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CONTENTS:
Foreword – by Raul Araújo 23
Author’s Note 26
Introduction – by the Author 29
CHAPTER 1: The Birth of the Nation: Pillars of the Foundation 32
The Founding Fathers 33
The Declaration of Independence 35
The Articles of Confederation 37
The Constitution of the United States 38
The U.S. Bill of Rights 38
The Legislative Branch 43
The Executive Branch 47
The Judicial Branch 54
The Check and Balance System 57
CHAPTER 2: Some Fundamentals of the Electoral Process 58
The Voters 59
The Parties 60
One Partisanship-at-a-Time System 60
Primary Season 65
The National Conventions 68
The General Election 70
The Electoral College 73
The FECA And The FEC 78
Super PACs 79
CHAPTER 3: The Warm Up, 2015 80
2015 in Talking Points 80
A Brief Overview of The Full Process Ahead 80
Meet Each and Every One of The Candidates 80
Ground Zero: September 8th 84
The Initial Numbers of The Candidates in The Polls 84
Hillary’s Apology and The Private Email Server Controversy 84
Joe Biden’s Candidacy 84
Among 17, Three Nonpolitical Candidates Have 53% Combined 84
Never Have I Seen Such an Unfortunate Strategy in My Entire Life 84
CHAPTER 4: The Real Game Begins, 2016 95
Donald Trump is smashing the existing order! 95
Iowa, the First Primary, February 1st 101
“I support the crazy one” 101
“How stupid are the people of Iowa” 101
“It is undermining our political system” 101
“Just remember, there is a special place in hell for women who don’t help each other” 101
“The memorized 25-second speech” 101
“There it is. There it is, everybody” 101
New Hampshire, February 9th 106
Justice Antonin Scalia Passes Away 106
The “Biden Rule” 106
“You are the single biggest liar” 106
Pope Francis And Donald Trump 106
Nevada and South Carolina, February 20th, 23rd, and 27th 115
“I’m not going to pay for that fucking wall” 115
Amusement; Concern; Fear; and Panic 115
“If I’m president, we’re not going to have people dying on the streets. You can call it whatever you want” 115
“That’s why I closed Guantanamo” 115
Super Tuesday, March 1st 126
The Ku Klux Klan 126
The Koch Brothers Allocated US $889 million to Spend on the 2016 Campaign 126
When do politicians quit? 126
“I don’t regret it at all… Romney didn’t win” 126
“He [Trump] is playing the American public for suckers” 126
Inspirational example and moral high ground 126
Logic does not necessarily rule people’s behavior 126
Emotion/Heart Vs. Reason/Brain 126
“Enough of this trash” 126
Trump will be able to have a real global brand 126
ABT—Anyone But Trump 126
Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Nebraska and Puerto Rico, March 5th and 6th 142
US $ 153.7 million and 729 speeches 142
Nancy Reagan Passes Away 142
“Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican” 142
Michael Bloomberg: “The Risk I Will Not Take” 142
Hawaii, Idaho, Michigan and Mississippi, March 8th 146
The Five Super Tuesdays 146
“I refuse to answer this question” 146
“We stop Trump” 146
“I think Islam hates us” 146
“My people… I love you all” 146
Donald J. Trump will become the 45th POTUS 146
Washington, D.C. and Wyoming, March 12th 157
The Nation’s Capital 157
The Cowboy State 157
Guam 157
Northern Mariana Islands 157
Florida, Illinois, Missouri, North Carolina and Ohio, March 15th 159
“Vulgar and divisive rhetoric” 159
“Divider-in-Chief” 159
President Obama’s final State of the Union Address 159
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee 159
A Victory of Wise Endurance Vs. A Defeat Due to Dumb Stubbornness 159
“There’s nothing like it: lies, deceit, viciousness, disgusting reporters, horrible people” 159
Arizona and Utah, March 22nd 169
President Obama in Cuba 169
The Firepower of ISIS: Bush 43, Obama, and Hillary Clinton 169
Jeb Bush and Ted Cruz Join Forces 169
The “War of the Wives” 169
“Ratfucker” 169
Washington, March 26th 176
Fidel Castro rebukes Barack Obama 176
“$2 Billion Worth of Free Media for Donald Trump” 176
