The day after an election can bring an uncanny quiet. After months even years of frenzied campaign activity comes a day when the nation looks into the mirror and into its future.
In picking Trump, voters have elevated a once-banished political figure who has promised to govern as a strongman and upend the nation's handling of the economy, public health and foreign affairs.
It will be a long time before we can say exactly why a country that decisively rejected Trump four years ago welcomed him back last night and the answer is going to be complicated.
The pandemic played at least some role in clearing a path for his return in 2024: the chaotic handling of Covid-19 contributed to why voters rejected him in 2020.
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