Trump’s Road to the White House

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Pbs, Tv & Film, Wgbh, Documentaries, Frontline

4.8 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2017

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

An investigation of how Donald Trump defied expectations to win the presidency — and what it suggests about how he will govern.

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0:00.0	This is an audio cast of the Frontline program Trump's Road to the White House,
0:04.5	premiering January 24 on PBS and online.
0:08.4	MUSIC
0:23.4	Tonight.
0:25.4	Hi, Donald John Trump.
0:27.4	Do solemnly swear.
0:29.4	As Donald Trump begins his presidency, we had won the election that no one thought we
0:35.4	could win.
0:36.4	The most exciting story of how he got there.
0:38.4	Once I understood that he's willing to double down and be a fighter for what he believes
0:42.4	in, I'm all in.
0:43.4	They'd be carried out of a stretcher for him.
0:45.4	It felt like a box of matches even before he took the stage and they were just waiting
0:50.4	for Donald Trump to come and light it.
0:52.4	From his closest advisors.
0:54.4	I had said to Mr. Trump one day, are you ready to win?
0:57.4	And his rivals.
0:59.4	He just got smacked by a two by four and it came out of nowhere.
1:04.4	The provocative campaign.
1:06.4	Nobody knows the system better than me.
1:08.4	To the presidency.
1:10.4	Which is why I alone can fix it.
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