In a stunning upset that is a rebuke to the Washington
establishment, Donald J. Trump has been elected the 45th president of the
United States.
The victory is the capstone of Trump’s stunning
transformation of American politics beginning with his leadership of the birther
movement (questioning whether Barack Obama was born in the U.S.) to his
long-shot bid to secure the Republican presidential nomination to his defeat of
Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee, who in most polls had been predicted
to win by a comfortable margin. Trump’s nationalist positions—opposing
free-trade agreements; favoring dramatically curtailed immigration both legal
and illegal; and putting an end to “stupid” wars—represent a profound shift
from the bipartisan consensus that has dominated Washington for a generation.
Underscoring his outsider credentials, Trump, 70, is the
first person to be elected president without any political or military
experience. Instead, Trump touted himself as a successful businessman who
understood both how to create jobs and how campaign contributors such as
himself manipulate politics to get what they want. When he is inaugurated in
January, Trump will be the oldest American to enter office, the first since
John Quincy Adams, to be married to a foreign-born spouse, the first to have had
three marriages.
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