It's ironic.
In 2020, Biden won by 7M votes and an electoral victory of 306 to 232. No one, not even the Dems, said he had a "mandate".
In 2024, Trump won by 2.3M votes and an electoral victory of 312 to 226. And the same folks that insisted that there was no mandate in 2020 are declaring some sort of imaginary mandate now. How so, for 6 piddly electoral votes?
Let's be honest here, there is no mandate either way.
"blessed are the merciful, for they shell receive mercy" ~Some 2000 year old dude
"They can do much better" ~Some 78 year old dude