November 9, 2016: In the early hours of Wednesday morning, CNN projects Donald Trump has won the 2016 election and will become the 45th president of the United States, Wolf Blitzer announces.

The victory represented a stunning repudiation of Washington’s political establishment and capped Trump's improbable political journey. Americans watched as the Republican swept to victory over Hillary Clinton after a long, brutal presidential campaign "unlike anything we’ve seen in our lifetime,” Blitzer said at the time. The nation's political divides -- exacerbated by Trump's own explosive rhetoric -- would continue to grow over the next four years.

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