Trumped: Inside the Greatest Political Upset of All Time

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Set to maintain 2,000. Seven-two-four.

Coming in final four, try to maintain 3,000.

Three-thousand.

[indistinct radio chatter continues]

You're looking at Westchester County Airport

in White Plains, New York.

Hillary Clinton coming home to vote.

This is Election Day.

Hillary! Hillary! Hillary!

Hillary! Hillary! Hillary!

How's it feel?

- Yeah? - Yeah.

I've been--this has been a long, tough slog

and a hard campaign

and a crazy campaign.

It's four o'clock.

There are all these people out here,

you know, who have come to see her.

I'm just so proud of her.

I can't--I just can't tell you

why, uh--how much that

makes me feel like

just being a small part of it

is so important.

What will it feel like tomorrow night if you lose?

You know, I think, uh,

in some ways, uh,

it'll be just-- I-I don't know.

It's sort of hard to even kind of contemplate that.

I think there's a kind of profound responsibility

and there'd be such a crushing, uh,

sense of loss

if somebody with his character

was elected president of the United States, so...

I don't think that's gonna happen.

- Yeah. - Yeah.

And I'm standing here tonight,

and I really don't think that's gonna happen.

A new series on Showtime seeks to capture

the 2016 presidential election's

jaw-dropping, head-scratching moments in real time

and aims to expose not just

the nitty-gritty of how campaigns work

but also the people behind the candidates.

It is called The Circus.

Six up, TS, quick.

We'll be right back.

The star of The Circus.

Yay! It's Charlie Rose!

Are you an elephant or you--what are you?

Ah!

What's going on? You're going on.

What's going on? You are.

Cable TV, you can say anything you want, can't you?

I said on TV the other night, I said,

"I fucking hate that motherfucker."

And it just went-- and everybody loved that shit.

On Showtime--you can say anything on Showtime.

We're gonna have a lot of fun doing it.

I mean, it's gonna kill us.

This is gonna work because you got McKinnon.

That's the only friggin' reason it's gonna work.

He's got that fucking-- where's the--

are you not wearing the hat tonight?

Hey, Captain, how are ya?

Heilemann] Are you gonna be on his show and not in the hat?

I guess I have to wear the hat.

Look at that scarf.

Got to wear the hat, dude.

- Okay, yeah. - Sit down.

Is Halperin joining us, or is he...

Yeah, he had his BlackBerry fixed.

Nice to see you, sir.

Can see they're fixing Halperin's BlackBerry.

Watch this. Here he comes.

Howdy, sir.

Oh, don't stand up.

Good to see you. Of course I do.

Can you tell us what guest

has been on this show more than any other guest?

For a while, it was Halperin.

What-what do you mean, "for a while"?

Well, maybe it's still true.

- - It may still be true.

- That's... -

Hey, guys, you ready back there?

All right, here we go.

Here we go.

Five, four, three, two, one. Cue.

The 2016 presidential election

could be remembered as one of the most bizarre

and unpredictable in American history.

At this moment, talk a bit about Trump.

Ladies and gentlemen...

I am officially running...

- -

...for president of the United States.

And we are going to make

our country great again.

I will build a great, great wall

on our southern border

and I will have Mexico pay for that wall.

- Yes! Yes! - Mark my words.

When Mexico sends its people,

they're not sending their best.

They're bringing drugs.

They're bringing crime.

They're rapists.

And some, I assume, are good people.

How to take Donald Trump?

Hmm, well,

consider the newspapers this morning,

at least the tabloids.

The Daily News considers Trump a "clown."

The New York Post considers, uh, Trump

a rich guy who could make it to the White House?

I got to talk about Donald Trump.

How does he impact this race?

I don't think he does at all.

Look, aside from being incredibly entertaining,

Donald Trump lacks the seriousness of the kind

of candidate that Republicans desperately need right now.

Once you enter the world of politics,

there's a different bar, different standard.

To say that that makes him serious is ridiculous.

We never said--

The guy was talking about how Mexicans are rapists.

Rapists?

People lose their jobs over words like those.

Donald Trump touching off a political firestorm

by insulting John McCain.

He's a war hero 'cause he was captured.

I like people that weren't captured, okay?

I hate to tell ya.

Hats and T-shirts right here, y'all.

The latest uproar was sparked

after making comments about Megyn Kelly.

But you can see there was blood

coming out of her eyes.

Blood coming out of her wherever.

But many people perceived that

as a reference to Kelly's period.

Honestly, I can't even believe

I'm talking about this on TV right now.

Buttons, flags, T-shirts.

rump] You got to see this guy.

"Oh, I don't know what I said. Ah. I don't know..."

woman] Trump last night mocked New York Times reporter

who suffers from a physical handicap.

A lot of them still want to treat him like a clown,

like a reality show guy.

The bottom line is, he is the Republican front-runner.

Donald J. Trump is calling for

a total and complete shutdown

of Muslims entering the United States.

Trump! Trump! Trump!

Critics argue Trump crossed a line.

Others wonder whether, for him, a line even exists.

Can you imagine Donald Trump standing up one day

and delivering a State of the Union address?

Well, I can imagine it

in a Saturday Night skit.

He's not gonna be president of the United States.

Go music. Crank it now.

[Survivor's "Eye of the Tiger" playing over speakers]

Ladies and gentlemen,

please welcome the next president of the United States,

Mr. Donald J. Trump.

Oh, that is amazing.

We don't win anymore, you understand that.

Every country in the world

is ripping us off.

Every country in the world.

We lost

millions and millions of jobs

to these people.

Fifty-five thousand factories

and manufacturing plants-- 55,000!

Who would think that's even possible?

They'll leave here and they'll move to Europe

or they'll move to Asia.

It's a real bad scene.

And it's gonna continue if you put any of these other people--

It's not gonna continue with me.

With me, it's real simple.

I'm gonna do what's right for you.