"Heartiest congratulations my friend
@realDonaldTrump
on your historic election victory. As you build on the successes of your previous term, I look forward to renewing our collaboration to further strengthen the India-US Comprehensive Global and Strategic Partnership.
Together, let’s work for the betterment of our people and to promote global peace, stability and prosperity." -- Narendra Modi tweeted.
Donald Trump elected US president in stunning political resurrection
The result will sound alarm bells in foreign capitals given Trump’s chaotic leadership style and overtures to authoritarians such as Vladimir Putin of Russia and Kim Jong-un of North Korea. He was branded a threat to democracy and even a fascist by his opponent, Vice-President Kamala Harris, and some of his own former White House officials.
Yet the American electorate proved willing to push such concerns aside and hand the nuclear codes to the property developer turned reality TV star for a second time. - 'The Guardian'
Trump defeated Harris, a Democrat who had been seeking to make history herself as the first woman, first Black woman and first south Asian American to become president in the US’s 248-year history.
Justin Trudeau, the Canadian prime minister, has congratulated Donald Trump in a post on X accompanied by a photograph of the two of them in the White House during Trump’s first term in office.
“The friendship between Canada and the US is the envy of the world,” Trudeau wrote. “I know President Trump and I will work together to create more opportunity, prosperity, and security for both of our nations.”
It required 270 to win and become US President, Trump won - 277 as against 224 by Kamala Harris.
“This is a movement like nobody’s ever seen before,” Trump said.
“This is I believe the greatest political movement of all time. There’s never been anything like this in this country and now it’s going to reach a new level of importance, because we’re going to help our country heal.
“We’re going to fix our borders. We’re going to fix everything about our country … I will not rest until we have delivered the strong, safe and prosperous America that our children deserve, this will truly be the golden age of America.”
In Congress, Republicans also recaptured the US Senate, but control of the House of Representatives remained unclear on Wednesday morning, with many of the most competitive races still uncalled.
Harris, 60, made reproductive rights and personal freedoms a rallying cry and backed a national law codifying access to safe abortion. Her loss represents a devastating, anxiety-inducing blow to supporters reminiscent of Hillary Clinton’s crushing defeat in 2016. She was expected to speak later on Wednesday.
But for Trump, the unlikeliest of comebacks is now complete. Many analysts assumed that his defeat by Joe Biden in 2020 spelled the end of his political career, especially when an angry mob of his supporters – fuelled by his lie that the election was stolen – stormed the US Capitol on 6 January 2021, resulting in his second impeachment.
But while Trump’s grip on the Republican party was briefly shaken, it held firm.
The thrice-married New Yorker, found liable for sexual abuse, remained an unlikely hero of evangelical Christians and the white working class, and polling suggested that he gained small but significant traction among African American and Latino voters.
Spewing insults, Trump swatted challengers aside to claim the Republican presidential nomination for a third consecutive time. Just before the party convention in July he survived an assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, an escape that many allies took as a sign from God (another would-be assassin was caught at one of Trump’s Florida golf courses in September) -- says 'The Guardian'.
"US is heading into trouble with his presidency. A man who has sown division among the citizens, who has shown trait of a dictator, narcissist, etc, it will be the beginning of its fall from power." - Herman Kharsati (Meghalaya, India) on FB
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