former new york mayor rudy giuliani, center, smiles as he leaves trump tower, friday, nov. 11, in new york.  | ap photo by louis nelson 11/13/16 10:55 am est donald trump will begin his administration with a mandate from the american people, former new york mayor rudy giuliani said sunday morning, even though more americans voted for hillary clinton for president. <u+201c>you have the same mandate whether it<u+2019>s a close result or it isn<u+2019>t. you<u+2019>re the president of the united states, you have to act like the president of the united states,<u+201d> giuliani said on abc<u+2019>s <u+201c>this week.<u+201d> story continued below <u+201c>you<u+2019>re the person in charge. you have to set the agenda. that<u+2019>s how you get yourself reelected by a much bigger number, if you want to get reelected. and that<u+2019>s the way you govern the country. i mean, the constitution of the united states doesn<u+2019>t change the powers of the president based on the number by which you get elected.<u+201d> giuliani said trump had <u+201c>a pretty sizeable electoral map win<u+201d> and suggested that had the manhattan billionaire campaigned harder in minnesota, he would have won there as well. indeed, trump pulled off a surprising election day victory by winning in pennsylvania, michigan and wisconsin, all three of which were considered to be part of clinton<u+2019>s impenetrable <u+201c>blue wall<u+201d> of states that would deliver her the presidency. none of those three were thought to be seriously in play for trump. but despite trump<u+2019>s electoral college total and surprising victory in traditionally democratic states, he is very likely to lose the popular vote once ballots are officially counted because of the former secretary of state<u+2019>s wide margin of victory in populous states like new york, california and illinois. protests broke out on college campuses and in major cities across the country, including in front of manhattan<u+2019>s trump tower, with many chanting <u+201c>not my president<u+201d> to express their frustration after an election that was among the most divisive in u.s. history. earlier in the week, giuliani said students protesting trump<u+2019>s election were "crybabies," but he took a more conciliatory tone on sunday, telling host george stephanopoulos: <u+201c>we understand their frustration.<u+201d> but he said he has zero tolerance for violent protesters and demonstrations that block streets where ambulances and fire trucks need to travel. he suggested, without evidence, that many of the protesters were, in fact, professionals who had been paid to take to the streets, and he called on president barack obama and clinton to publicly speak out against violent demonstrations. agriculture by helena bottemiller evich <u+201c>i think we understand their frustration. we certainly don<u+2019>t want to make it worse. i think they<u+2019>re exaggerating the fears of a donald trump presidency because they<u+2019>re coming off a campaign where they<u+2019>re very disappointed,<u+201d> giuliani said. <u+201c>i<u+2019>m sure our supporters would have been very disappointed had donald trump not won. and i just hope it calms down.<u+201d> the former new york mayor declined to comment on any role he might play in trump<u+2019>s incoming administration. he has been rumored to be interested in becoming either secretary of homeland security or attorney general. giuliani made his case for the latter in an interview on cnn last week, when he said, <u+201c>there's probably nobody that knows the justice department better than me.<u+201d> by thomas wright by bill scher by joshua zeitz by jack shafer
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