“69 million Americans voted to give him a job”
But most felt that they had a choice of only two applicants, and further, they had to hire _someone_ by a certain date. So, basically, they were up against a wall and had to scrape the bottom of the barrel.
Now, clearly, that applies to every President. The point is, the fact that the majority of voters may have voted for someone doesn’t mean they’d hire him for their business.