Over 150 Thousand U.S. Military Personnel Stationed Abroad 176
The U.S. National Debt and the “Penny Plan” 176
“I am America First” 176
The World’s Policeman 176
NATO’s 67th anniversary 176
George Clooney’s Fundraiser 176
Never Answer a Hypothetical 176
“They can call it a banana, but it’s a treaty” 176
27% of Americans have no savings at all 176
North Dakota and Wisconsin, April 5th 189
“Compelling Mexico to Pay for the Wall” 189
“Democracy is not about billionaires buying elections” 189
“Hillary, get ready, here we come” 189
Democrats Are Working to Guarantee Trump’s Nomination 189
New York, April 19th 193
Sanders Is a Successful Gatecrasher 193
“Gestapo tactics” 193
“Hillary is a murderer” 193
“The system is rigged” 193
“He has hatred for New York” 193
“Thou Shalt Not Contradict Black Lives Matter Protesters” 193
“Donald needs to understand he’s not Michael Corleone” 193
“Path of darkness” 193
The Unpredictability Factor 193
“He brings the Bible, holds it high, puts it down, lies” 193
“The most powerful political organization in the United States” 193
Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island, April 26th 205
“I am not changing” 205
The “Woman Card” 205
“I call her crooked Hillary” 205
Fiorina Is Cruz’s VP Pick 205
“Lucifer in the flesh” 205
Mike Pence Vote for Ted Cruz 205
The White House Correspondents’ Dinner 205
DJT is the Republican Presumptive Nominee: Indiana, May 3rd 219
Ted Cruz Drops Out After a Tremendous Performance 219
Lecturing The “American people”—An Obnoxious Habit 219
“He was a war hero because he was captured” 219
“This man is a pathological liar” 219
Trump and the “17 egos” 219
“I will say what I want to say” 219
“I am not ready to support Speaker Ryan’s agenda” 219
“We’re going to put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business” 219
“There is nobody that was worse than Bill Clinton with women” 219
“There’s a carelessness in terms of managing emails” 219
West Virginia, May 10th 234
Jeff Bezos and Donald Trump’s Rivalry 234
The Prohibition 234
The Impact of The Polls 234
“Our campaign is the strongest campaign against Donald Trump” 234
“I call him Crazy Bernie” 234
A Review of The Amusing-Derogatory Nicknames 234
Major Political Development In My Beloved Motherland: Brazil 234
Paul Ryan, Ted Cruz, And Marco Rubio 234
“I think I would have been the best president” 234
Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, And Joe Biden 234
One of The Most Important Tasks Of Any Government Is To Foster New Leaders 234
The Democratic Party Shrinks During Obama’s Presidency 234
“We have 20 people working on Trump” 234
“Crossing the Line: How Donald Trump Behaved with Women in Private” 234
Donald equals Bill, who equals Donald 234
Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook: “A platform for all ideas” 234
Oregon, May 17th 248
“Don’t tell Secretary Clinton, she might get nervous” 248
“Life threats to me and my family” 248
“If you play with fire, you’re gonna get burned” 248
Potential Nominees to the SCOTUS 248
David Cameron And Donald Trump 248
“Why They Hate Us” 248
“We can’t risk a Donald Trump presidency” 248
Billionaire; gorgeous wife; talented kids; great educational background; fearless; celebrity 248
“In politics and in life, ignorance is not a virtue” 248
“He’s an ignorant President” 248
The Sanders-Trump Debate 248
The Inspector General of the Department of State and Hillary Emails 248
“Vox populi vox Dei” 248
“I find the press to be dishonest. I find the political press to be unbelievably dishonest” 248
Trump University 248
HRC is the Democratic Presumptive Nominee: California, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, and South Dakota, June 7th 269
A Perfect Maneuver 269
The Congressional Gridlock 269
“Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones” 269
“Bill and Hillary Clinton have built an unrivaled global network of donors” 269
“Too much work, too many people, blood, sweat, and tears” 269
