He would come out of this campaign, Trump assured Ailes, with a far more powerful brand and untold opportunities. "This is bigger than I ever dreamed of," he told Ailes in a conversation a week before the election. "I don't think about losing because it isn't losing. We've totally won." What's more, he was already laying down his public response to losing the election: It was stolen! Donald Trump and his tiny band of campaign warriors were ready to lose with fire and fury. They were not ready to win. * * * In politics somebody has to lose, but invariably everybody thinks they can win. And you probably can't win unless you believe that you will win-except in the Trump campaign. The leitmotif for Trump about his
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