How Donald Trump Pulled Off a Historic Comeback

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🗓️ 6 November 2024

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Republican former president Donald Trump defeats Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris, reclaiming the White House. WSJ’s Alex Leary reports on Trump’s winning strategy and the campaign that fueled it. Further Listening: -Red, White and Who? Playlist Further Reading: -Trump Defeats Harris, Marking Historic Comeback -How Donald Trump Won—by Being Donald Trump Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Decision Descq.
0:05.0	H.Q.
0:07.0	Can now project that former President Donald Trump will be our next president.
0:12.0	It was a historic run for president, and now a historic return to the White House after a two-year-
0:17.0	A nail-biting election is over.
0:20.0	I want to thank the American people for the extraordinary honor of being elected your 47th president and your 45th president.
0:30.9	In the end, the results were fast and decisive.
0:36.1	Donald Trump has won or is leading in all the battleground states.
0:41.7	Frankly, this was, I believe, the greatest political movement of all time. There's never
0:48.1	been anything like this in this country. And maybe beyond.
0:52.2	So we have a result.
0:55.2	Trump won.
0:56.8	What's your reaction?
0:58.6	This can't be understated.
0:59.6	This is a huge, huge deal, unprecedented almost.
1:03.2	It's only happened once before in history.
1:05.6	That was way back in 1892 when Grover Cleveland came back and won after losing a re-election campaign.
1:13.4	So this is a monster thing for Trump.
1:16.1	That's our colleague Alex Leary.
1:18.8	Trump overcame indictments, a conviction, two assassination attempts, and two Democratic challengers.
1:26.4	He will now be the oldest person to be elected president.
1:32.2	You know, this is the guy, the art of the deal, the art of the comeback.
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