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He lost the majority vote so technically not a majority of voting Americans voted for him.
That's a bit concerning that you have this fact mistaken.
Trump: 77,168,458 49.9%
Harris: 74,749,891 48.3%
https://www.reuters.com/graphics/USA-ELECTION/RESULTS/zjpqnemxwvx/president/
Ah you're right it was just a extremely close gap after all the tallying was done. Shows how bad memory can be.