hardly a new thing for the US. The world has seen the US elect Bush Jr, who alienated the world with his desire to invade Iraq. Remember Freedom Fries? At the same time that was going on, Canada, which did support the US when it invaded Afghanistan, said that Iraq was a bridge too far, and refused to participate in that. The result was the GOP drumming up anti-Canada hate, people boycotting Canadian products, etc. Then in the years since Bush, the US has elected Trump not once but twice. This is who you guys are now.
Tru.p won a majority of who showed up.
More effort on the political right was spent on making voting more difficult and driving voter apathy ("Genocide Joe") than on getting people to vote for Trump, because Trump.would never win if everyone showed up.
He's the only President to never reach 50% approval ratings. He's objectively the least-popular President in US History. The only way to get him back into office was to reduce voter turnout.
If you didn't show up you supported the winner. End of story, show up or get lumped in with the winner.