Donald Trump has won the US presidential election defeating Kamala Harris in a stunning political comeback that sends shock waves across the world.
Donald Trump’s win marks a remarkable comeback, four years after he was voted out of the White House and ushering in a new American leadership likely to test democratic institutions at home and relations abroad.
The 78 years old was able to recapture the White House by securing more than the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the presidency,
The former president’s victory in the swing state of Wisconsin pushed him over the threshold. As of 5:45 a.m. ET (1045 GMT) Trump had won 279 electoral votes to Harris’ 223 with several states yet to be counted.
Trump’s political career had appeared to be over after his false claims of election fraud led a mob of supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in a failed bid to overturn his 2020 defeat.
Republicans won the US Senate majority, but neither party appeared to have an edge in the fight for control of the House of Representatives where Republicans currently hold a narrow majority.
“America has given us an unprecedented and powerful mandate,”
Trump had earlier addressed a roaring crowd of supporters at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in Florida and declared his victory.
“America has given us an unprecedented and powerful mandate,”
However his opponent Harris did not speak to her supporters who had gathered at her alma mater Howard University although her campaign co-chair, Cedric Richmond, briefly addressed the crowd after midnight, saying Harris would speak publicly later on Wednesday.
