Super Tuesday Results: The Trump Nightmare Continues
Donald Trump, campaigning on Tuesday in Ohio. CREDIT PHOTOGRAPH BY JOHN MINCHILLO/AP
As a former reality-TV star, Donald Trump knows the importance of having a good set. So, for his proto-Presidential news conference after the polls closed on Super Tuesday, he chose a large, ornate room within the confines of his exclusive Mar-a-Lago resort, in Palm Beach, where the membership fee is reportedly a hundred thousand dollars a year. On seeing the room, with its gilded panels, carved chairs, and huge chandeliers, Fox News’s Carl Cameron described it as “somewhere between the East Room of the White House and the Palace of Versailles.”
When Cameron made this remark, which was early in the night, there was still the possibility that Trump’s gambit would backfire. Had he been forced to explain why his predicted sweep or near-sweep of the ten Super Tuesday states had failed to materialize, the press conference could have been ugly for him. But things turned out well for Trump—as has happened most days since last June 16th, when he announced his Presidential candidacy, at Trump Tower.
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