Donald Trump wins the White House in political comeback rooted in appeals to frustrated voters

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

69% : Speaking to his supporters Wednesday morning, Trump claimed he had won "an unprecedented and powerful mandate.
64% : It was a formula Trump perfected in 2016, when he cast himself as the only person who could fix the country's problems, often borrowing language from dictators.
62% : "We've been through so much together, and today you showed up in record numbers to deliver a victory," Trump told throngs of his cheering supporters in Florida.
55% : "Trump is the first former President to return to power since Grover Cleveland regained the White House in the 1892 election.
51% : With a win in Wisconsin, Trump cleared the 270 electoral votes needed to clinch the presidency.
48% : While Harris focused much of her initial message around themes of joy, Trump channeled a powerful sense of anger and resentment among voters.
42% : Trump will inherit a range of challenges when he assumes office on Jan. 20, including heightened political polarization and global crises that are testing America's influence abroad.
38% : There will be far fewer checks on Trump when he returns to the White House.
34% : Weeks later, a second assassination attempt was thwarted after a Secret Service agent spotted the barrel of a gun poking through the greenery while Trump was playing golf.
33% : "The results cap a historically tumultuous and competitive election season that included two assassination attempts targeting Trump and a shift to a new Democratic nominee just a month before the party's convention.
33% : His face streaked with blood, Trump stood and raised his fist in the air, shouting "Fight!
19% : This campaign often veered into the absurd, with Trump amplifying bizarre and disproven rumors that migrants were stealing and eating pet cats and dogs in an Ohio town.

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