How Trump Won the White House (Ep 1)

On Tuesday 16th June 2015, Donald Trump, flanked by Melania, came
down the escalator at Trump Tower and before a crowded atrium
announced that he would be running for president. Famous for being
a businessman and the host of The Apprentice, everybody wrote him
off. This was just a gimmick, he couldn’t win. However, he quickly
established himself as the favorite for the nomination. Radical,
straight-talking, and entertaining, he energized large sections of
the Republican base. He blew away arch-establishment figures like
Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio, and the more radical anti-Washington
candidate Ted Cruz. Despite being a polarising figure right from
the start, he turned the party upside down and on Tuesday 19th July
2016, Donald Trump was declared the official Republican
Presidential candidate with 14,000,000 votes, the most received by
any candidate in Republican primary history. In the first episode
of The Rest is Politics: US series on How Donald Trump Won the
White House, listen as Anthony and Katty look at how he won the
Republican nomination and changed the party forever. Become a
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