The Ability to Create a Sense of Urgency Is a Key Attribute 269
In 1872, Victoria Woodhull Was the First Female Candidate for President 269
“Making Donald Trump our commander-in-chief would be a historic mistake” 269
President Obama Should Have Supported Someone Not as Controversial as HRC 269
Joe Biden Would Be by Far a Better Democratic Standard-bearer 269
CHAPTER 5: The Month Before the Presumptive Nominees Become the Outright Nominees 289
The Iran Nuclear Deal “Echo Chamber” 289
The Bloodiest Terrorist Attack After 9/11 289
The Primary in Washington, D.C. – June 14th 289
The FBI-DOJ Transcript Controversy 289
Corey Lewandowski’s Loyalty to Trump 289
Candidates’ Expenses During the Primaries 301
The Economic Struggle in America And Brexit 306
The Sharp Inequality in the U.S. 306
The “Trumpism,” Brexit, and Obama 306
“The Empire on Which the Sun Never Sets” 306
The Citizens Are Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired 306
The Similarity Between the Dissimilar Sanders and Trump 306
Hillary, The Donors, Elizabeth Warren, And Trump 311
“A lot of people tell pollsters they don’t trust me” 311
The American Economy and Trump 315
China Overtakes United States as World’s No. 1 Economy 315
Take ownership and tell the truth 315
Bill Clinton and Loretta Lynch 315
The FBI, Hillary Clinton, And President Obama 321
The FBI Interviews Hillary Clinton In Email Probe 321
The FBI Director Contradicts Hillary Clinton In the Capitol Hill 321
The Impressively Fast Pace of a Sequence of Facts 321
Four Questions Pop Up into My Mind 321
The Race Issue in the U.S. 328
The Shooting of Dallas Police Officers 328
“Let us love not with words or speech, but with actions and in truth.” 328
Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton Campaign Together 341
If You Plant Dreams, You Harvest Achievements. If You Preach Fantasies, You Garner Deceptions. 341
A SCOTUS Justice Plays Politics 344
This Whole Thing Leaves a Bitter Taste in Everyone’s Mouth 344
The Two Candidates for Vice President 346
The Republican Mike Pence and The Democrat Tim Kaine 346
The Boxes That a Vice-Presidential Running Mate Should Check 346
#NeverTrump; #DumpTrump; #FreeTheDelegates 346
CHAPTER 6: A Brief View of the National Conventions 352
The Unlimited Creativity of The Unofficial Merchandize 352
The Republican National Convention 354
“I’M WITH YOU – THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.” 354
Folkloric Episodes of Plagiarism in American Politics 354
Barack Obama is “Just Words and No Substance” 354
The Democratic National Convention 365
“She’s the best darn change-maker I’ve ever met in my entire life.” 365
“Help End Establishment Politics, Vote No on Hillary.” 365
The Democratic National Committee email leak 365
CHAPTER 7: The General Election 377
The Road to 270 Kicks Off – August 1st 377
Playing-By-The-Textbook vs. Nobody-Knows-What’s-Next 377
US $ 400 Million In Cash to Iran – A Wicked Fact 383
“A word is the shadow of an action” 383
Trump’s Economic Agenda 387
“[Trump would be] the most reckless President in American history” 387
Intelligence Briefings 391
Obama, “The founder of ISIS” 393
Hillary’s Economic Agenda 396
“In Search of Hillary” 396
Pay-to-Play Allegations Begin 399
The Clintons’ Tax Return 399
“Make America Safe Again” 402
Communication Strategy 404
Trump Campaign Shake-up 404
“Let Trump Be Trump” 404
“Don’t Change Horses in The Middle Of The Stream” 404
Kellyane Conway Will Be the Image And Voice Of Trump’s Campaign 404
“Clinton Campaign Now Outspending Trump on Ads – $52 Million to 0” 404
Rupert Murdoch’s Media Empire 404
“What the Hell Do You Have to Lose?” 408
Barack Obama On Vacation in Martha’s Vineyard 408
An Historical Flood in Louisiana 408
“I Will Always Tell You the Truth” 408
“She [Hillary] Is Against the Police” 408
America Is on the Wrong Track, 67% Says 413
Malik (Barack Obama’s brother) Supports Trump 413
I Humbly Consign Two Advices to Our Major Nominees 415
