Victory Day: both the Trump and Clinton headquarters survived the presidential election

Screen shot from the broadcast

The night of November 8-9 will go down in history. Contrary to all the forecasts of sociologists, billionaire and brawler Donald Trump was elected 45th President of the United States. ForumDaily personally followed what happened on election day at the headquarters of the Democrats and Republicans. About what remained behind the scenes of television broadcasts - in our report.

During the day, at Donald Trump’s headquarters, which was located in the prestigious Hilton Hotel, the air was so electrified that it could easily charge dead phones. The mood was close to panic, and some of the speakers who were supposed to speak left the site without waiting for the collective appearance on stage. Analysts and experts promised Clinton a quick victory, but Trump sharply responded, “You’ll see.” There was a lot to see - first of all, the huge set filmed by Trump at the Hilton Hotel in midtown New York. The Republican candidate and owner of one of the largest hotel chains in the world rented the premises of competitors, and even Democrats, for his “winner's party.”

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The Jamits Center, where Democrats gathered, cordoned off around the perimeter of 2 Avenue and 2 of small neighborhoods. Tired journalists with technique at the ready were rushing from one police post to another.

Jamits Center, the headquarters of the Democrats, cordoned off around the perimeter. Photo: Denis Kerimov

Manhattan on election day. Photo: Denis Kerimov

There were 2 stages decorated with American flags inside and outside. The smell of victory was in the air. Clinton's analysts and aides unanimously promised her a landslide victory in the election - about or over 300 electoral votes. The messages of the democratic candidate and footage of her morning voting were broadcast on huge screens. Staffers rushed around with boxes of food and water.

Headquarters Hillary Clinton is preparing for the night of the counting of votes. Photo: Denis Kerimov

By evening, Clinton's supporters began to arrive at the headquarters - she herself, a mile and a half from the Jamits Center, was preparing for victory at the Peninsula Hotel with her daughter and husband. Heavily armed Secret Service agents, police and trucks filled with sand to prevent terrorist attacks were all that betrayed the presence of the Democratic presidential candidate's family at a hotel on Fifth Avenue.

Trucks carrying sand to prevent terrorist attacks near the Peninsula Hotel. Photo: Denis Kerimov

A whole group of celebrities were waiting at the Javits Center - Katy Perry, whose parents voted for Trump, Beyoncé, Amy Schumer, Lady Gaga, Melanie Griffith, Jason Derullo and Nicky Hilton. The latter came without her sister - Paris, in her usual style, voted for Trump. Celebrities happily took selfies, took pictures with partygoers and immediately posted the photos on social media.

Ketty Parry in anticipation of the election of Madame President. Photo: Denis Kerimov

Lady Gaga, Amy Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand

Former head Democratic National Committee Debbie Wasserman-Schulz, who announced her resignation immediately after 22’s thousands of e-mails from the Democratic Party leaked, at the sight of the journalists leaned the phone to her ear, creating the appearance of an important telephone conversation.

The hall of the New York center was decorated to exactly the same as the hall of the Philadelphia Arena, where Clinton was triumphantly nominated as a Democratic presidential candidate.

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Demonstrators gathered near the Hilton Hotel, holding signs, wearing “Make America Great Again” caps and T-shirts. The motorcades barely made it to the building.

The situation changed diametrically at 19.00, when the first polling stations closed and, contrary to all the assurances of analysts, Trump’s numbers were significantly ahead of the voting figures for Clinton. She took Vermont, he took Kentucky and Indiana.

The room at the Hilton Hotel became considerably livelier after Trump's victories in Ohio and North Carolina, important states for both candidates. Trump watched the historic vote with his family - an unshaven Donald Jr., Eric, Tiffany, who does not often appear in public, Melania in a white dress with short sleeves, and their common son, Baron, whose tie he carefully straightened in a fatherly manner.

Clan Trump oversees the counting of votes. Photo: IvankaTrump

The faces of the Trump began to shine to 10 evenings local time. The expression of the hero of the occasion at that moment became jubilantly dreamy: he won the election with a considerable margin. In the hall, the former mayor of New York and the ardent associate of Trump Rudi Giuliani appeared, who in a conversation with journalists called this night “important for Americans.”

By 10 in the evening in Jamis center it became stuffy and quiet. American TV presenter of Indian origin Padma Lakshmi tried to entertain her baby, actress Mellanie Griffith in black did not hide her teary eyes or her mood - the numbers were clearly not in Clinton's favor.

In Times Square, as on New Year's Eve, people began to gather in anticipation of a miracle. Someone, staring at huge monitors, was upset, someone was happy, someone looked extremely confused. New York historically gave preference to the Democrats.

Times Square pending election results. Photo: Denis Kerimov

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Shortly before midnight, Clinton briefly took the lead in the race, with California giving her predictable votes. A few minutes later, Trump was ahead again - for a long time.

A nearby Georgian journalist Sofia Gargulidze said:

“This is a lot like Ukraine 6 years ago. Tymoshenko with Yanukovych were going nose to nose, the main thing is that Hillary should not suffer the same fate. She must be very scared. ”

Her colleague from Azerbaijan, Rufat, laughed: “The main thing is that Alec Baldwin (the actor played the role of Donald Trump in the comedy show “Saturday Night Life.” - Author) is not imprisoned, it will be very offensive.”

A minute later, everyone standing nearby was laughing at the joke—the laughter was nervous.

Celebrities began to slowly leave the Democratic headquarters. Clinton remained in the hotel, where there were still no supporters around. A few blocks from the Peninsula, Trump and his team began to celebrate their victory - this could be clearly heard near the Peninsula.

Peninsula Hotel after midnight

On election night, the Clintons did not go to the press - they decided to sleep with defeat, like any other misfortune. John Podesta took the rap for them, thanking his comrades and sending them home.

“Thank you guys, I know you've been here for quite some time. It was a long night and a long campaign. But we can wait a little longer, can't we? We are still counting votes and every vote must be counted. But listen to me, everyone should go home now, you should go and rest, sleep, tomorrow we will have something to tell you,” he said.

Clinton's supporters didn't listen and went to Trump's headquarters to protest. The local police were taken by surprise - they did not expect such a turn of events and tried to figure out how to receive the indignant crowd. The decision had to be made quickly - Trump and Hillary supporters had to be separated on opposite sides and separated by barriers.

At this time, Trump was preparing for his speech - he took the stage at about 3 a.m., thanked his associates and even his competitor and her family “for an interesting fight.” Trump spoke for a long time - he promised that he would be a president for all Americans, that he would make the country great again, and he got so carried away that he almost forgot to introduce his vice president, Michael Pence.

That night, Hillary Clinton called Donald Trump first. What yesterday's rivals in the presidential race were talking about remains a mystery, but the fact of the conversation was confirmed by the Republican candidate himself.

“Secretary Clinton just called me. She congratulated us on the victory. I congratulated her and her family on this hard struggle. She fought hard during the campaign. We all have to thank her for her contribution and work for our country. She worked very hard. It is sincere. ”

And the next morning, America woke up with a new president.

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