– Unorthodox campaign –
Trump’s campaign has defied political norms – fuelling ethnic tensions, offending key voting blocs, eschewing big-spending ad buys and an elaborate campaign organization, relying instead on heavy media coverage.
But his roller-coaster campaign defeated 16 rivals and steamrolled stubborn party opposition after being written off as a joke.
He has shocked foreign leaders by questioning key pillars of American foreign policy.
He recently hedged on normally sacrosanct support for NATO allies, warning it would depend “if they fulfil their commitments to us.”
In office, Trump promised to “put America first.”
Americans, he said, have “lived through one international humiliation after another.”
“The most important difference between our plan and that of our opponents, is that our plan will put America First.”
“Americanism, not globalism, will be our credo,” he said. “The American people will come first once again.”
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