Technically you are correct.
But actually the real winners were the extreme vote suppression tactics.
Without them trump would have lost clearly: read the extremely conservative estimates targeted mostly non-trump voters: https://hartmannreport.com/p/trump-lost-vote-suppression-won...
I find it funny how we're making the point that his election doesn't say that much about the aggregate opinion of Americans and you keep missing it.
Yes, he won the popular vote. No, it doesn't mean America is massively behind his project. In fact, it is massively unpopular and its popularity is declining.
he did win the popular vote this time, unlike last.