--- title: The Opposition to Trump Has Never Been This Deflated description: Another Women's March is planned around Trump's inauguration, but the urgency is more muted, with smaller crowds expected. canonical: https://time.com/7198411/donald-trump-opposition/ author: Philip Elliott article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2024-11-26T11:00:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-19T07:48:48.575Z article:section: Politics og:title: The Opposition to Trump Has Never Been This Deflated og:description: Another Women's March is planned around Trump's inauguration, but the urgency is more muted, with smaller crowds expected. og:url: https://time.com/7198411/donald-trump-opposition/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2ece256bf41265b5/698b245c0116821a7398d40d/GettyImages-2183232885.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: Protesters march against Trump's 2024 re-election in New York og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Opposition to Trump Has Never Been This Deflated twitter:description: Another Women's March is planned around Trump's inauguration, but the urgency is more muted, with smaller crowds expected. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2ece256bf41265b5/698b245c0116821a7398d40d/GettyImages-2183232885.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 video:duration: 03:51 video:published: 2024-11-06 section: politics topics: election victory speech, Trump campaign, popular vote, Senate control, border policy, national healing, Golden Age of America, political mandate, supporters rally, presidency genre: speech, news tones: celebratory, triumphant, optimistic, grateful emotions: joy (high), pride (high), gratitude (medium), hope (medium) sentiment: positive audience: US voters, political news followers, Trump supporters, general news audience people: Donald Trump, Kamala Harris organizations: Senate content_suitability: politics [00:00-03:51] transcript_source: publisher captions transcript_reviewed: not applicable ---  # The Opposition to Trump Has Never Been This Deflated > Sponsored content. 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Republican former President Donald Trump claimed victory in his race against Democratic candidate Vice President Kamala Harris for the White House._ Description, summary, key points, chapters, key quotes, questions and transcript, where present, were produced automatically from the video or its captions and were not reviewed. ## Summary Donald Trump addresses a crowd of supporters, calling his campaign a historic political movement and thanking the American people for electing him. He pledges to fix the country's borders, help the country heal and deliver a safe and prosperous America. He also says he won the popular vote and that the Senate has been taken back. The speech is celebratory and centers on gratitude, unity and promises for the future. ## Key points - Trump describes his campaign as a movement like nobody has ever seen, and 'the greatest political movement of all time'. (00:31) - He says the movement will reach a new level of importance because it will help the country heal. (00:50) - Trump pledges to fix the country's borders and 'everything about our country'. (01:06) - He thanks the American people for the honor of being elected the 47th president and 45th president. (01:31) - Trump promises to fight every day for citizens, their families and their future, and not to rest until a strong, safe and prosperous America is delivered. (01:45) - He says this will truly be the Golden Age of America. (02:07) - Trump claims his side also won the popular vote and calls it a very nice feeling. (02:28) - He says America has given his team a powerful mandate and that they have taken back control of the Senate. (03:34) ## Chapters - [00:00 to 00:21] Opening and crowd reaction. The speech begins amid applause and brief opening remarks. - [00:21 to 01:06] Praising a historic movement. Trump thanks supporters and calls the campaign the greatest political movement of all time that will help the country heal. - [01:06 to 01:31] Promises to fix the country. He vows to fix the borders and the country and says the night made history. - [01:31 to 02:28] Thanks and vow to fight. Trump thanks Americans for electing him and promises to fight daily for a strong, safe and prosperous America. - [02:28 to 03:02] Claiming the popular vote. He says his side won the popular vote and describes a feeling of love in the room. - [03:02 to 03:51] Gratitude, mandate and Senate. Trump praises those beside him, promises to make voters proud, and says there is a mandate and control of the Senate. ## Key quotes - [00:41] Donald Trump: "I believe, the greatest political movement of all time." - [01:31] Donald Trump: "So want to thank the American people for the extraordinary honor of being" - [02:07] Donald Trump: "This will truly be the Golden Age of America." - [02:28] Donald Trump: "We also have won the popular vote. That was great." - [03:34] Donald Trump: "America has given us an unprecedented and powerful mandate." - [03:42] Donald Trump: "We have taken back control of the Senate." ## Questions this video answers - What does Trump say about his campaign movement? [00:31] - What does Trump promise to do about the country's borders? [01:06] - What does Trump say he will do as president? [01:45] - Does Trump claim to have won the popular vote? [02:28] - What does Trump say about control of the Senate? [03:42] ## Content suitability - politics [00:00-03:51]: Election victory speech by a political candidate with campaign claims and partisan messaging.  