
Donald Trump ended his historic presidential campaign the way he began it: promising to 'make America great again.'

More than 300 rallies into his 17-month White House quest, the baseball cap slogan had become a speech-ending war whoop.

In the wee hours of Election Day, he made his case one last time.

'I am with you. I will fight for you. And I will win for you. I promise,' he said.

Voting had already begun in a few historic New Hampshire towns with midnight ballot traditions.

But in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the billionaire swashbuckler was still trying to close the ultimate deal.

'The election is now. The election is now. Can you believe it?' he asked. 'It's today. It's today. It's unbelievable.'

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Trump's final rally after New Hampshire was in Grand Rapids, Michigan (pictured), where he promised that his administration would return jobs to America

Trump said he believed that he'd 'hit the mother lode' with the recent email scandal, and FBI director James Comey's remark that there might be more emails out there

Ted Nugent performed in support of Trump in Michigan, saying 'I believe Donald Trump believes in the US Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Golden Rule, the Ten Commandments'

Nugent caused a stie when he said: '[Michigan has] the hardest-working s**t-kickers mankind has ever known' before grabbing his crotch. 'I've got your blue state right here,' he added. 'Black and blue'

Amid lasers and smoke, Trump promised his Manchester, New Hampshire crowd Monday that 'the American working class will strike back' on Election Day

'Real change,' he said, 'means restoring honesty to government. Let's start by getting rid of Clinton!' The crowd responded with cheers of 'Lock her up!'

The crowd, amassed in New Hampshire's biggest indoor arena, cheered and cried as Trump promised them a better future - starting tomorrow

Trump was backed not just by his VP pick Mike Pence, but also by his entire direct family, including Donald Trump Jr (left)

'You can make every dream you've ever dreamed for your country and your family come true. You have one magnificent chance to beat this corrupt, rigged system and to deliver justice for every forgotten man and forgotten woman and forgotten child in this nation.'

As he heard the roar of applause for the last time as a candidate, he issued one final instruction: 'Go to bed! Go to bed right now! Get up and vote!'

The twin senses of finality and uncertainty hung in the air as Trump worked to add extra flourishes to his stump speech.

Hoping for one last shout of 'Mexico' at a signature moment, he acknowledged the lateness of the hour: 'I just want to ask you one question, if you don't mind, at 1 o'clock in the morning: Who is going to pay for the wall?'

Finishing a favorite anecdote about cars that once were made in Flint and water that no one could drink in Mexico – and making his switcheroo – he boomed that 'you can't drink the damned water in Flint!'

'What the hell? Unbelievable!' Trump sniped.

Hillary Clinton attracted her usual share of barbs.

'We are finally going to close the books on the Clintons, and their lies, their schemes and corruption,' he said.

Trump called his kids 'the best surrogates of all' in his New Hampshire rally, comparing them to Clinton's own surrogates

Trump also read out support from New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and coach Bill Belichick, saying there was no better job reference he could bring to the Granite State

The crowd cheered as Trump read out Belichick's letter to him: 'Congratulations on a tremendous campaign. You have dealt with an unbelievable, slanted and negative media and have come out beautifully'

Trump's impressive smoke and laser show - and his promise of a better tomorrow - worked some of his supporters up into an emotional frenzy

But in a rust-belt state that has hemorrhaged jobs for decades, the Republican rested on his unconventional partnership with grease monkeys and welders, janitors and mechanics.

'Today is our Independence Day,' he said, forging the last bit of kinship with them.

'Today the American working class is going to strike back, finally.'

Trump's stamina saw him to the finish line in the wee hours of Election Day morning, after 10 rallies in a two-day final campaign push.

His crowd at the Trump train's final stop, however, decided a 34-minute speech that started 90 minutes late was a bridge too far.

About 1 in 10 filed out while he was still talking, although they assured reporters that they were all-in for their hero – just cold, tired, and unwilling to miss work.

The first-time candidate cranked up 11,000 New Hampshire voters like the world's loudest political siren on Monday night, as he predicting a victory over Clinton hours before getting to Michigan.

ONE LAST JAB: In the year of 'Lyin' Ted' Cruz, 'Liddle Marco' Rubio and 'Low Energy' Jeb Bush, Donald Trump added a new label to 'Crooked' Hillary Clinton on Monday night – saying his Democratic rival is 'the face of failure'. He is pictured above in Scranton

THE FACE OF FAILURE? Trump hopes to upset Clinton, the Democratic Party's presidential nominee, in an election that was hers to lose

CAN HE DO IT? The CNN electoral college prediction after it fell under 270 - with North Carolina, Florida and New Hampshire not just in play but being visited by both candidates at the last minute

Trump built a movement of disaffected peasants with pitchforks this year, on the strength of promising the return of industrial jobs and ending the Obamacare medical insurance experiment.

