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Trump said the nation owed her a debt for her decades of public service.\u00a0<br\/><br\/> <div>  &#8220;To all Republicans, Democrats and Independents across this nation, I say it&#8217;s time for us to come together as one untied people,&#8221; he said to cheers. &#8220;&#8230;\u00a0For those who have chosen not to support to me, I am reaching out to you for your guidance and your help so we can work together to unify out great country.&#8221; <\/div> <div> <br\/> <\/div> <div>  The country, he said, has &#8220;tremendous potential. It&#8217;s going to be a beautiful thing.&#8221;  <br\/> <br\/>Clinton did not immediately make any public remarks. Her campaign chairman, John Podesta, told supporters around 2 a.m. that too many states were still too close to call.  <br\/> <br\/> <div>   &#8220;She has done an amazing job,&#8221; Podesta said, &#8220;and she&#8217;s not done yet.&#8221;   <br\/> <br\/> <\/div> <\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump, a 70-year-old former reality TV star, will become the first commander in chief in decades who has neither served in the military nor previously held public office. Trump has less governing experience than former Presidents William Howard Taft and Herbert Hoover, who shared that resume quirk but had served as high-ranking political appointees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump ran on a platform of government reform and political upheaval, painting Clinton \u2014 and even some Republican critics \u2014 as establishment bureaucrats spoiled by greed and corruption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He has also vowed to more strictly control immigration into the country, at various times vowing to block Muslims from entering the country, and promised to re-examine a host of foreign military alliances to ensure that American taxpayers aren\u2019t footing too much of the cost of fighting terrorism overseas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During his speech to supporters Wednesday, Trump\u00a0pledged to get along with nations that want to get along with the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We will deal fairly with everyone, all people and all other nations,&#8221; he said. &#8220;\u2026 We&#8217;ll seek partnership, not conflict.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Numerous high-profile military and intelligence figures opposed Trump&#8217;s candidacy, even without endorsing his opponents, calling him a potentially unstable individual who should not be given access to the country\u2019s nuclear arsenal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite that, Trump was popular among active-duty military members, with more than 40 percent backing him as the nation&#8217;s next commander in chief in the October poll conducted by Military Times with Syracuse University&#8217;s Institute for Veterans and Military Families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clinton\u2019s history of controversies, and specifically her improper use of a private email server during her time as secretary of State, seemed to sway many military members and civilian voters to Trump\u2019s favor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump\u2019s own military-themed controversies on the campaign trail didn\u2019t hurt him as much. He openly fought with the parents of a soldier killed in Iraq, ridiculed Republican Arizona Sen. 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