by [Philip Elliott](https://time.com/author/philip-elliott/)  ## Philip Elliott Senior Correspondent Nov 26, 2024 11:00 AM UTC Republican former President Donald Trump claimed victory in his race against Democratic candidate Vice President Kamala Harris for the White House.  by [Philip Elliott](https://time.com/author/philip-elliott/)  ## Philip Elliott Senior Correspondent Nov 26, 2024 11:00 AM UTC _This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up_ [_here_](https://cloud.newsletters.time.com/signup?nln=dc-brief&source=dc%5Fonsite) _to get stories like this sent to your inbox._ Around this time eight years ago, a whole lot of time went into cobbling together what would come to be known as [The Resistance](https://time.com/5017525/the-resistance-helped-democrats-win-on-tuesday-now-theyre-turning-to-2018/). As the country—and the world, really—started to come to understand the incoming Trump administration’s plans, an unlikely cooperative of folks—feminists, scientists, immigration activists, traditional Republicans—found common ground in their shared sense of dread. On the first full day of Donald Trump’s presidency, the amalgam responded with a national day of [protest](https://time.com/4642399/womens-march-united-states-cities/) that, to that point, had no peer. Now, facing a second wave of Trumpism, that collective [urgency](https://time.com/longform/democrat-midterm-strategy/) seems rather muted. [Pink hats](https://time.com/5508007/womens-march-washington-2019-pink-hats/) are not the must-have accessory this season. Community organizing remains potent but hardly trendy. The intersectionality that brought together those most worried about how Trump might undermine [women’s rights](https://time.com/7098669/harris-campaign-abortion-women/), enact a potential [Muslim ban](https://time.com/7022828/trump-travel-ban-refugees-gaza/), or decimate America’s global standing has never looked so thin. The news on Monday that Special Counsel Jack Smith was dropping both of his federal cases against Trump merited little more than a shrug. Trump’s detractors aren’t planning to meet his second inauguration on Jan. 20 with silence, but the overall response might be duller this time. The Women’s March is going to [rally](https://www.mobilize.us/womensmarch/event/742704/) supporters on Jan. 18 in Washington. The Rev. Al Sharpton is [planning](https://www.scrippsnews.com/politics/rev-sharpton-organizes-d-c-rally-during-trumps-inauguration#google%5Fvignette) his own rally to compete with Trump’s Inauguration. Yet it’s tough to imagine any counter-programming making as big a splash—or much of a dent against what feels to many like an unavoidable Trumpian tide. There is, in a sense, a thud of pervasive inevitability around Trump’s return among those who were previously most vocal in trying to stop him. The lack of enthusiasm has been one of the most under-appreciated aspects of the most recent campaign. As TIME’s Charlotte Alter dubbed it back in March—_March!_—this was [The Dread Election](https://time.com/6883103/the-dread-election/). President Joe Biden’s [midsummer](https://time.com/6993335/first-presidential-debate-analysis-2024/) [meltdown](https://time.com/6993760/joe-biden-debate-disaster-democratic-panic/) and hasty [halt](https://time.com/7001028/why-joe-biden-stepped-down/) of his re-nomination did little to remedy that, although the [surge](https://time.com/7157636/kamala-harris-polls-economy/) in interest in Kamala Harris’ elevation gave Democrats and anti-Trump Republicans reason to hope. Still, by the time Election Day got here, there was a collective eagerness just to know how it would [end](https://time.com/7172184/election-polls-turnout/). Trump, as we all know, [prevailed](https://time.com/7172052/how-donald-trump-won-2024/)—improving his standing across most demographics in a squeaker of a [win](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn5w9w160xdo) in the popular vote closer than almost anything seen since the 19th Century. Democratic [machinations](https://time.com/7178541/democrats-immigrant-vote-us-election/) are ongoing as the party elites and rank-and-file members alike [puzzle](https://time.com/7173550/how-kamala-harris-lost/) the path [forward](https://time.com/7173985/trump-bernie-sanders-aoc-election/), and the rest of us are just watching. The incoming Republican regime will be in charge for the next four years, with narrow control of Congress for at least the first two of those. The listless resignation among Trump’s detractors is not just your imagination, either. Polling [released](https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2024/11/22/public-narrowly-approves-of-trumps-plans-most-are-skeptical-he-will-unify-the-country/?utm%5Fsource=AdaptiveMailer&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=24-11-22%20Post-Election%20GEN%20DISTRO&org=982&lvl=100&ite=15064&lea=3986964&ctr=0&par=1&trk=) by Pew at the end of last week finds a majority of the country is**,** by and large, ready for Trump 2.0\. About half of Americans—53%—say they approve of the President-elect’s plans, with a smaller 46% opposing them, according to Pew polling. While just 41% of Americans think Trump can bring the nation together and 45% say they trust him on abortion policy, he compensates by posting 59% ratings on the economy and 53% on immigration. A paltry 42% of Americans think of him as honest, 37% see him as even-tempered, and 34% see him as a role