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Election Night Reveals Trump’s Triumph Over Implacable and Dishonest Opposition, Which May Win a Second Term

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Election Night Reveals Trump’s Triumph Over Implacable and Dishonest Opposition, Which May Win a Second Term
President Donald Trump, flanked by Karen Pence (L), Vice President Mike Pence, and First Lady Melania Trump, speaks during election night in the East Room of the White House early on Nov. 4, 2020. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images
Conrad Black
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This was written at 4 a.m. EST on Nov. 4. The president appears almost certain to emerge with the majority of electoral votes; he has substantial leads compared to the number of votes outstanding, in Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Carolina, Michigan, Alaska, and the single district in Maine; Nevada is uncertain, but he is the favorite in all of the other states just mentioned.

Conrad Black
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Conrad Black has been one of Canada’s most prominent financiers for 40 years and was one of the leading newspaper publishers in the world. He’s the author of authoritative biographies of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Richard Nixon, and, most recently, “Donald J. Trump: A President Like No Other,” which has been republished in updated form. Follow Conrad Black with Bill Bennett and Victor Davis Hanson on their podcast Scholars and Sense.
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