вЂ¦ They were still painting the press riser blue. Joe Perticone, reporter, Independent Journal Review: I was literally the first reporter in the door. So that meant I kind of got, like, the shittiest assignments for the day. William Turton, reporter, The Daily Dot: It was my first day ever in New York City working as a reporter, and I was kind of, like, the lowest person on the totem pole in the newsroom. Tierney McAfee, reporter, People: I had never written about politics before, and so my editor just said, вЂњTrump is supposed to make an announcement at Trump Tower today. вЂI was thinking this will be something goofy and funny to cover.вЂ™ They thought they knew who he was, and what he was doing, and how this would go.

What really went into that moment, and what was it like to experience? This oral history was assembled from reporters and photographers who were there from TrumpвЂ™s aides and advisers and former Trump Organization executives from a lead architect and the construction manager of Trump Tower from the co-author of The Art of the Deal and former contestants on вЂњThe ApprenticeвЂќ as well as supporters and others who had seen Trump prepare and rehearse for this for decades. вЂњThe famous escalator scene,вЂќ Trump himself would say.

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