model. Put plainly: Americans don’t necessarily like Trump, but they’re going to give him the benefit of the doubt, at least for now, when it comes to the hard-power duties of the presidency. A full 68% of Americans told Pew they were not surprised by Trump’s win, including 58% of Democrats. The numbers also show a softening of ill-will toward him. After his 2016 victory, just 36% of Americans said they had warm feelings toward him. That number slipped to 34% after his 2020 loss. These days, that’s up to a warmer 43%, according to the Pew modeling. Separately, a Morning Consult poll [found](https://pro.morningconsult.com/analysis/americans-exhausted-trump-election-consumer-mood-2024) roughly one-third (32%) of voters using “exhausted” to precisely describe their mood after Trump’s win. Among women—the engine behind most recent protests against Trump—that number hits 38%. Among Democrats, the number tops 54%. All of which explains why the fire behind The Resistance is a little less searing right now, even as Trump promises to push his agenda more aggressively than he did the first time around. While groups like [Democracy Forward](https://democracyforward.org/), [Public Citizen](https://www.citizen.org/tags/taking-on-trump/), and [Indivisible](https://indivisible.org/) still are working to stand in the breach, [fatigue](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/us/trump-womens-march-protests-activism.html) is real. Good-government groups like the Partnership For Public Service are trying to [hold](https://ourpublicservice.org/blog/who-is-government-series-the-washington-post-event-recap/) onto norms and standards, but it can at times feel folly given Trump’s incoming roster of transgressive talents. Admittedly, this post-election period is a beige moment in politics. The worst threats of the election season were dodged; protests in the streets never materialized, violent disputes over ballots did not happen, denialism gave way to facts. In this transitional period, it’s tough to spark and then sustain the urgency of eight years ago—especially given the country has seen how Trump obliterates norms, follows through on campaign threats, and [breaks](https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2024/11/its-a-scary-time-doj-employees-fear-escalation-of-threats-following-election-day/) his opposition without many regards for [consequences](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/30/trump-loyalists-deep-state-blacklist-american-accountability-foundation). Among those millions of Americans bracing for all that to unfold, most are just too tired to summon the outrage again. _Make sense of what matters in Washington._ [_Sign up for the D.C. Brief newsletter_](https://cloud.newsletters.time.com/signup?nln=dc-brief&source=dc%5Fonsite)_._ ## Transcript [00:00] Be an American wearing these stands. [00:05] And I won't forget the men who Thank you very much, Wow. [00:21] Well, I want to thank you all very much. [00:24] This is great. These are our friends. [00:26] We have thousands of friends on this incredible movement. [00:31] This was a movement like nobody's ever seen before. [00:36] And frankly, this was, [00:41] I believe, the greatest political movement of all time. [00:46] There's never been anything like this in this country and maybe beyond. [00:50] And now it's going to reach a new level of importance because [00:55] we're going to help our country heal. [00:59] We're gonna help our country heal. [01:01] We have a country that needs help, [01:04] and it needs help very badly. [01:06] We're gonna fix our borders. [01:08] We're gonna fix everything about our country. [01:11] And we made history for a reason tonight, [01:15] and the reason is going to be just that. [01:17] We overcame obstacles that nobody thought possible, [01:21] and it is now clear that we've achieved the most incredible political thing. [01:27] Look what happened. Is this crazy? [01:31] So want to thank the American people for the extraordinary honor of being [01:36] elected your 47th president and your 45th President. [01:45] And every citizen, I will fight for you, [01:48] for your family, and your future. [01:52] Every single day, I will be fighting for you. [01:54] And with every breath in my body, [01:58] I will not rest until we have delivered the strong, safe, [02:02] and prosperous America that our children deserve and that you deserve. [02:07] This will truly be the Golden Age of America. That's what we have to. [02:16] This is a magnificent victory for the American people [02:20] that will allow us to make America great again. [02:28] We also have won the popular vote. That was great. [02:35] Oh. [02:44] Thank you. Thank you very much. [02:53] Thank you. Winning the popular vote was very nice, very nice. [02:58] I will tell you. It's a great feeling of love. [03:02] We have a great feeling of love in this very large room. [03:05] With unbelievable people standing by my side, [03:09] these people have been incredible. [03:12] They've made the journey with me, [03:14] and we're going to make you very happy. [03:17] We're going to make you very proud of your vote. [03:19] I hope that you're going to be looking back someday and say that [03:22] was one of the truly important moments of [03:25] my life when I voted for this group of [03:28] people beyond the president, this group of great people. [03:34] America has given us an unprecedented and powerful mandate. [03:42] We have taken back control of the Senate. 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