“I know China very well, President Xi is a friend of mine, I know him very well…The first thing they’re going to do is say you are not allowed to play ice hockey anymore. That’s not good. Canada’s not going to like that,” the president added.
Archive article: https://archive.ph/JAX75#selection-1443.0-1443.242
It wasn’t over half. He won with 49.8% to Harris 48.32%. It was an incredibly close election (which is rather damning but that’s a different discussion).