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This Is Really How Donald Trump Took the Stage in Cleveland

Typically the presidential nominee waits until the last night of the convention, after he’s officially been nominated, to make an appearance. But we know that Donald Trump doesn’t do tradition, and we knew that he was going to appear tonight to introduce his third wife, Melania.

Still, nothing could have prepared us for his entrance. Freddie Mercury, a smoke screen, a slow amble. Very Siegfried and Roy. All Trump. 

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