One Nation Under Trump

- Sarah, thank you very much, is she great?

- Making their way, wow,

I have never seen anything like this before.

I don't know how close they are,

let's just obviously stay on these live pictures and see

if these men are going to cross over and head...

- Never a stranger to the spotlight,

business tycoon and former reality TV star Donald Trump,

has been a lightning rod for controversy

as far back as some can remember.

But how did it come to this?

After years of hinting at presidential aspirations,

on December 15th, 2014, Trump finally announced

that he was seriously considering a run

for the office of President of the United States

and would make his final decision before the coming Spring.

- Maybe getting into politics as a candidate?

Running for president, or you're not sure yet?

- Well, you know I've been building buildings all my life,

we've done a great job, as you understand.

And one thing about David,

if he didn't think we did a good job,

I wouldn't be here tonight, that I can tell you.

But we've done a good job

and I am considering it very strongly.

- Already a fixture on the

conservative speaking circuit,

having delivered keynote speeches at

the 2012 North Carolina State Republican Party Convention,

and 2014 National Press Club Luncheon,

Trump had been regarded by many on the political landscape

as nothing more than a meddling gate crasher,

more entertaining side show than

legitimate political threat,

but as evidenced throughout his years in the public eye,

the resolve of one Donald J Trump

is not something to be underestimated.

In 2015, shunning the big money

overtures of network television,

Trump dove straight into the presidential fray,

with a headstrong verve and tenacity,

previously reserved for his

real estate and financial dealings.

Employing a take no prisoners approach aimed directly

at the heart of America

and the working men and women who call it home.

- And they said, recently, like a few months ago,

they said please, please don't run,

we renewed The Apprentice, it did great,

we had a good last season, even after 12 years, 14 seasons--

- His campaign slogan was clear and concise.

Striking a chord with many throughout a deeply divided land.

Make American Great Again.

- Make America great again, that I can tell you.

That I can tell you.

- Born on June 14th, 1946 in Queens, New York,

Donald John Trump was the fourth of five children.

Donald's father, Fred Trump,

would go on to set the stage for his son,

by becoming one of New York's

premiere real estate developers.

Enrolled in the New York Military Academy at age 13,

Trump would later state that the NYMA

gave him more military training than

a lot of the guys who go into the military.

Graduating in 1968 from the University of Pennsylvania's

Wharton School of Business with a bachelors degree,

Trump was unsuccessful in his

first foray into show business,

as co-producer of the 1970 Broadway flop Paris Is Out.

By 1971, he joined his father in the family business,

and relocated to Manhattan, where he began to oversee

multimillion dollar construction projects,

eventually creating the world famous

Trump Tower, Trump Taj Mahal,

and Trump International Ocean Club Hotel and Tower,

among others, as well as acquiring and developing

several million square feet of prime Manhattan real estate.

In 1982, Trump was featured on the

initial Forbes list of wealth,

with an estimated personal value of 200 million dollars.

Later in the 80s, he acted as financial advisor

for then world heavy weight boxing champion Mike Tyson,

who would return the favor years later,

by public endorsing Trump as a presidential candidate.

- He should be President of the United States,

that what he should be,

he should be President of the United States.

Why are people mad at the people?

Because this who the people want to be president.

- For nearly 20 years,

Trump was the owner or partial owner of the

Miss Universe, Miss USA and Miss Teen USA beauty pageant.

And made several pro wrestling appearances.

Culminating in his 2013 induction

into the WWE Hall of Frame,

proving that the mogul's innate flare for show biz

hadn't faded in the glow of his wide ranging

entrepreneurial accomplishments.

- The hostile take over of Donald Trump

on Vince McMan has happened.

- At a Janesville campaign rally,

former Miss Wisconsin, Melissa Young,

appeared to thank Trump for all his work

and for changing her life.

It was a rare and public emotional moment

as Trump left the stage to embrace Young,

who revealed she was battling terminal cancer.

In 2015 Donald Trump the author,

added to his long list of published books,

with perhaps his most important title to date,

Crippled America, How to Make America Great Again,

released by Simon and Schuster.

The book would lay bare the candidates ideas

on the current state of his country

and serve as a siren to those running opposite him.

As with everything he undertook,

the message was big, uncompromising, and in your face.

Losing wasn't going to be on his agenda.

And being anything less than extraordinary

simply wasn't in his DNA as an American.

We wrote a book and the title,

Crippled America, is very tough,

but unfortunately we have to do what we have to do

and I think one of the reasons

we've been doing so well in the campaign is

because we tell it like it is,

we tell the truth and America is crippled.

We owe 17 and now 18 and now it's actually very soon

going to be 19 trillion dollars in debt.

From the outset,

Trump stayed true to his rebellious reputation,

making himself available to mainstream

and fringe media outlets alike.

As evidenced by his no holds barred one on one

interview with controversial truther Alex Jones,

of Info Wars.

Iran is getting the oil,

everybody's getting everything but us,

so we lost thousands of soldiers,

we spent two trillion dollars in Iraq,

we have wounded warriors, that I love, all over the place

and what did we get out of it Alex?

We have nothing, we have nothing.

- Now the French and the Germans are getting the oil

and the Iranians are getting the oil.

- And you know who the number one customer for the oil is?

Guess what? China.

That's right.

How smart is China?

They outsmart us on every level, militarily,

the outsmart us on trade, like we're losing,

we have a 450 billion dollar trade deficit with China.

- Appearing on the Today Show,

Trump outlined his commitment to bring jobs back to America,

strengthen the US military,

and bring an end to open boarder

chaos in the southern states.

- When people see that I'm going to

bring jobs back to this country,

when they see that I'm going to strengthen up the military,

when they see that I'm going to have

strong boarders like nobody else can have,

and we will build the wall,

and Mexico will pay for the wall, by the way.

But when they see that we're getting rid of Obamacare,

which is a total disaster,

and we're going to be replacing it with something good.

When they see we're going to get rid of Common Core,

which is also, likewise, a total catastrophe,

and we'll bring in education locally,

so it can be run by local communities

and the parents of the children,

and it's going to be wonderful

and beautiful and much better.

When they see what we're going to do, and maybe above all,

when they see we are going to

make some of the great trade deals.

Every deal we have is a total disaster.

Our country is losing a fortune.

In August of 2016,

the already larger than life Trump,

entered the presidential debates in grand fashion,

stymieing and neutralizing early front runners

and opponents like Jeb Bush, Chris Christie,

Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, Ben Carson, and Rand Paul,

all while making for arresting spectacle.

The viewing public was undeniably engaged,

and the 2016 Republican Presidential Debates

delivered their highest network ratings in years,

surging to a 16.9 million strong viewing audience.

Trump made it look simple.

Dispatching more experienced politicians with relative ease,

in a straight talking every man style

that wasn't the norm in Washington.

- First of all, Rand Paul shouldn't even be on this stage,

he's number 11, he's got 1% in the polls,

and how he got up here, there's far too many people anyway,

as far as temperament, and we all know that,

as far as temperament, I think I have a great temperament.