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The quote argues that Donald Trump won the presidency because he understood public opinion and the broader political mood better than other candidates. It suggests his success came from reading the country and the world more accurately than his rivals did.
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About Pat Buchanan
American retired writer, political commentator, and political advisor
Patrick Joseph Buchanan is an American retired writer, political commentator, and political advisor. He served as an assistant and special consultant to U.S. presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Ronald Reagan. Buchanan is closely associated with paleoconservatism, a nationalist and traditionalist current within American conservatism, and he is also linked with right-wing populism. Many observers see his politics as a precursor to Trumpism and to the contemporary postliberal New Right.
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