--- title: Donald Trump Predicts He’ll Face Hillary Clinton in November description: Donald Trump believes he’ll face Hillary Clinton in November’s general election that will bring out “the greatest turnout in history." canonical: https://time.com/4231784/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-general-election/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-21T15:24:50.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:44:53.220Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump Predicts He’ll Face Hillary Clinton in the General Election og:description: He also said it will bring “the greatest turnout in history" og:url: https://time.com/4231784/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-general-election/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt550e1af1055c6b24/69887e70524fc07ca2df6d79/trump-donald.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4000 og:image:height: 2250 og:image:alt: Donald Trump Campaign Rally In Myrtle Beach - South Carolina og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump Predicts He’ll Face Hillary Clinton in the General Election twitter:description: He also said it will bring “the greatest turnout in history" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt550e1af1055c6b24/69887e70524fc07ca2df6d79/trump-donald.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump Predicts He’ll Face Hillary Clinton in the General Election > Sponsored content. 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Douliery Olivier—Sipa/AP  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Feb 21, 2016 3:24 PM UTC Donald Trump believes he’ll go [head-to-head with Hillary Clinton](http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/21/politics/donald-trump-predicts-hillary-clinton-highest-turnout/) in a general election that will bring out “the greatest turnout in history,” he said Sunday. The real estate mogul made the prediction several hours after he [won South Carolina’s Republican primary](http://time.com/4231631/south-carolina-primary-results-republican-donald-trump-ted-cruz-marco-rubio-jeb-bush/?11&xid=homepage) and after [Clinton celebrated her victory in the Nevada caucuses](http://time.com/4231739/hillary-clinton-nevada-caucuses-texas/?xid=homepage). “Frankly, if she gets indicted, that’s the only way she’s going to be stopped. I think it’s going to be Hillary and myself,” Trump told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union.” The businessman also predicted he’d “win states that aren’t in play” and “do great” with black voters. “I’ll win states that Republicans don’t even think of,” Trump said. “People are not going to die on the streets of any city or of any place if I’m president. 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