Dan Balz: Presidency

Dan Balz is American journalist. Explore interesting quotes on presidency.

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“Viewed through any conventional lens, President-elect Donald Trump’s candidacy was improbable from start to finish. Today, two things about his victory seem to be in sharper focus: one, that Trump’s victory might best be understood as the success of the country’s first independent president, and second, that the Trump coalition may be even more uniquely his than President Obama’s has turned out to be.”

Donald Trump, America’s first independent president (November 19, 2016)

“What has stood in the way of people running as an independent is that winning the presidency in a system that so clearly favors the two major parties is something of a hopeless cause.”

Donald Trump, America’s first independent president (November 19, 2016)

“Trump owes his success in part to the fact that he ran for president in an environment that favored change over the status quo. But his luck or genius goes beyond that. It has long been noted that the conditions have existed for an independent candidate to run a serious campaign for president.”

Donald Trump, America’s first independent president (November 19, 2016)