Donald Trump’s presidential campaign was a long, twisted and sometimes surreal run, but he started with a vision for how to win the biggest prize, and it played out just as he’d predicted
REVIVAL MEETING: Before entering the race, Trump concluded that adding his celebrity to a campaign that tapped into the anger of disaffected white working-class voters could topple the Democrat’s electoral firewall in the Midwest.
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IT WAS MONTHS BEFORE DONALD J. TRUMP MADE THAT NOW-LEGENDARY RIDE DOWN THE ESCALATOR OF HIS BELOVED TRUMP TOWER ON FIFTH AVENUE IN MIDTOWN MANHATTAN.