While, recently, many people – including Donald Trump’s own campaign team – thought Trump was taking the wrong tack by going way off topic at rallies, swaying to music for nearly 40 minutes on stage, and traveling to states in the final days that weren’t battleground states, Trump – as he has so many times in the past – proved each and every one of his critics wrong and demonstrated that there was a method to his madness.
And so, once again, Donald J. Trump will be president of the United States.
Both Trump supporters and Trump haters had their stomachs in knots on Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 5 – since the presidential race was neck and neck and the polls had it as way too close to call – however, by about 10 p.m. that night it was becoming more crystal clear by the moment that Trump would become the 47th president of the United States.
By the time the early morning hours of Wednesday, Nov. 6 rolled around, the immense magnitude of Trump’s victory had become apparent: Not only did Trump win, he won big – very big. He swept every one of the battleground states and got a massive showing of support from nearly every demographic – especially Latino voters.
Trump even won the popular vote, unlike in his previous two runs.
When all the votes were counted, the electoral-win map of the US looked like a big red blob with a few specs of blue sprinkled around the edges. The reason the popular vote and the size of the victory is important is that it means not only that Trump will be the next president come January, but that he will be a candidate who has been given a clear mandate by a majority of Americans to carry out the promises he made during his campaign – such as implementing sweeping tariffs to help fix the economy, pulling US support from Ukraine in its war with Russia, taking tough action to fix the border problem while tracking down those who are in the country illegally and arresting them and deporting them.
Many of these things are things a president can do using simply executive orders, and, with a pickup of more seats by Republicans in US Senate, Trump will have a lot of support in Congress for just about anything he wants to do.
By winning the presidency, Trump even gets a “Get Out Of Jail Free” card since he can’t be prosecuted for, for instance, the charges that he stole classified top secret US documents, kept them in unsecure locations around Mar-a-ago and showed them to friends and reporters.
So, all in all, November 5 was an extremely good night for Trump as well as for those Americans who want to see real, swift and radical change in the way this country conducts its business.
Trump, who often seemed exhausted during the final days of the campaign, had an understandable new burst of energy and vibrancy when he gave his victory speech even though it was hours past the bedtime of most 78-year-olds.
“This is great!” Trump told the elated crowd of supporters who were shouting “USA! USA! “These are our friends. We have thousands of friends in this incredible movement. This is a movement like nobody’s ever seen before. And, frankly, this was, I believe, the greatest political movement of all time. There’s never been anything like this in this country, and maybe beyond.”
He said this election brought with it “a new level of importance” because his administration is going to help the country heal from all the pain and divisiveness that has dominated the political scene over the last decade.
“We’re going to help our country heal,” the former and future president said. “We have a country that needs help and it needs help very badly. We’re going to fix our borders; we’re going to fix everything about our country – and we made history for a reason tonight, and the reason is going to be just that.”
The next president then pointed out that nobody thought this rise from the ashes was possible.
After the January 6 riots in 2021, even those who are now once again Trump’s closest political allies were his harshest critics who argued that he would never be president again.
Once again, Trump has proven everyone wrong.
Trump said in his early morning victory speech: “Look what happened; is this crazy? But it’s a political victory that our country has never seen before — nothing like this.”
The president-elect thanked the American people for the “extraordinary honor of being elected your 47th president and your 45th president,” and he pledged to fight hard over the next for years for each and every American.
“Every single day, I will be fighting for you with every breath in my body,” he promised. “I will not rest until we have delivered the strong, safe and prosperous America that our children deserve and that you deserve. This will truly be the Golden Age of America.”
Don’t worry all. I will be here for the next four years to say I told you so.
Best wishes.
Hey loyal Rhino readers l have an idea, after what Chris just posted. Let’s just not answer or engage him, no matter what he says. We will overlook it and move on.
Sounds like cancel culture to me…
When did “what’s his name “ become a culture. Sounds like you voted for the wanna be “black” female
Agreed.
Chris lies, lies, lies (unless this is an impersonator).
Says the lying misinformation king that tells you to avoid listening to real experts like scientist’, doctors and academics. Lol
Didn’t the doctors and scientists say that if you got the vaccine, you wouldn’t get COVID? Interesting
I understand the confusion if you watched conservative media during COVID, or worse listened to a door to door salesman for your medical advise.
