US/2016 Presidential Election
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| Date | 8 November 2016 |
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The United States presidential election, 2016 took place on Tuesday, 8 November 2016[1][2] when Republican Donald Trump defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton by 290 electoral college votes to 228, becoming the 45th President of the United States.[3]
Contents
Nominations
Republican
Businessman and reality television personality Donald Trump became the Republican Party's presidential nominee on 19 July 2016, after defeating Texas Senator Ted Cruz, Ohio Governor John Kasich, Florida Senator Marco Rubio and several other candidates in the Republican primary elections.[4]
On 14 July 2016, several major media outlets reported that Trump had selected Indiana Governor Mike Pence as his running mate. Trump confirmed these reports and made the announcement two days later in New York.[5][6][7][8][9] On July 19, the second night of the Republican National Convention, Pence won the Republican vice presidential nomination by acclamation.[10]
Democrat
Former Secretary of State and New York Senator Hillary Clinton became the Democratic Party's presidential nominee on 26 July 2016 after defeating Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders. On July 22, three days before the start of the Democratic National Convention, the Clinton campaign announced that Virginia Senator Tim Kaine had been selected as her running mate.
Others
Two other candidates contested the election: the Libertarian Party nominee, former Governor of New Mexico Gary Johnson; and the Green Party nominee Jill Stein.[11][12] They were marginalised by the commercially-controlled media.
Big Data
Project Censored reported in October 2017 that "right-wing computer scientist and hedge-fund billionaire Robert Mercer was the top donor to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, contributing $13.5 million and helping lay the groundwork for what is now called the Trump Revolution. Mercer also funded Cambridge Analytica, a data analytics company that specializes in “election management strategies” and using microtargeting."[13]
Infiltrated by British secret services
- Full article: Simon Bracey-Lane
- Full article: Simon Bracey-Lane
The British intelligence services infitrated the Bernie Sanders campaign.
Bugging and Inflitration of Trump campaign
After receiving reports of unknown quality of Trump's ties with Russia, The Obama administration started surveilling it[citation needed]. The campaign also was infiltrated by the intelligence services[citation needed]., possibly by using the British as a cut-out[citation needed].
Outcome
Jeff Schechtman has written that "the election and its aftermath has deepened a culture of fear in the United States."[14]
Tweets
Twitter confirmed that Bernie Sanders' tweet – questioning if Donald Trump is "running for president or dictator" – received the most retweets during Trump's acceptance speech.[15]
In May 2016, at the G7 summit in Japan, President Barack Obama reportedly said that international leaders "have good reason to be rattled" by pronouncements made by Donald Trump who had shown a cavalier and ignorant attitude towards world affairs. Trump said it was a "good thing" foreign leaders were rattled.[16]
Responding to the UK government's invitation to stay at Buckingham Palace on a State Visit in 2017, President-elect Trump reportedly said:
- "First get Buck House suitably refurbished and have its electrics fixed, then I'd be honored to accept the kind invite."[17]
On Twitter Mr Trump added:
- "Many people would like to see @Nigel_Farage represent Great Britain as their Ambassador to the United States. He would do a great job!"[18]
Related Quotation
| Page | Quote | Author | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Twitter Files | “After the 2016 upsets of Brexit and the election of Trump, however, the establishment soured on free speech. Both events were seen as undermining NATO, and both were blamed on foreign influence on social media—specifically Russia. The U.S. and UK governments in particular saw the need to identify and purge Russian influence operations online and set up a government–private apparatus to do so.” | Peter Svab The Epoch Times | 17 January 2023 |
Related Documents
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Document:Hillary Clinton Did It | Article | 20 May 2022 | WSJ Editorial Board | Appearing as a witness in John Durham’s trial of Michael Sussmann, Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign manager, Robby Mook, says she personally approved a plan to give a false 'Trump, Russia' claim to the news media. |
| Document:Pro-Kremlin trolls infiltrating comments on news sites for major influence operation, research says | Article | 6 September 2021 | Deborah Haynes | A study at Cardiff University shows that "Pro-Kremlin trolls" are influencing opinion in the West by infiltrating the comments sections of news websites. Dissent from the Official Narrative? Must be Russian disinformation. |
| Document:Rothschilds Caught Rigging The US Presidential Election | Article | 30 September 2016 | 'SatyaRaj' | Whether it's Clinton or Trump, the Rothschilds are the real winners! |
| File:Trump-Intelligence-Allegations.pdf | dossier | January 2017 | Christopher Steele | A dossier of evidence purporting to demonstrate that Donald Trump and his transition team members have a history of improper contact with the Russian government and that Russian Intelligence collected substantial compromising information on Trump during his Russian business trips. |
References
- ↑ "United States presidential election, 2016"
- ↑ "Leading contenders"
- ↑ "2016 Presidential Election Results"
- ↑ http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/19/politics/donald-trump-republican-nomination-2016-election/%7Ctitle=It's official: Trump is Republican nominee|publisher=CNN|author1=Collinson, Stephen|author2=Kopan, Tal|date=July 19, 2016|accessdate=July 19, 2016
- ↑
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- ↑ cite web|author=Holly Bailey |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-picks-indiana-gov-mike-pence-as-vp-150808944.html |title=Donald Trump picks Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as VP |website=Yahoo.com |accessdate=July 16, 2016
- ↑ cite web|author=Ivan Levingston |url=http://www.cnbc.com/2016/07/15/donald-trump-officially-names-mike-pence-as-his-vp.html |title=Donald Trump officially names Mike Pence as his VP |website=Cnbc.com |date= |accessdate=July 16, 2016
- ↑ cite web|author= |url=http://fortune.com/2016/07/15/pence-vp/ |title=Mike Pence Is Donald Trump's Vice President Pick |website=Fortune.com |date= |accessdate=July 16, 2016
- ↑ cite news|last1=Cook|first1=Tony|title=Gov. Mike Pence formally nominated as the Republican Party's vice presidential candidate|url=http://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2016/07/19/indiana-formally-casts-its-votes-nominate-trump-republican-national-convention/87317966/%7Caccessdate=July 20, 2016|work=The Indianapolis Star|date=19 July 2016
- ↑ cite web|title=Dr. Jill Stein secures Green Presidential nomination, rises to 5% in national poll|url=http://www.jill2016.com/jill_stein_secures_green_nomination%7Cwebsite=Jill 2016|accessdate=June 15, 2016
- ↑ "Green Party candidate Jill Stein says Bernie Sanders should make a 3rd party run". June 1, 2016. Retrieved June 10, 2016.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
- ↑ http://projectcensored.org/5-big-data-dark-money-behind-2016-election/
- ↑ https://whowhatwhy.org/2017/09/15/fearful-vs-fearless/
- ↑ "Is this guy running for president or dictator?"
- ↑ "Obama: World leaders 'rattled' by Trump"
- ↑ "Get Buck House suitably refurbished and the electrics sorted, and I'd be honored to accept the kind invite"
- ↑ "Many people would like to see @Nigel_Farage represent Great Britain as their Ambassador to the United States. He would do a great job!"
