1. Donald Trump’s announcement of his presidential bid in June 2015 wasn’t major news at the time. But his 45-minute speech spelled out the next 500 days. He condemned rapists from Mexico, promised to build a border wall, complained that the U.S. doesn’t win anymore, claimed the U.S. should have taken Iraq’s oil before the Islamic State group got it, criticized President Barack Obama’s health law, promised to get lost jobs back from China, and more. 2. A Republican debate in March shifted into cringe-inducing territory when Trump mentioned GOP rival Marco Rubio’s mocking reference to his “small hands” and then added reassurance about the size of his genitals. Donald Trump 3. In October, a 2005 video leaked in which Trump boasted about groping women’s genitals and kissing them without permission. It threw his campaign into crisis. Trump apologized, but wrote off his comments as “locker-room banter.” 4. Throughout the campaign, Trump toyed with bringing up allegations about Bill Clinton’s past sexual misconduct. At the second presidential debate in October, he sat three of the former president’s accusers in the front row. Donald Trump 5. As Trump’s standing in the polls struggled, he built up his claims that the election was being rigged against him. Asked in the final presidential debate if he would accept the results of the election, Trump refused to go there. Donald Trump
