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That instinct for performance became destiny when television recast him as the ultimate decider, erasing his financial scars in the glow of prime-time power. Politics, in turn, became his final, audacious gamble. He shattered expectations, rewired a major party, and left the country arguing not just about his policies, but about what America itself should be. Love him or loathe him, his story proves one thing: he refuses to exit the stage.