17, in an effort to change course, the Trump team appointed Steve Bannon, the former executive chairman of the conservative Breitbart
News, to lead the campaign. Journalist Joshua
Green of Bloomberg Businessweek says the switch would prove to be a turning point.
"[Trump] was headed toward a pretty serious loss, and Bannon brought his wealth of anti-Clinton knowledge into the campaign and managed to keep Trump focused on a target," Green says.