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Religious angle of Trump's Triumph

I closely followed US elections keenly observing each move that the two top candidates made. Hillary moved for good to better to ‘best’ while in the contrast Donald Trump moved from bad to worse. Each day came a revelation that made you hate Trump even more. Trump made it worse by sometimes saying things that are not ‘politically correct’. But one asks how come this guy defied all odds and became 45th President of United States of America?

While Clinton got endorsements from top most stars in the US; the Obamas, Jay Z, Beyonce just to mention but a few, Trump was endorsed by Wrestlemania and probably pornstars. Clinton got full backing of Democrats, most republicans saw Trump as unfit. The media focused on tarnishing Trump forgetting that any publicity is good publicity. The polls gave no bill of health. Trump was destined to fail. He was a joker anyway. But how did he win?

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