What if Donald Trump in 1999 decided to run for the Republican nomination instead of the Reform Party?
And of course secured the nomination and won the election because, you know, well, he is Trump.
What's next?
POD: c.1659 - Zheng Chenggong (Koxinga), famous Chinese commander, died in the battle with the Manchu Army of Qing Dynasty. Neither his followers or Manchus go to war with the Dutch, so Island of Formosa (Taiwan) remain in Dutch hands.
c.1785 - Formosa captured by British Imperial Troops...