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How Trump broke the rules of modern politics, and won anyway Donald Trump took the rules of modern politics, trashed them and became the last man standing for the Republican nomination anyway. After one particularly salty salvo, Trump explained: "That's what I mean about being politically correct, every once in a while you can have a little fun, don't you think?" Plenty of candidates may think it, but Trump said it: "I'd like to punch him in the face," he said of one protester. To listen to a Trump speech from start to finish is to enter an alternate grammatical universe. The billionaire is proud to campaign on the cheap, milking free media in a way that other candidates could only envy. Or asking supporters to "bundle" contributions from friends and neighbors. [...] I have spent almost nothing on my run for president and am in 1st place. Other candidates spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on surveys to poll-test their words and messages, and track their standings in primary states. Trump goes with his gut and mines public polls for intel. Candidates love to trot out five-point plans and lofty position papers — some more detailed than others. Trump makes a virtue of leaving enemies guessing about U.S.