Donald Trump has won the presidential election. He overcame the polls, the expectations, and the faith-based belief of the political establishment that he couldn’t do it. As the results began to come in Tuesday night, as must-win states for Trump slid easily into his column, and as the Democrats’ “blue wall” of Great Lakes states began to crumble in the early hours of Wednesday, the truth became undeniable.

Florida was too close to call—until it was clear Hillary Clinton did not win enough votes in Democratic South Florida to overcome her deficit. North Carolina was too close to call—until it was obvious the lower black turnout in the early vote was a sign Clinton had a turnout problem there, as well. Democrats began sweating when Michigan, for which Barack Obama was declared the winner five minutes after the polls closed in 2012, remained too close to call for hours—until there was no other way to say it: Trump was going to win Michigan, and Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania as well. He was going to win the White House.