The U.S.A. and the Roman Empire 415
Just “Follow the Money” 415
“Because No One Is Above the Law!” 415
“The FBI found 15,000 emails Hillary Clinton didn’t turn over. Uh oh.” 415
The Access and Concessions Granted by Donating to The Clintons Is Hard to Deny 415
The Election Beyond the Presidential Race 421
The Obama Style 424
“All Cretans are liars” 424
“The Pinocchio Paradox” 424
“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it” 424
Hillary: “Trump Has Built His Campaign on Prejudice and Paranoia” 427
Trump Is Giving Democrats a Taste of The Same Poison 427
“There is no compassion in tolerating crime” 427
“And I’m not making this up” 427
The Very Heart of The Heart of Candidates’ Message 432
Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise 432
The “Elite Immunity” 432
Holding The “Stop Sign” 432
Immigration Policies 435
66% Consider Hillary Dishonest 435
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 435
Espionage Act of 1917 435
Hillary is “sleeping on the job!” 435
Impeachment in My Motherland 435
President Enrique Peña Nieto And Donald Trump 435
The Group of Twenty 435
Trump Stumps All Over While Hillary Seats on Her Lead 444
Hillary Clinton’s Interview with the FBI 445
The “Oh-shit” Moment 445
Destroying Devices By “breaking them in half or hitting them with a hammer” 445
The Lack of Memory, “Mrs. Amnesia!” 445
African-American Outreach 447
“A Civil-rights Agenda for Our Time” 447
A Taste of How the Electorate Sees Hillary and Trump 448
Hillary’s News Conference After 275 Days 448
Barbed Wire Causes Deterioration Based on The Time in The Wire 448
“Trump Force One” and “Hill Force One” 448
A Picture 60 Days Before the Election Day 451
The Commander-In-Chief 453
Hillary: “The Basket of Deplorables” 457
The Early Vote and Voter ID Laws 460
The Brazilian Biometrics-based Voting Machines 460
9/11: 15 Years Later 463
400 Thousand People to Be Affected by Disease Linked to the 9/11 Attacks 463
The Wall Street 466
Why is New York City the Financial Capital of the World? 466
“If I can make it there, I’ll make it anywhere” 466
Financial Industries’ Donations So Far: HRC, US $ 47 Million; DJT, US $ 345,000 466
Obama: “Love Trumps Hate” 470
Vladimir Putin is unequivocally “Donald Trump’s role model” 470
Insinuations Work Well in Pushing Emotional Buttons 470
Head Scratching Moment 470
What the Fuck Moment 470
Message Consolidating Moment 470
Rewarding Harvest Moment 470
“Don’t boo, vote!” 470
Trump: “The White House Will Become the People’s House” 473
“Simple test: does it create more jobs and better wages for Americans?” 473
Getting A Message Across 475
The Fear of Losing Cripples the Combatant 475
Obama’s Rhetoric Was Hope; Hillary’s Is Demonizing the Opponent 475
“I feel good, I knew that I would now” 475
“Trump is a National disgrace” 478
General Colin Luther Powell 478
The Trust in The Media 480
“A few years ago, this guy [Obama] would have been getting us coffee” 480
Clinton-Obama Sharp Jabs 480
Obama: It Is “An Insult to My Legacy” 483
Obama Has Endorsed Someone from The Past to Carry His Baton to The Future 483
Bill Clinton’s Bash, Barbara Streisand, US $ 250 Thousands Admission 483
“A War of Narratives” 486
A Crucial Similarity and A Sharp Distinction Between HRC and DJT 486
Obama, Hillary, And the Daylight Between Speech and Action 486
From A Fight for One-upmanship to The Invective Card 486
Hillary Will Outspend Trump in US $ 270 Million In Advertisement 486
858 Persons Ordered Deported Are Granted Citizenship Instead 492
The First Presidential Debate, September 26th 494
Lessons from Sun Tzu, JFK, and Reagan 494
Mark Cuban and Trump’s Rivalry 494
The Debate’s Aftermath 508
Adolf Hitler, Richard Nixon, and JFK 508
Hillary and the Hubris 508
Saturday Night Live’s Hilarious Sketch 508
“It’s Not What Happens to You, But How You React to It That Matters” 508
“The Worst in People” 514
Do You Live in Secrecy, Falsehood, Or Truth? 514
