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WATCH: 3 years ago, Trump stepped off a golden escalator and made his announcement rest is history
Washington Examiner ^ | June 16, 2018 | Christian Datoc

Posted on 06/16/2018 9:15:41 AM PDT by GonzoII

On June 16, 2015, businessman Donald Trump stepped off a golden escalator and officially announced his candidacy for the presidency.

Trump had flirted with running for political office in the past, and almost everyone watching — with the possible exception of the man giving the speech, notes CNN's Brian Stelter — considered this to be some type of publicity stunt.

We were all wrong.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


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1 posted on 06/16/2018 9:15:41 AM PDT by GonzoII
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apjNfkysjbM


2 posted on 06/16/2018 9:15:56 AM PDT by GonzoII ("If the new crime be, to believe in God, let us all be criminals" -Sheen)
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What an entrance into history haha.

Love Melania’s dress!


3 posted on 06/16/2018 9:22:39 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: GonzoII
We were all wrong.

Yes 'they' were.☺

4 posted on 06/16/2018 9:22:50 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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“almost everyone watching — with the possible exception of the man giving the speech, notes CNN’s Brian Stelter — considered this to be some type of publicity stunt.”

a big reason the leftist fake stream media is so butt-hurt and virulently anti-Trump ...


5 posted on 06/16/2018 9:26:46 AM PDT by catnipman ((Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!))
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To: dragnet2
Yes 'they' were.☺

On Aug 14 of that some year (after some consideration and limited research on DJT), I told my 2 boys, "Donald Trump is the next president". They did not reply.

6 posted on 06/16/2018 9:27:57 AM PDT by PGalt
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To: GonzoII

I just realized, Trump’s escalator announcement reminds me of the standard ‘Elevator Speech’.

An Elevator Speech is often taught to people want to start their own business. It is a brief commerical about who you are, what you plan to accomplish, or how you can benefit a company or organization.
An Elevator Speech is typically about 30 seconds; as long as it takes people to ride from the top to the bottom of a building in an elevator. The presumption is you will be speaking directly to decision makers.

As Janet Napolitano said; “The system worked!”


7 posted on 06/16/2018 9:29:33 AM PDT by lee martell
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July 11, 2015 rally in Phoenix, Arizona

“The silent majority is back, and we’re going to take our country back.”

- Donald Trump declared as he left the stage.


8 posted on 06/16/2018 9:31:40 AM PDT by donna (California Sanctuary State is the latest method for trapping and trading slaves.)
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In 2015 I was so fed up with ALL our scumbag politicians that for the first time in more than 50 years I had resolved to not participate in the national farce we call elections.

Then Mr. Trump came down that escalator and for only the second time in my life I saw someone I could actually vote for.

Ironically, his Presidency has served to reaffirm my opinion of our politicians.

9 posted on 06/16/2018 9:35:51 AM PDT by Roccus (When you talk to a politician...ANY politician...always say, "Remember Ceausescu")
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And he laid out the strategy going forward as a hailstorm of Tweets.

MSM (like the lap dogs they are) followed each and every Tweet

...and the rest is history.

10 posted on 06/16/2018 9:42:20 AM PDT by spokeshave2 (Formerly as spokeshave...now restarted after computer issues.)
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To: GonzoII

Trump: amazing life and amazing wife.


11 posted on 06/16/2018 9:42:22 AM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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12 posted on 06/16/2018 9:43:39 AM PDT by Chode ( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
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To: PGalt

At first I was totally not buying it.

That August, when he tore into McCain, I was like “I think we may have something here”.

Best vote I ever made.


13 posted on 06/16/2018 9:44:01 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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14 posted on 06/16/2018 9:49:30 AM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: GonzoII

Great speech. Thanks for posting.


15 posted on 06/16/2018 9:50:37 AM PDT by PGalt
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And he “bested” sixteen “professional” politicians who had no answers to the questions he posed in the campaign. That speaks volumes about the “$hit” we have masquerading as men and women who have come to Washington to “improve our country,” when, in reality, they are there primarily to “improve the size of their personal wealth,” and that of their mega-donors!


16 posted on 06/16/2018 9:52:42 AM PDT by vette6387
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To: GonzoII

Prayers were answered. HE has not forsaken us.
We prayed; faith restored when soon to be President, DJT, words were heard.

Fear and doubt were washed away, a new day was beginning in America!


17 posted on 06/16/2018 9:54:16 AM PDT by V K Lee (Anyone who thinks my story is anywhere near over is sadly mistaken. - US Pres. Donald J. Trump)
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To: GonzoII

Bless you for this post.

How far we, as a nation, have come.
There is, at last, Hope and Change!


18 posted on 06/16/2018 9:55:58 AM PDT by V K Lee (Anyone who thinks my story is anywhere near over is sadly mistaken. - US Pres. Donald J. Trump)
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Thanks. Bless you.


19 posted on 06/16/2018 9:57:19 AM PDT by GonzoII ("If the new crime be, to believe in God, let us all be criminals" -Sheen)
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To: PGalt
On Aug 14 of that some year (after some consideration and limited research on DJT), I told my 2 boys, "Donald Trump is the next president".

On September 11, 2016, after watching Hillary being tossed into a van like a sack of potatoes, I declared, "The race for president is over."

20 posted on 06/16/2018 10:08:47 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (President Trump divides Americans . . . from anti-Americans.)
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