Waves of Emotions After a Trump Victory

In this special edition of Nightline we're taking a look at the election that shocked the world. Donald J. Trump, a real estate mogul and reality star with zero government or military experience, will soon be our 45th president. How did he accomplish this? Why did he do it? a lot of pundits and polisters don't see it coming and What happens next we start here tonight with ABC's Terry Moran they said he couldn't do it they said he wasn't qualified even the polls don't seem to give him a chance, but early this morning the president-elect of the United States of America Donald Trump The man who launched invective so many times during the campaign They are bringing drugs They are bringing crime They are rapists It sounds positively presidential I promise all the citizens of our land that I will be president for all Americans and this is very important for In a historic moment, for the first time Americans elected a commander in chief who had no prior experience in government or the military.

It was a bomb that many did not see coming. Words cannot describe how shocked Shell was. the Clinton campaign is right now they were celebrating The night before on that last campaign flight from Raley to New York they were celebrating drinking champagne Donald Trump was told he would have to concede uh He was told early in the day that he was probably not going to win this election, so why were the polls so wrong? Well, the polls were very close, but there are two data points to look at: a white man without a four-year college degree came out for Donald Trump in historic numbers and millions of Democrats.

Those who voted for Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012 did not come out on Election Day for Hillary Clinton or at all as House Speaker and longtime Trump critic Paul Ryan admitted Donald Trump heard a voice in this country that no one else heard. connected with him connected in ways with the people no one else did it he turned politics on its head The forgotten men and women of our country will no longer be forgotten some of those forgotten men and women today sound jubilant Throughout the country I am happy My husband Me I woke up at 3 a.m. m. this morning.

I was shocked but happy. How do you feel this morning. I am happy and why is that president and he is not a politician, a businessman, and he promised to feed the people with something that she never did. I'm excited. I'm ecstatic tonight that Donald Trump won Um, I almost can't believe it Uh, I really thought you knew we were going to see a big Hillary landslide tonight, but the

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was particularly felt in the hardest hit parts of the country. Due to the recession, how many of you have been affected by job loss? Nearly all of Nightline had visited this classroom in rural Pennsylvania a few weeks ago where students were holding mock elections and heard their voices and those of their often unemployed parents or friends. we weren't being H How are we going to run the country together I always divided the country well into two different countries They tried that didn't work today in the Civil War That girl Brook is her name and her class is full of hope for what a Trump presidency could serve you.

He is going to get back the jobs that were taken away from them. Trump understood that there were people who felt excluded by government excluded by business excluded by culture excluded by everyone and he was including them, but the force that elected Trump and reaffirmed Republican control of Congress was broader than just the people who lost their jobs. He was not defeated among women and did well among Latinos compared to previous candidate Mit Romney and those voters who did not necessarily vote for him. For purely ideological reasons, but they also opted for some of the most liberal ballot initiatives you can imagine.

Voters opted for a higher minimum wage. In a handful of states, voters voted to legalize marijuana. So I think you saw a unique type of ticket splitting that I don't really follow any ideology Corrupt Hillary takes her money like a big sell Trump campaign Got support from the rich to consider

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ets Women like Ronda Sheer Who say who have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for their campaign Okay, I just got off the Plane, it's very exciting to win a ticket to Trump's

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party. We were in the VIP room now we are in the main room with all the royal people and this morning still exuberant after a night of celebrating in the hope that their candidate will unite the country well.

Now Donald Trump needs to put this country back together and he's going to do it. All the people who have been so scared of all the things He is going to do are going to be very happy. We are going to realize that it will be like this Prosperity, the sun came out and I know everyone had a long night. Uh, me too. Donald Trump has said that he wants to repudiate much of Obama's legacy, but today the president is asking the United States to give it to Trump. an opportunity as he gently reminds the president-elect of the values ​​he needs.

To remember A sense of unity a sense of inclusion a respect for our institutions and a respect for each other I hope that you maintain that spirit throughout this Transition and I certainly hope that this is your The presidency has the opportunity to begin for Trump now. The work of forming a team comes. Some early indications of who might be on stage with him last night. He has had very few political professionals around him. I mean, there's Chris Christie and Rudy Giuliani. and there is Newud Gingrich and there is Senator Jeff Session. Once you get past that list, it's hard to imagine who you fill an administration with.

One of the things his transition team will have to deal with. The president chooses an imminent court date. He defends himself against accusations of fraud. in his relations with Trump University, but his team's efforts will primarily focus on advancing his ambitious agenda. Donald Trump will automatically get a choice on the Supreme Court because of the one vacancy that will not be filled before he takes office during the campaign Trump promised a long list of things he plans to do we have to build the wall but obamacare has to disappear a Trump administration will renegotiate NAFTA Mexico is going to pay for the world They don't know it yet I'm going to knock out ISIS, we will Suspend the Syrian refugee program we will double our growth and we will have the strongest economy.

Anywhere in the world it's hard to find important issues outside of perhaps tax reform, where Donald Trump and Paul Ryan, for example, agree. So I think there is a coalition government between conservative Republicans like Paul Ryan like Mitch McConnell and populist Republicans like Donald Trump, as controversial as they come after, this president-elect began the next chapter of his incredible journey with inclusion. Now is the time for America to heal the wounds of division. We have to unite with all Republicans. and Democrats and independents from all over this nation. I say it's time for us to unite as one people for the night line.

I'm Terry Moran in New York.