Donald Trump triumphed with coalition of forgotten

The billionaire capitalised on widespread disillusionment and the divide between whites and minorities, between the college educated and the working class, says James Oliphant

Donald Trump triumphed with coalition of forgotten

DONALD Trump was right. The others were wrong. The pundits who said the former reality TV star could not win the US presidency, the Republicans who shunned him, the business leaders who denounced him, and the Democrats who dismissed him failed to understand the depth of his support.

In a stunning victory over Democrat, Hillary Clinton, Trump stuck to a plan that worked to perfection in the Republican primary, a campaign built around his blunt-talking, celebrity persona, his command of social media, and his anti-establishment message of change.

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