7% Of American Voters Have Lost or Ended a Friendship Due to the Election 514
“Old Foes Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton Team Up to Woo the Kids” 514
The Media Support 516
“Major Newspaper Endorsements:” HRC Has 16; DJT Has Zero 516
An Electorate “Between A Rock and A Hard Place” 518
Where Are the Fresh Leaders? 518
“I’m incredibly frustrated with myself… I have to get smarter” 518
“The King Can Do No Wrong” 521
“The FBI was handing out immunity agreements like candy” 521
The Congress Thunderously Greets the Lame Duck President 521
JASTA Shrinks the Purview of The Legal Principle Of The Sovereign Immunity 521
The Message and The Messenger 523
Trump “Could Have Avoided Federal Income Taxes for 18 Years” 523
The insinuation is made. The case is made. The damage is made. 523
The Vice-Presidential Debate, October 4th 526
A Lecture on How to Deflect and Pivot; Dodge and Move On! 526
The Aftermath of The VP Debate 529
Donald Trump’s Way of Being and Mike Pence’s Way of Being 529
Total Devastation 530
Robert De Niro Uses Incendiary Language 530
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Statement 530
“You need both a public and a private position” 530
“Bucket of Losers” And “Grab Them by the P—y” 530
“Laws are like sausages. It’s better not to see them being made.” 530
That “forever destroyed my faith in polygraphs” 530
Trump Appears with Former Accusers of The Clintons 530
Donald Trump Is A movement Himself 530
The Second Presidential Debate, October 9th 537
Abraham Lincoln and Dirty Political Tricks 537
Innuendo May Lead to Unimaginably Detrimental Ripple Effect 537
The Speakers’ Essential Tasks in Town Hall Meetings 537
A Significant Dose of Insanity in The Air 537
Trump Is the “Elephant in The Room” 537
“We all fall short of the glory of God” 537
The GOP Civil War and The Democratic Sailors 544
“The Shackles Have Been Taken Off Me” 544
The Millennials Have to See Hillary As a More Palatable Person 544
The Magic Wand Which Can Immediately Cure All Disagreements 544
Unmasking Hillary Clinton and Her Relationship with the Media 546
It Is All Theater 546
A Flawed Nominee, And the Lack of Both Identity and Inspirational Message 546
The Clintons Never Forget the Ones Who Refuse to Do What They Ask 546
A Sample of What It Means to Be the Establishment Candidate 546
The Russian Connection: If Nothing Else, a Convenient Red Herring 551
Attack, Deny, Confuse 551
We Have to Take Barack Obama At His Word 551
Russia And China Are the Two Main Enemies-in-truce Of the U.S. 551
“Total Meltdown” 553
“The Media Is an Extension of The Democratic Party” 553
Nine Women Emerge with Different Stories Accusing DJT 553
Embrace Playfulness and All Cultural Manifestations 556
“Republican nominee Donald Trump” vs. “President Hillary Clinton” 556
Hillary Clinton’s Light Public Schedule 557
Hillary Kills Three Birds with One Stone 557
Top Secret, Secret, or Confidential 559
Institutional Maneuvers to Protect Hillary 559
We Must Have the Guts to Ask Hard Questions 559
Hillary “Doesn’t Seem to Know What Planet We Are All Living On” 563
“Needy Latinos and 1 easy call” 563
“Doofus Bernie” 563
Scream “Trump is a Nazi” and “Get Some of These Assholes to Pop Off” 565
“We have mentally ill people, that we pay to do shit” 565
“Over the last twenty years, I’ve paid off a few homeless guys to do some crazy stuff” 565
The “Double Blind” for Them to “Plausibly Deny” 565
The Level of Cynicism Has Skyrocketed 565
“How do you square it? You can’t. One is real, the other is made up.” 565
Good-Hearted Americans 570
“Trust, but verify” 570
A Cornerstone of Democracy 570
“Nazi Republicans Leave Town or Else” 570
“This Merits a Serious Criminal Investigation” 570
“The way up and the way down are one and the same” 570
Melania Trump and Ivanka Trump 573
A 100% of 100% strategy 573
“Drain the Swamp” 573
“Ethics Reforms to Make Our Government Honest Once Again” 573
The Third and Final Presidential Debate, October 19th 577