The vaccine was designed for the original strain of the virus which by the time the vaccine was approved (in a very rushed process as requested by the Trump administration, which was one of the few good things he did during the crisis), had changed with a newer strain.
But in short. No. Vaccine was never promised to stop the vaccine cold in it’s tracks. It’s goal, especially after the new strains, was to reduce the hospitalizations which was the biggest impact of the virus…. overwhelming our hospitals. And in this vain, the vaccine was very effective. Did some MEDIA overstate the potential of the vaccine? Maybe. But the media loves clicks and often overstates scientific topics in order to gain view, clicks and reads.
But I am no real expert, happy to provide you a reference to some well documented sources of the history of the vaccine if interested. Bet you aren’t.
But you be you.
That’s interesting because here’s a Fauci quote, “We know for sure it’s very, very good, 94%, 95% in protecting you against clinically recognizable disease, and almost 100% in protecting you for severe disease.”
I don’t know if you are setting your table on the 5% chance he left hanging or what, but that is him saying that if you got vaccinated you would not get sick. Wake up dude. You pretend you are neutral and educated but refuse to ever admit your liberal friends ever do anything wrong. (And your responses are full of typos, which doesn’t help to convince people that you’re smart.) Anyway, Fauci clearly said it would prevent illness and he said they “know for sure” ….with not one, but two very-s. Seems like he was “very, very” sure you wouldn’t get sick to me.
But you keep being you, dummy.
(That quote was from a CNN interview with Cuomo.)
You keep believing what you’re told to believe by your “experts”, buddy.
Don’t let an independent thought surface, whatever you do.
You might start thinking for yourself…
Where’d you go, big boi? No rebuttal for your master’s quote?
Good idea. Unburden from what he has been.
Great idea. Fools never learn, anyhow…..
Cancell-cultural Chris’ right to express his opinion sounds like freedom of speech does not apply to someone with whom you disagree. We are all better than that.
Miller I never said I wanted to cancel Chris he is free to speak as he wishes. I said just not engage with, in my opinion, his senseless rants.
Well Chris I for one am glad to see you hang in there and not ship out to Canada or Sri Lanka or wherever it is that Lady Gaga and Oprah and who all else will soon be going since they have said they cannot dwell in a country where Trump is president. It won’t be as bad as you fear. Lol how did your 401k do yesterday. Might want to look at energy stocks
Ml had record growth under Biden
Lol
I bathe in your tears Chris.
It’s amazing how so many Rhino readers inexplicably rant and vote unknowingly against their own interests and personal belief systems. Guess they have chosen Trump as THE role model for their kids and grandkids. Sad.
No, Mr Bretzmann.
We understand that we are not electing a Pope. Neither are we choosing a pastor for our church.
We are voting for an individual who promises to implement a set of political and economic policies that we endorse. He doesn’t have to be a saint.
Chris, “You’re fired!”
X yer fingers, and hope that he makes progress on all this campaign promises. He has to get along with the Democrats, but not the Socialists. And the Democrats need to move to the center.
There is no stopping inflation, there will be no going back to previous lower price levels (except during a depression). Even with lower interest rates looming, there are more and more families who cannot afford to buy a home; they will be at the mercy of landlords. Based on our income in 2000, we couldn’t buy our house today. I don’t know how anyone can fix this.
Bias among the mainstream media, digital, broadcast TV or Radio, and print, is a given.
In case you haven’t noticed, this includes NPR & PBS. For example, this evening’s PBS new broadcast is described as an “ANALYSIS”. That is to say, opinion. This is not news, this is not journalism. It is not the reporter’s opinion, but the opinion of PBS (or NPR). This is propaganda. These govt entities should not be funded with taxpayer money.
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NPR = NATIONAL PROGRESSIVE RADIO
Americans normally always in the end get it right. OUR FOUNDERS WOULD BE PROUD AS OUR CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC WORKED AS IT IS SUPPOSED TO WORK. I READ OVER 16 Billion (majority from the Democrats mostly negative) was spent on the election so now let’s get our money’s worth.
Our country is upside down and the whole purpose is to make America great again so now let’s go to work. Trump also got control
of the Senate and House which should expedite the process. I wish it were as simple as the RINO indicates but we have the right leadership so let’s go to work. Trump/Vance have my 100% support and they need yours. Now let’s MAGA. I am so proud of NC and America. Be patient it will not be easy.
