The leader of the free world is back.
Strolling into the impossibly restored Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, President-elect Donald Trump soaked up every eyeball of attention. World leaders whispered. First ladies blushed. Billionaires pointed. Fashion models swooned.
There he was, risen from the ashes, stronger than ever. In that moment, Mr. Trump looked as inevitable as the stone walls and spires around him reaching for the heavens.
The bad boy former president, mug-shotted felon, assassination survivor and social media smack-talker swanned into the richest ceremony in the world wearing a gold tie, black overcoat and the fearlessness of the most powerful — and most famous — man on the planet.
It took five years and more than $1 billion to restore Notre Dame. Mr. Trump did it on less than half that budget and in a quarter of the time. And he did it all by himself.
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