The 10 Most Watched Presidential Debates Since 1976 577
What is Hillary’s Persona? What is Trump’s Persona? 577
Dishonesty vs. Unfitness 577
The Nuclear Codes 577
“I will look at it at the time” 577
To Accept or Not Accept the Results of an Election 585
2.6 Million Persons are Registered to Vote in 2 Different States 585
1.8 Million No Longer Living Persons are Registered on Voter Rolls 585
“Honesty may not be the best policy, but it is worth trying once in a while” 585
“Donald Trump is Assaulting Our Democracy” 585
“Stop Whining and Go Try to Make [your] Case to Get Votes” 585
The Al Smith Dinner 2016 589
“I Took a Break from My Rigorous Nap Schedule to Be Here” 589
“Modesty is Perhaps My Best Quality. Even Better Than My Temperament” 589
The Gettysburg Address 592
Abraham Lincoln’s 273 Historic Words 592
“Donald Trump’s Contract with The American Voter” 592
“A Very Big and Historic Win for Hillary Clinton” 596
“No Time for Wimps and Wusses” 596
“Well, @realDonaldTrump, at Least I Will Go Down as a President” 596
“I Don’t Even Think About Responding to Him Anymore” 596
Obamacare Is “The Craziest Thing in The World” 598
A Zoom in On President Obama’s Signature Policy 598
From Protecting Obama’s Legacy to Seizing the Winds of Change 598
“We Need to Clean This Up” 601
Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton Finally Stump Together 601
“If You Can’t Run Your Own House You Certainly Can’t Run the White House” 601
“When I was young and irresponsible, I was young and irresponsible” 601
The Use of Marijuana and A Few Presidents 601
Pursuing the Vital High Turnout 601
“I Wish… I Could Take Him Behind the Gym” 601
A U.S. Vice President Dueling to the Death 601
The FBI Director’s Atomic Bomb 606
Roughly 20 Million Votes Have Been Cast Already 606
Disregard the Stench, Hold Your Nose, and Vote for Hillary Clinton 606
“I Have the Stamina to Be President and Commander-In-Chief” 606
Michelle Obama’s Candidacy 606
The Art of Playing to the Gallery 606
The Atomic Bomb and the Unrelated Case 611
“Mini Hillary” and Hillary Clinton 611
“When You’re Fresh Meat, Kill, and Throw Something Fresher” 611
“All Fool’s Day” 613
The Mighty James Comey 613
From Very Wise to Entirely Foolish 613
The Senate Leader and the FBI Director 613
From “Wonderful” to “Disturbing” in the Blink of an Eye 613
A Disheartening/Demoralizing Episode is Conveniently Overlooked 613
“October Surprise” 616
The Political World Looks to the FBI 616
A Strategic Move Common in Political Disputes 616
The Right Man for the Right Job 616
An Unnecessary Mistake 616
CHAPTER 8: The Week in Prior to the Election 619
November 1st 619
The Colossal-Suicidal Dose 619
Trump Has the Momentum 619
Hillary Has Already Raised Over US $1 billion 619
“Tracking the 2016 Presidential Money Race” 619
The Positive Feedback Loop at the Right Moment 619
A Bacterium, a Deadly Disease, and Generations to Heal 619
November 2nd 626
Patience and Memory 626
Direction and Pace 626
An “Honest Mistake” 626
“We Don’t Operate on Innuendo” 626
“No Sidetracks, Donald. Nice and Easy” 626
The FBI Investigates Hillary in Two Distinct Probes 626
President Obama and a Pardon to Hillary 626
A Sample of the Turnout 626
“Heads Up” 626
November 3rd 632
The Phone Calls that Changed History 632
The Ku Klux Klan and the Democratic Party 632
Melania’s Contract with American Women 632
“This is a white man’s country. Let white men rule.” 632
Batter Trump and Scare Americans 632
“Invisible Empire of the South” 632
An Abstruse Enemy 632
November 4th 638
“Has she been dishonest about things? Sure. Have you?” 638
The Stock Market in the Weeks Before Presidential Elections 638
The Final Economic Snapshot Ahead of Election Day 638
Roughly 60 Electoral Votes are Up for Grabs 638
The Core Power of Trump’s Candidacy 638
November 5th 642
The Democratic “Bread and Circuses” 642
From Kings and Queens, to Pawns and Fanatics 642
Trump is Rushed Off Stage by the Secret Service 642