A sad state we are in. I will watch on the sidelines the train wreck…
Personally, I am enjoying all the lamentations of the far liberal left. The “Ridin’ with Biden” experiment and it’s version 2.0 are utter failures and do not align with a majority of the US adult population. If the Democrat Machine wanted seriously to win (in order to hold to their own power) they would have put up a candidate of merit and substance. Instead they gave us a cackler and a knucklehead. Don’t blame us, the so called “fascists”, “deplorables”, “garbage”, “clingers”, etc. for the absolute smack down of a defeat. Set your sights higher and place the blame where it belongs…at the feet of the Democrat party machine.
You will be here with Scott and the liberal morons because the once great Rhino Times is now a website where one writer spews his hatred for conservative values. Won’t last long. Sit around for four years with your own ilk while the rest of us move on from this rag.
Is there anything negative about Trump in this article?
Not one little bit Scott. Thanks for the right to express our point of view. Have no worry your loyal followers will be here. Goodbye “little” what’s his name
Scott, I don’t believe this is the same Chris we all know and….. love ??
Clearly not me….the anti-Trump Chris.
Watch gas prices come back down to the previous Trump Admin. This will cause groceries and other items to come down. The overall economy will boom due to his Energy Independent Policies as we start getting the pipelines flowing, better jobs, etc.. and not sending Boat loads of $$$ to Ukraine. He will end the wars and be able to bring Soldiers back to help with ridding the US of Illegal Criminals. The next 4 years we will be in much better shape. JD will learn the ropes and then maybe he would carry the conservative train for 8 years with Desantis as his VP.
Gas prices are based on many things, supply & demand & war come to mind. Energy policy with the new Administration can have a positive or negative effect. Pres. Trump wants to open up drilling, that will bring prices down; but drilling will slow down when the profits from drilling vanish. I don’t think gas prices will ever return to pre-Biden years; if nothing else, inflation will decide.
Good job Scott. I personally enjoyed seeing the DEI posterchild fall flat on her ass. A complete joke and the voters spoke.
A few notes on the race on a Federal, State, and Local level.
1.) Trump/Vance looks to have won both the popular vote and electoral college close to showing wins in all 7 swing states. This could be the largest margin of victory since 1988 for Republicans.
2.) Republicans will control the US Senate and possibly the US House.
3.) In NC, Republicans picked up another seat on the N.C. Supreme Court with the advantage now being 6-1 to Republicans. The win had a 10,000 vote margin so could go to a recount. The Republicans also picked up 3 more Appellate Judges giving a large majority to Republicans . The state’s appellate courts are regularly called upon to review the constitutionality of controversial legislation, such as voting laws and redistricting plans.
4.) In NC, the Council of State saw wins for Republicans in State Auditor, Agriculture, Insurance, Labor, and Treasurer. Democrats won Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, School Superintendent.
5.) In NC, US House swung from 7-7 to 10-4 Republicans.
6.) In N.C. Senate, Republicans have a 30-20 Supermajority. In NC House, Republicans may have come up one vote short of Super majority. One race may be contested.
7.) In Guilford County, Republicans won all 3 US Congressional Races.
8.) In heavy Dem Guilford County, Republicans won 2 of 6 NC House races and 1 of 3 NC Senate races. Republicans did not win the School Board or Commissioner races in Guilford County.
9.) The State Constitutional vote on Only US Citizens being allowed to vote passed by over 70%. The Guilford County sales tax increase was rejected by a large margin.
10.) Republicans came out in huge numbers in N.C. for Early voting. Next Presidential election, there could very well be a higher percent of N.C. that is registered Republican than Democrat. Democrats are at 31% vs Repubs at 30% now with Democrats continuing to decline and Republicans staying steady.
Good information. See what happens when we show up strong in numbers. Now we need to follow up with a strong Republican and Independant showing in the local 2026 Elections. This will be crucial for us locally to get rid of the wasteful spending Democrats (especially County Commissioners) and the Cowboy Sheriff who can not keep employees and has 120 vacancies.
NC is bipolar in its voting, which confuses me. I guess that has to do with living in an area that’s now less rural than when I first moved here. It’s frustrating to have people complain about how high taxes and fees are; how poorly schools teach students; how high crime rates are; and how hard it is to recruit police, fire, and paramedic workers, yet keep voting in the same people/party year on end.
Overall, things came out better than I’d hoped, but locally it was disappointing.