President Donald J. Trump disembarks Marine One at Valley International Airport in Harlingen, Texas Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, and boards Air Force One en route to Joint Base Andrews, Md. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)
Donald Trump has made the most incredible political comeback of all time, or at least since Grover Cleveland. John McCormick and Alex Leary describe Trump’s return to the White House in The Wall Street Journal, writing:
Republican Donald Trump leveraged anxieties about the cost of living and illegal immigration to defeat Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris, reclaiming the White House in a victory certain to alter America’s priorities and economic relationship with the world.
Trump, who won election in 2016 as the 45th president, now will be the 47th and just the second candidate in U.S. history to win nonconsecutive White House terms.
He asked voters to consider if they were better off under his first presidency as Harris struggled to distance herself from an unpopular President Biden during a combative and expensive campaign that exposed the nation’s deep partisan divisions.
The victory cements Trump as a historic political figure who prevailed despite a brashness and unfounded claims of election fraud that alienated many, proving his surprise 2016 victory over Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton wasn’t a fluke.
“This is a magnificent victory for the American people,” Trump said in a celebration in West Palm Beach, Fla., early Wednesday.
He thanked voters for sending him back to the White House and said he would fight for every citizen, repeating his campaign pledge to strengthen the economy and address other priorities. “This truly will be the golden age of America,” he said.
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