THE CURRENT Issue 634 · November 9, 2016

The Outsider Steps In

All along, the skeptics vastly outnumbered the believers, but when Donald Trump declared, “We’re gonna win. We’re gonna win big,” he wasn’t kidding,The Outsider Steps In,All along, the skeptics vastly outnumbered the believers, but when Donald Trump declared, “We’re gonna win. We’re gonna win big,” he wasn’t kidding

By Binyamin Rose

Editor 4 min read November 9, 2016

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hen Donald Trump made a cameo appearance on stage the first night of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland flashing the thumbs-up sign and declaring “We’re gonna win. We’re gonna win big” he wasn’t kidding.

All along the skeptics vastly outnumbered the believers. The Donald was inexperienced.

He antagonized too many key-voter groups. He scared foreign leaders and the investment community.

But he clearly appealed to enough Americans and after an Election Day that stretched into the wee hours of the night Donald Trump once again took to the stage this time in New York City to give his victory speech. In two short months on January 20 2017 he’ll be sworn in as America’s 45th president.