Trumped: Inside the Greatest Political Upset of All Time Page #12

[man] Republicans are going

to bludgeon her with this

over the next 11 days.

[Trump] As you know,

the FBI has reopened

its investigation

into Hillary Clinton.

[crowd cheering]

[crowd chanting]

[chanting continues]

ambient music

[Halperin] This is the last

Friday before Election Day.

And here we are

in the inner sanctum.

This it the Trump

campaign headquarters

in Trump Tower.

Roll on f***in' everything.

Look, the rooms are named

after Trump properties.

pensive music

This seems more like

a quiet Manhattan law firm

than it does like

a bustling campaign.

Oh, look at this.

This is awesome.

This is a space

I've not been in.

I don't think very many

people have been in.

This is the entrance

to the residence of Trump Tower

so this is where

Mr. Trump comes in his lobby,

maybe gets the mail.

- Thank you, man.

- Hey, thank you very much.

- It's awesome.

- Hey, good to see you.

Really appreciate it.

Thank you.

Campaigns, they're always

gonna act upbeat.

The key is body language.

Frankly, everyone I talk to

in the Trump campaign

has a big smile on their face.

Is that 'cause

they have momentum

and they feel on the upswing?

Is it because they're bluffing?

I don't know.

So Robby Mook,

your counterpart...

Yes!

...says they're gonna win;

they can't lose.

We can't lose Florida.

We can't lose North Carolina.

- You say you're winning...

- We're winning.

..you're gonna win.

What's a boy to think?

I'm not sure that

they saw this coming.

Her not being able to get

Barack Obama-like levels

in these blue states.

Plus the fact that she is

under a cloud of corruption

and there's no evidence

that Americans who already

find her to be dishonest

and untrustworthy

are going to just

look past that.

You, uh, for the last week

have had the luxury

of mostly giving

your candidate good news.

- Yes.

- Is your job to keep

his spirits up

or to tell him the truth?

If you learn bad

early vote numbers or you get

a bad poll back, is your

job to tell him the truth...

- Always.

- ...or to keep his spirits up?

- Always.

- Always.

Well, both, I mean,

all of the above.

Does your-your campaign manager

do a good job, objectively?

- She's doing a great job.

- Does she give you bad news?

If something's bad,

will she say,

"I got to be honest with you"?

She only gives me--

only gives me good news.

[man] Early polling shows

that this FBI disclosure

hasn't moved the race

in any significant way so far.

[woman] Clinton leading Trump

in all seven national polls.

[man] Advantage Clinton.

A steep hill for Donald Trump.

[man] Clinton's chances

of winning are 84%

versus Trump's 16%.

[man] She's got

an electoral college lock.

She is choking him out.

[Clinton] So I got to ask you,

are you ready?

[crowd cheering]

How many of you've

already voted?

[crowd cheering]

My final Sunday morning

television appearance

before Election Day

on Face the Nation.

Make some final sense

out of this

f***ed-up, distressing,

depressing election.

[indistinct chatter]

[man] Are we rolling?

[man] David, there's

a film crew in here.

[Ignatius] I noticed that.

- Guys.

- [man] It's all very meta.

Two days to go.

[Heilemann] Who's gonna win

on Tuesday?

Clinton or Trump?

Uh, I...

Uh, Clinton narrowly.

"Clinton narrowly."

[Walter]

I still think Clinton.

Clinton narrowly.

Clinton modestly.

- As opposed to narrowly?

- [chuckling]

Is modestly--is modestly

bigger than narrowly or...

It's-it's-it's larger.

It's more like--

Did I say "biggerly"?

Think I said "biggerly."

Amy, how happy are you

this is gonna be over?

Or are you on the "I wish this

campaign would go on forever"?

[Walter] I never wish

a campaign would go on forever.

Two weeks from now,

we're gonna be

on to something else.

- [Ignatius] Yeah, I'm not...

- [Heilemann] Really?

[Ignatius] Donald Trump isn't

gonna be on to something else.

We're likely to have,

I'd guess,

a-a populist Republican Party

for a while.

Okay, I don't think it's just

a populist Republican Party.

I think it's a Republican Party

specifically focused on,

uh, white identity

as the organizing--

as the organizing thing.

[Heilemann] Having Barack Obama

as president for eight years

exposed the degree to which

there was submerged racism.

There was a whole bunch of stuff

that was seething out there

like in a David Lynch movie.

Like, just a--

like, the--like--

- like bugs in the grass, right?

- Right, right.

And all of a sudden it's kind of

now brought up to the surface.

My expectation is that this is

actually just the beginning

of a-a-a more seismic

change in our politics.

Sort of like "we are not even

on to the main course yet."

- Right, exactly.

- Fabulous. Great.

[man] And mic up, cue.

We're back now

with our politics panel.

John Heilemann, what's going on

in the race right now?

- [laughs]

- What is going on?

Well, it's almost over, John.

[Dickerson] One of the

challenges of this election

is that the smart people think

that they know what's going on,

and then Donald Trump has been

extremely successful

doing his thing.

So maybe Donald Trump

just knows something better.

Um, well, if that's true, um,

a lot of us are gonna have to,

uh, really check

a lot of our preconceptions

at the door.

But it's still the case that,

uh, Hillary Clinton

has never been behind

in this race.

[crowd cheering]

upbeat ethereal music

[Clinton] Years from today,

when your kids and grandkids

ask what you did in 2016,

when everything

was on the line,

I want you

to be able to say

you voted for an inclusive,

big-hearted,

open-minded country.

Because I do believe

we are stronger together.

[crowd cheering]

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[crowd booing]

[crowd cheering]

[crowd chanting]

Trump! Trump! Trump!

Trump! Trump! Trump!

Trump! Trump! Trump!

[crowd cheering]

[Trump] It all began for me

in New Hampshire,

the first state we won.

We are just one day away

from the change

you've been waiting for

your entire life.

[crowd cheering]

[airplane P.A. system beeping]

[indistinct radio chatter]

ambient music

[woman] You're looking

at Westchester County Airport

in White Plains, New York.

Hillary Clinton

coming home to vote.

This is Election Day.

brooding music

[siren wailing]

[man on TV]

Right now, it is very, very,

very early results,

Hillary Clinton running up

the percentages that she needs

in Florida...

[Halperin] We're in that

classic bullshit period

where election returns

would suggest to you

Trump's doing even or well.

And the exit poll data

shows that Clinton's won it.

So insiders know that

and are basically like,

"All right, who's gonna be

in the Clinton cabinet?"

And, "What time's Clinton

gonna give her victory speech?"

And, "Will Trump concede?"

And, you know, on the air,

it's all just like Kabuki

of, "Oh, look,

Trump's up 7,800 votes."

She's right now, according

to the exit polls, ahead

in every battleground state

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