The “Basics” and the Not-So-Basics 642
November 6th 647
This Test of Our Nerves Will Go Down to the Wire Indeed 647
The Political World Looks to the FBI—Again 647
“No Complacency This Time. Get Out There” 647
November 7th 650
The Final Predictions 650
The Classic Midnight Rallies 650
The Midnight Voting Tradition 650
Hillary’s and Trump’s Closing Arguments 650
The Obamas and the Clintons All Together 650
The Zone of Miscegenation and Mutation in the Policies 650
CHAPTER 9: Election Day 656
“D-Day” Has Finally Arrived 656
47.0 Million Ballots Already Cast 656
The Voting-Eligible Population is 231.5 Million 656
7.5 Billion People Watching and A Solitary Endeavor 656
From a 20% Chance of Winning to > 95% in Four Hours 656
President-Elect Donald Trump and the “Urbi et Orbi” Address 661
DJT is the “de facto” Leader of a Tsunami-Movement 661
“She [Hillary] is not done yet!” 661
CHAPTER 10: Trump Takes Over America and Perplexes the World 664
A Realigning Election 664
The 70-Year-Old Teenager After a 511-Day Run 664
Some Reasons Why Donald Trump Was Elected the 45th POTUS 664
The Self-Evident Unexpected Result and A Million-Piece Puzzle 664
Everything Now is about One Presidency and One Country 664
Democrats, Media, Pundits, and Pollsters’ Hangover 664
In 1991 Bill Clinton Proposed to “Make America Great Again” 664
“There is No Substitute for Victory” 664
Hillary Clinton’s Concession Speech 671
President Barack Obama’s Message 673
Some Results and Some Takeaways 675
Electoral Votes: Trump/Pence 306 vs. 232 Hillary/Kaine 675
Popular Votes: Trump/Pence 62,955,202 vs. 65,794,399 Hillary/Kaine 675
Why is it Entirely Irrelevant to Acquire the Most Popular Votes Nationwide? 675
28 Years of the White House Backing Hillary 675
“Not Everything is Supposed to Be Inspiring” 675
Hillary Clinton: The Most Convenient Successor for Obama 675
The “Blue Wall” Collapsed Due to the ‘Tsunami-Movement’ 675
The Presidential Election is Actually 51 Different Ones 675
The Democratic Party Needs an Autopsy 675
Thou Shalt Take Donald Trump Seriously 675
What is the Establishment After All? 675
CHAPTER 11: During the Obama-Trump Transition 679
Donald Trump and Barack Obama Face-to-Face for the 1st Time Ever 679
America with Two Presidents 679
The President-Elect Meets with Leaders of the Congress 679
Some of the Reactions on the Stock Market 679
Hillary’s Pardon, Anyway 679
The 100-Day Agenda 679
“Not Our President” 684
From “Basket of Deplorables” to “Worthless Piece of Trash” 684
The Steps of the Electoral College Still Ahead 684
The President-Designate 684
Hillary: The “MADAM PRESIDENT” 686
Trump: The “LOSER” 686
The New York Times Issues a Mea Culpa 686
The World No Longer Permits Gullible Individuals 686
“The Beauty, ‘Or The Ugliness,’ is in the Eye of the Beholder” 686
Presidents and Vice Presidents Exchange Glances 689
VP-Elect Mike Pence’s New Key Role 689
14 of the 44 POTUS Formerly Served as VP 689
1,212 Posts Require FBI Clearance and U.S. Senate Confirmation 689
Beginning to Assemble the New Government 689
The Gatekeeper Reince Priebus and the Chief Strategist Stephen Bannon 689
The President Who Both Preceded and Succeeded His Predecessor 689
Nixon, Ford and Rockefeller 689
The Turning Point in Trump’s Intention to Seek the Presidency 692
The President lost, but the Man won—at least I hope so! 692
Barack Obama’s Very First Press Conference Post-Election 692
Donald Trump Put US $66.1 Million of His Money into the Race 692
Barack Obama’s Legacy: “Seven Deadly” Signs 694
Numbers Both Tell Stories and Help to Correct Our Course 694
“If You Live By Executive Order, You Die By Executive Order” 694
“Welcome to the Dawn of a New Unified Republican Government” 694
The Democratic “Smallest Congressional Minority Since 1929” 694
The Highest-Ranking Female Politician in American History 694
Chronological Maturity and Refreshing Youth 694
Why Would Donald Trump Do That? 694
The Leaders in the U.S. Congress 694
