Satire America 2016: You Won’t Believe What Happens After Trump Loses Election To Bernie Sanders Jamie Weinstein Senior Writer August 24, 2015 10:47 PM ET Font Size: On Nov. 8, 2016, Bernie Sanders narrowly defeated Donald J. Trump to become the 45th president of the United States. The Daily Caller has exclusively gained access to what happened in the election’s immediate aftermath: Follow Jamie on Twitter