On Sun­day, Nov. 27, 2016, Don­ald Trump claimed in a tweet that his 290 elec­toral votes con­sti­tut­ed a ​“land­slide” and, false­ly, that he had ​“won the pop­u­lar vote,” because Hillary’s mar­gin (over 2.6 mil­lion and count­ing) was due to those who had ​“vot­ed ille­gal­ly.” To say this claim is ​“base­less,” as the New York Times did, is yet anoth­er over­ly polite media under­state­ment about a ser­i­al liar.

Miffed that millions regard his election as illegitimate, and throwing a tantrum over the recount efforts in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania, Trump is trying to manufacture what he desperately desires and does not have: a mandate. Indeed what Trump has is an anti-mandate, something progressives need to reiterate as we gear up for the long months and years of resistance. Given his whopper flip-flops since the election—notably the switch from “lock her up” to “I don’t want to hurt the Clintons” and from that big, beautiful wall to “some fencing”—he seemed to sense this, however primitively.

Trump has an anti-mandate on climate change. He referred to it as “a hoax.” But 64 percent of Americans say they worry a “great deal” or “fair amount” about climate change, and nearly 6 in 10 believe the effects have begun, according to Gallup. Trump pledged to “cancel” U.S. participation in the Paris climate agreement; one survey shows 71 percent of Americans support the deal.

On LGBTQ rights, Trump, his rabidly homophobic Vice President-elect Mike Pence and equally homophobic domestic policy adviser Ken Blackwell also have an anti-mandate. Trump opposes marriage equality, while 55 percent of Americans in a May 2016 Pew poll supported it. Gallup reports that nearly 70 percent agree “gay or lesbian relationships between consenting adults” should be legal, providing an anti-mandate for Pence's and Blackwell’s belief that homosexuality is a sin and that gay people can and should be “rehabilitated.”

Trump also has an anti-mandate for his promise to appoint judges to the Supreme Court who vow to overturn Roe v. Wade. Fifty-six percent of Americans think abortion should be legal in all or most cases.

Trump has an anti-mandate to try to deport 11 million undocumented immigrants. According to Gallup, two-thirds of Americans favor a government program that would allow those “living illegally” in the country to become citizens if they meet certain requirements. Even half of Republicans support this, with only 31 percent want- ing to see all undocumented immigrants deported. Unlike Trump’s assertion that Mexican (and presumably other) immigrants are “rapists” and drug dealers, millions of Americans know undocumented immigrants who work their butts off, support their families and love this country.