This was a repudiation of the establishment. Trump saw that from the beginning, ran as an anti-establishment candidate (and was the ONLY one to do so) and took that horse all the way to victory. He ran as an outsider but an outsider with the name recognition and history of personal accomplishment to get it done. He also refused to play the media game and rebuked them at every chance - he never kowtowed or backed down like so many spineless politicians on our side do. Quite frankly, I think Donald Trump is the only one in the country who could have pulled this off the way he did it. Almost like he had some help from above.
This piece nails it on why Trump won