Trump’s victory validated the Republican Party’s risky decision to remake the party in his image
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Donald Trump is a survivor.
He survived two impeachment proceedings during his first term.
He survived two assassination attempts during the 2024 presidential campaign.
He survived constant character assassination, not to mention a handful of legal cases, most of which are still pending, that could have sent him to prison and prevented a return to the White House.
By defeating Vice President Kamala Harris in an election that wasn’t as close as the pollsters thought it would be, Trump becomes only the second president in US history to lose a battle to win a second consecutive term, only to end up being voted back in four years later. Grover Cleveland was the other, back in 1893.
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