In New Hampshire, the site of his first primary election victory, he declared that his passionate voting army will send him to the White House.

'Real change,' Trump said, 'means restoring honesty to government. Let's start by getting rid of Clinton!'

'Can you imagine having Hillary Clinton for four years?' he asked as chants of 'Lock her up!' filled the Granite State's largest indoor arena.

'Hillary Clinton's only allegiance is to herself, her donors and her special interests. My only special interest is to you.'

Trump brought his adult children and their spouses, along with running mate Mike Pence and his wife, on stage with him for his grand entrance in Manchester.

'I've been reading about Hillary Clinton having all these surrogates,' Trump said when the laser light show was over and the fog machines were switched off.

'I had the best surrogates of all,' he added, referring to his kids. 'They were all over.'

Manchester, a short drive from Foxboro, Massachusetts, is New England Patriots country. And Trump unveiled endorsements from the team's quarterback Tom Brady and coach Bill Belichick, saying there was no better job reference he could offer.

Trump said Brady, the Super Bowl MVP signal-caller whom he called a 'great friend of mine' and 'a great champion,' offered his support in a phone call earlier on Monday.

'He called today, and he said, "Donald, I support you, you're my friend, and I voted for you",' the Republican presidential nominee recalled.

CRAZY DAY: Both major party candidates crisscrossed eastern swing states on Monday, with Trump (in red) visiting four states and Clinton three

WAITING IN NEW HAMPSHIRE: These Trump fans got in line hours ahead of Trump's final visit to the Granite State, which will be the penultimate stop of his presidential campaign

The billionaire also read aloud a letter from Belichick: 'Congratulations on a tremendous campaign. You have dealt with an unbelievable, slanted and negative media and have come out beautifully.'

'Hopefully tomorrow's election results will give you the opportunity to make America great again,' the coach wrote.

Trump and his custom Boeing 757 came to New Hampshire from Scranton, Pennsylvania, where he added a new label to 'Crooked' Hillary Clinton – saying his Democratic rival is 'the face of failure.'

The startling election-eve pronouncement was an 11th-hour effort to woo 'all of the Democratic voters in our country who are thirsting for change like everybody else' in hardscrabble Scranton.

ONE DAY TO WIN IT: A loose, jovial Donald Trump wowed thousands of supporters in Sarasota, Florida on Monday morning, holding up a Halloween mask that bore his own likeness

Trump, the improbable GOP nominee, launched his campaign more than 16 months ago in what was initially seen as a vanity effort

CULTURE CLASH: Trump told his Florida fans that America will slip into permanent decline if his rival Hillary Clinton becomes president

ONE DAY MORE: Trump revved up Republicans in Raleigh, North Carolina as he predicted winning the Tarheel State and a host of other tight races on Tuesday

Trump had five stops on Monday. He is seen above in Raleigh, North carolina. On Sunday he was in Iowa, Minnesota, southeastern Michigan, western Pennsylvania and Virginia

Calling them 'the middle class, the forgotten people,' Trump told dirt-under-their-fingernails Democrats in search of economic relief that Clinton is a Wall Street banker's marionette, not a working-class champion.

'Everybody is thirsting, thirsting for change,' he said during the third of five rallies scheduled for the final day of the 2016 presidential campaign.

'You're tired of a government that works only for Wall Street and the special interests. You're tired of the reckless foreign policy, the crazy wars that are never won.'

'Hillary Clinton is the last stand for the Wall Street and special-interest donors and to special interests themselves,' he said.

'And Hillary is the face of failure,' he told the Pennsylvanians. 'She's the face of failure! She's the face of failed foreign policy.'

'GOOD JOB, DADDY!' A man in Sarasota held up a baby boy dressed as an elephant – which is both the emblem of the GOP and the local symbol of the Ringling Brothers Circus's elephant sanctuary nearby

DEPLORABLES: Trump supporters in Raleigh, North Carolina, made no pretense of liking his presidential race rival

RALLY IN RALEIGH: The Republican candidate filled part of the J.S. Dorton arena as he made his pitch in North Carolina

NOT WITH HER: Women for Trump-sign brandishing backers were in the front row as he spoke in North Carolina

YUGE: This was part of the crowd as Trump campaigned in Raleigh, North Carolina

SWANSONG: One way or another this was Donald Trump's final appearance as a presidential candidate in the Tarheel State

SCENTING BLOOD? The shifting electoral college map puts North Carolina in the toss-up category and Trump is now sensing the possibility of victory

SHOUT FOR SUPPORT: Trump appealed for the backing of the audience in the Tar Heel state

'PRESIDENT TRUMP! PRESIDENT TRUMP' The Donald's rallies were well-attended and loud on Monday, beginning with just 20 hours to go before polls open

READY FOR THE VERDICT: The Republican nominee said Hillary Clinton 'is the most corrupt person ever to seek the presidency of the United States'