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He didn't "handily win" he won by 1-2 points in the swing states.
It tracks with an anti-incumbent sentiment, people are not happy with inflation so they voted against the incumbent, they're still not happy and still voting against the incumbent.
There was no mandate. In 2024, every incumbent party in every liberal democracy worldwide lost ground because of inflation concerns.