Donald Trump has been victorious in his bid to become the President of the United States in his run against Kamala Harris.
It was announced in the early hours of November 6, 2024 that Donald won the election with 277 electoral votes to Kamala’s 219. At 78, he is the oldest person ever elected to the office. He is also set to win the popular vote.
The state of Wisconsin carried the former president over the finish line to 270 Electoral College votes. He also won Pennsylvania and Georgia, two key swing states, and he remains locked in close contests with Harris in Michigan, Arizona and Nevada.
He said he had won a “magnificent victory for the American people,” adding: “America has given us an unprecedented and powerful mandate.”
“This was the greatest political movement of all time,” he told crowds in Florida. “Now it’s going to reach a new level of importance because we’re going to help our country heal.”
© Chip SomodevillaHe promised to “help our country heal,” and added: “We are going to make this country better than it has ever been. The dance before us will not be easy.”
Their Vice-President will be JD Vance and the President will be inaugurated on Monday January 20, 2025.
© Anna MoneymakerTrump’s celebrity supporters included Hulk Hogan, who appeared at the Republican National Convention and ripped off his shirt on stage to reveal a Trump-Vance campaign shirt underneath.
He called Trump a “hero” and the “greatest president of the United States”.Kid Rock and Elon Musk were also high profile supporters.
© JEFF KOWALSKYWorld leaders sent congratulatory messages before the presidency was officially called with Sir Keir Starmer from the UK stating: “As the closest of allies, we stand shoulder to shoulder in defence of our shared values of freedom, democracy and enterprise.”
French President Emmanuel Macron posted his congratulations to X with a message: “Congratulations President Donald Trump,” he wrote. “Ready to work together as we have done for four years. With your convictions and with mine. With respect and ambition. For more peace and prosperity.”
© Chip SomodevillaTrump was President between 2017 and 2021, and has spent the last four years insisting the results of the 2020 election were fake. On Thursday, May 30, 2024 a jury also found the former president guilty on all counts of the 34 counts in his hush money election interference case brought forward by Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg.
Trump is now the first convicted felon to hold the highest office in the land.
© TIMOTHY A. CLARYHe was found guilty of falsifying business records in an attempt to silence his alleged mistress, Stormy Daniels, ahead of his 2016 run for president, which Bragg claimed directly impacted the election.
Trump has insisted the trial was rigged.
The race for the 47th president began with Donald versus Joe Biden, 81. But following a concerning debate performance from the current POTUS, he withdrew his plans for reelection and endorsed Kamala, his VP.
Had she won, she would have made history twice over as the first female and first Asian-African American president.