The Inner Circles of Power 700
Lifetime and Five-Year Bans 700
Trump’s Attorney General, CIA Director, and National Security Advisor 700
Barack Obama in Two Phrases: Presumptuous and Pretty Smart 703
Obama’s Posture in His Post-Presidency 703
Who Are the “We:” “Oré” or “Iandé?” 703
Obama’s Bitter International Victory Lap 703
President George W. Bush’s Exemplary Behavior 703
53% of Americans Believe President Trump Will Do a Good Job 706
The National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation 706
The Presidential Medal of Freedom 706
Educated Guesses about Future Presidential Nominees 708
The Unnoticed Pillar of The Political Side of Trump’s Administration 708
December 2016 710
The National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony 710
Trump Intervenes When He Finds It Necessary 710
High Popularity: Blessing or Curse? 710
Trump’s “Thank You Tour” 710
“We are going to appoint ‘Mad Dog’ Mattis as our Secretary of Defense… Don’t tell anybody” 710
The Harvard Institute of Politics Forum 713
“No One Steals the Presidency of the United States” 713
Democrats and Greens Join Forces to Push for Recounts 713
The First Ever Successful Presidential Run Managed by A Woman 713
Conflict of Interest Rules and the Presidency 715
Trump’s Administration Will Be Under the Microscope 24/7 715
The Unconventional President-Elect Keeps Heads Spinning 715
The New US $4 billion 747 Air Force One 715
A President-Elect Living in the Big Apple 715
Secretary Dr. Ben Carson 715
Playing the Blame Game Comforts Weak Souls 717
The Transition is Not So Gracious Anymore 717
The U.S. Ambassador to the World Will Be Rex Tillerson 717
Attempting to Sway the Electoral College 717
The Russian Connection: If Nothing Else, a Convenient Excuse 717
The Day Donald Trump Was Really Elected the 45th President 720
The Meeting of Electors 720
The Electoral College Might Not Be So Unfair 721
“He’s Not President for Four and A Half Weeks. Next Idea?” 721
“Obama Says He Would Have Defeated Trump for a Third Term” 723
“I say NO WAY!” 723
Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama, Who Outsmarts Who? 724
“As to the U.N., Things Will Be Different After Jan. 20th.” 724
My Own Season’s Greetings to All People and Families of the World! 724
January 2017 726
The 115th U.S. Congress 726
A Private War Between Obama and Trump 726
“Head Clown Chuck Schumer” 726
The Electoral College Reaches Its Apex 729
The Joint Session of Congress 729
“God Save The Queen” 729
CHAPTER 12: The Inauguration of Donald J. Trump 731
The Atmosphere in the Days Before 731
“A Momentous Day Before a Historic Day” 732
The “Wreath-Laying Ceremony” and Some Inaugural Festivities 732
A Roughly US $300 Million Inauguration 732
Donald John Trump Swears In 734
The Handwritten Letter Obama Left for Trump 734
CHAPTER 13: A Viable Utopian Proposal, a Contemplation, and a Message 742
“Can’t We All Just Get Along?” 742
What Ennobles Us is Not Only Fighting the Good Fight, But Also Refusing to Fight a Meaningless Fight 742
Our Unanimous Underlying Mission on Earth is to Sincerely Attempt Our Best to Bring the Era of the Perfect Kingdom Forward 742
A Snapshot of Our Contemporary Society 742
What is Our Contribution to the Human Spirit? 742
CHAPTER 14: Closing Remarks 749
What Actually Happened 749
It Was About Hope 749
An Epic Saga of Struggle and Temporary Triumph 749
The Four Key Factors in Hillary’s Defeat 749
The Six Key Factors in Trump’s Win 749
The Tripod 749
Either a “Bucket of Losers” or a “Basket of Deplorables” — “Irredeemable” 749
To Take the “Blue Pill” or the “Red Pill,” That Was the Question 749
About the 45th President of the United States 759
The Ideology-Free, Pragmatic, Results-Driven Individual 759
13 Letters. 13 Colonies. Out of Many Nations, One. 759
Where I Stand on the Democratic-Republican-Independent Spectrum 762
My Very Final Words 763
References 764
About the Author 765
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