How I Predicted Donald Trump Winning One Year Ago

Donald Trump's 2016 election might have surprised some, but as author and filmmaker Alex Sheremet argues in this video essay, his victory over Kamala Harris was predictable. Building on his an earlier essay on why Trump had a great shot of winning, this essay covers developments such as the Trump/Harris debate, a late spending blitz in October (mirroring that of 2016), the underrating of JD Vance, the use and misuse of Haitian migrants in Springield, Ohio, and Kamala's refusal to make concessions to her Democratic Party base.

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