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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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David Smith in Washington

Trump’s ‘golden age of America’ could be an unrestrained imperial presidency

a man in a suit and tie looks out from behind a microphone
Donald Trump speaks in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Wednesday. Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

At 2.25am, Donald Trump gazed out at his jubilant supporters wearing “Make America Great Again” hats. He was surrounded by his wife, Melania, and his children, the Stars and Stripes and giant banners that proclaimed: “Dream big again” and “Trump will fix it!”

“We’re going to help our country heal,” Trump vowed. “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’ve made history for a reason tonight, and the reason is going to be just that.”

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