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Two weeks on, a lot of people are still in shock or scratching their heads about Donald Trump's victory in the presidential race, but not City Journal contributing editor Aaron Wren.

I can personally attest to Aaron's early and astute understanding

of the Trump phenomenon. He's with us today on 10 blocks to talk about what he saw in Donald

Trump and his campaign and how he thinks the president-elect might govern. Aaron, thanks for joining me,

as always. Thank you. You said in your city journal piece, which we posted the day after the election, that the

Trump win was, in your words, the most bravura performance in American electoral history.

How did he pull it off?

Well, he obviously tapped into a seam of anger that had really been going on in America

for quite some time.

It had been building and building and building.

And one of the things he was smart enough to do was to sense that this was the year that

he could enter.

You know, he's been talking about running for president since at least 1988, maybe before that.

But he really sensed, I think, the anger out there in the country.

I come from a rural community in southern Indiana, and I was hearing it.

I was hearing people who were lifelong Republicans

talking about how much they hated the Republican Party. And so Trump was able to, in part, tap into that.

He also was able to tap into his massive brand recognition. People knew who he was. He was an incredibly media savvy person.

He's someone who's been in the tabloids in New York City going back to maybe the 1970s.

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