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America will no longer settle for anything less than the best, he pledged.
The U.S. will double its growth and have the strongest economy anywhere
in the world, Trump said. And he promised to seek common ground and
not hostility.
Clintons concession call came as a surprise to some of her staffers, who
first heard of her call from reporters. Indeed, not long before Trump spoke,
the Democratic nominee had dispatched her campaign manager, John
Podesta to her election watching party at the Javits Center to send her
supporters home and wait for more conclusive results.
The crowd, which had appeared worried and despondent on TV screens as
the returns for Clinton showed an ever narrower path to victory listened as
Podesta told them it had been a long campaign, But I can say, we can wait
a little longer, cant we, he asked. Theyre still counting votes, and every
vote should count.
Clinton and her campaign had been confident of victory going into election
night, CBS News Nancy Cordes reported. All of the data they were looking
at told them she would win. And in the early hours Wednesday, Cordes said
her campaign was going over the data again, while also looking for any
voting irregularities that might have occurred.
Trumps victory was a stunning upset -- the political neophyte, who
thought little of data gathering, the ground game or TV ads, ended up
carrying several key battleground states, including states Democrats had
little to no expectation of losing.
The fears of Trumps down-ballot effect also turned out to be unfounded.
The Senate remains in Republican hands, as does the House.
Trumps dominance was also seen during the primary season, when he
knocked out 16 other Republican rivals in his partys primaries earlier this
year, with a candidacy built on the slogan of making America great again
-- a promise predicated on increased isolationism. He has proposed a ban
on Muslims from entering the U.S., the building of a wall on the southern
border, the tearing up of international trade deals, and the reworking of
defense treaties.
While garnering only lackluster support for his legislative agenda among
top Republican lawmakers, Trump also alienated many for his
controversial rhetoric both on the campaign trail.