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Supporters of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump make a “T” with their fingers as they wait for him to arrive for a press conference at the Trump National Golf Club Jupiter on March 8, 2016 in Jupiter, Florida.
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At almost 10 o’clock on Saturday night in the ornate dining room of Trump International Golf Course in West Palm Beach, the oak tables had been removed and replaced with rows of chairs facing a freshly painted gold-and-white podium that the club’s namesake would soon stand behind.
But where was Donald Trump? The press conference was scheduled to start an hour ago. While the reporters watched returns come in from Kentucky and posted pictures on Twitter, most of the crowd was getting antsy.