US election results: @UnrealTrump scripts a stunning comeback after 4 years
Donald Trump won the US Presidential election. He defeated incumbent Vice President Kamala Harris. Republicans won the Senate. The fight for the House of Representatives was close. World leaders pledged to work with Trump. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Trump. This is Trump's second non-consecutive term as US President.
· The Economic TimesWashington: Donald Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States on Wednesday, an extraordinary comeback for a former president who refused to accept defeat four years ago, sparked a violent insurrection at the US Capitol, was convicted of felony charges and survived two assassination attempts.
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Republicans reclaimed control of the Senate-crucial in helping Trump push his agenda through. Neither party however appeared to have an edge in the fight for control of the House of Representatives where Republicans currently hold a narrow majority.
US Vice President Kamala Harris called Trump to congratulate him, one of her senior aides said, following a bitter and contentious race.
"It's a political victory that our country has never seen before," the president-elect told supporters overnight in Florida.
Supporters chanted "USA!" as the 78-year-old added that his "magnificent" win would "allow us to make America great again".
World leaders swiftly pledged to work with Trump, led by Israel and Ukraine where the course of raging conflicts could depend on the new president and his isolationist "America First" policies. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was among the first to speak to him.
Harris, who only entered the race in July after President Joe Biden dropped out, ran a centrist campaign that highlighted Trump's inflammatory messaging and use of racist and sexist tropes.
But his apocalyptic warnings about immigration found their mark with voters battered by the post-Covid economy and eager for change after the Biden years.
Hispanic and Black Americans were seen as crucial voting blocs for Harris, but exit polls showed they tilted toward Trump in numbers far greater than in 2020.
Opinion polls predicted a nail-bitingly close contest-yet the results came surprisingly fast, including Trump's flipping of key swing states that Biden won four years ago.
He appeared on track to win the popular vote too-the first time he has done so in three presidential runs. Trump is the first president in more than a century to win a non-consecutive second term.
He is also the only person to be elected as a convicted felon-he will face sentencing in a New York court for fraud on November 26.
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