Donald Trump is King of All Comebacks four years after sour defeat
Being wrong has never felt so good.Following Donald Trump’s sour defeat four years ago and the disastrous events of Jan.6, my view of the 2024 election was simple: Republicans couldn’t win with Trump, and they couldn’t win without Trump.I didn’t even think about whether the opponent would be Joe Biden or somebody else.
As far as I was concerned, it didn’t matter because Trump had proven to be so polarizing that he could only be a spoiler.By running in 2024, he would divide the GOP and effectively hand the presidency to the Democrats.Congress, too, would probably turn blue, leaving the GOP as a sad, shrunken party hanging on to some red state legislatures and state houses.Yet here we are, hailing the King of All Comebacks.Although a few states remain to be called, victory has been secured.As politics go, this was a resurrection.Thank God I was wrong.If there was a single turning point, it was the assassination attempt in Butler, Pa.
Rising from the stage with blood smeared on his head and face, Trump raised his fist and demanded that his shocked followers “Fight, fight, fight.”Any doubts about his heart were dispelled in that perilous moment, and millions of Americans followed his lead across the finish line.Follow The Post’s live updates on Election Night for the latest results, news and moreFight, fight, fight they did, and now he’s going back to the White House.In many ways, the victory this time is even more striking and important than in 2016.He has totally reshaped the GOP, making it both far more diverse and more centered on the middle and working classes.It has all the earmarks of a durable coalition.As I wrote at the Republican convention in Milwaukee, it was clear from the first night that the party could now be called The Workers Party.It was a masterful move by Trump, along with his Ohio running mate, J.D.
Vance.And with GOP also taking back the Senate, and the House still in play, it’s the Dems who suddenly find themselves in the ...