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In one of his final rallies, at the iconic Madison Square Garden in New York, former President Donald Trump delivered a ramped-up version of his typical stump speech, promising \u201cthe strongest economy, the most secure borders and safest cities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also railed against adversaries he sees as \u201cthe enemy from within,\u201d and described his opponent, Vice President Harris, as a bad person with a \u201clow IQ.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re running against something far bigger than Joe [Biden] or Kamala [Harris] and far more powerful than them, which is a massive, vicious radical-left machine that runs today\u2019s Democrat party,\u201d Trump told the crowd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his return to power, Trump defied so many expectations, surviving repeated scandals and multiple indictments. He is the first convicted felon to win the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump\u2019s overall closing focus on the economy and immigration ultimately resonated with enough Americans \u2014 more than the message delivered by Harris, who called for unity and warned that Trump was a \u201cpetty tyrant\u201d who was obsessed with revenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump doubled down on his hard-line border stance, using increasingly dehumanizing language to describe immigrants, accusing them of poisoning the blood of the country and falsely claiming a Venezuelan street gang was taking over the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The election results show that Americans were less concerned about Trump\u2019s rhetoric and instead longed for a change. Polling just before Election Day showed Harris was not able to seize the change mantle<\/u><\/a> as part of the Biden administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many experts cite out-of-control inflation midway through the Biden administration\u2019s term as key to Harris\u2019 downfall. While inflation waned, prices remained higher than when Trump was in office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Voters like Dale Roberts in Georgia saw Harris as an extension of President Biden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHarris has got the same policies that Biden did. There’s no two ways about it,\u201d said the 67-year-old former state trooper. \u201cNo matter how she lies or tries to get out of it, she can’t wiggle out of it. She should have changed the policies or tried to change policies while she was vice president.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As he did in 2016, Trump seemed to galvanize an army of working-class white voters this election cycle, particularly men. Exit polls also indicated that he eroded support with key groups for Democrats, including Latinos and Black men.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the end, Trump\u2019s victory may have simply come down to an old political clich\u00e9: \u201cIt\u2019s the economy, stupid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUltimately what it says about President Trump\u2019s win is that people are more willing to vote for their pocketbook,\u201d said Republican pollster Jon McHenry. \u201cThey say, \u2018I think the democracy criticisms are overblown and I’m going to vote for my pocketbook because I know that that’s not overblown.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump was helped by the rising border crossings early in the Biden administration that drew outcry, not just from Republican, but also Democratic governors and mayors who blasted the Biden administration for its immigration policies along the border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some thought divisions within the GOP, including the high-profile defection of major party leaders such as former Rep. Liz Cheney, would prove fatal to Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Harris also struggled to articulate a clear vision for the future of the country, beyond pushing people to vote against Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDonald Trump has spent a decade trying to keep the American people divided and afraid of each other. That\u2019s who he is,\u201d said Harris, during a high- profile speech in front of the White House. \u201cBut America, I am here tonight to say: That\u2019s not who we are.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Biden didn\u2019t do her any favors of promoting unity when, in the final days of the race, he appeared to call Trump\u2019s supporters \u201cgarbage.\u201d The White House tried to clean up the muddled remark, arguing the president was talking specifically about one comedian, Tony Hinchcliffe, who when speaking at Trump\u2019s New York City rally called Puerto Rico a \u201cfloating island of garbage.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the damage was done. Trump stoked the outrage of his supporters by donning an orange reflective vest and taking questions from the press while sitting in a Trump-branded garbage truck before his rally in Green Bay, Wis., which he then wore to his rally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead of running away from his scandals, Trump embraced his legal problems and used them to reinforce one of his core messages: that the system is rigged, and against conservatives in particular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He ramped up his threats to go after political opponents, even suggesting that he could use the military to address \u201cthe enemy from within.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He relished delivering the kind of red-meat speech that his die-hard fans will wait hours in the hot sun to see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI like to be nice and careful,\u201d Trump said at a rally in Duluth, Ga. \u201cAnd then I decide, am I better off being careful or really entertaining people? And I usually decide on the side of entertainment. And then, I have fun.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Editor:msserwanga@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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