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Family
members
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Republican
presidential
nominee
and
former
U.S.
President
Donald
Trump
addresses
supporters
at his
rally,
at the
Palm
Beach
County
Convention
Center
in West
Palm
Beach,
Florida,
U.S.,
November
6, 2024.
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Republican
vice
presidential
nominee
JD Vance
and
Republican
presidential
nominee
and
former
U.S.
President
Donald
Trump
embrace
following
early
results
from the
2024
U.S.
presidential
election
in Palm
Beach
County
Convention
Center,
in West
Palm
Beach,
Florida,
U.S.,
November
6, 2024.
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Donald
Trump
elected
US
president
in
stunning
comeback
By
Steve
Holland,
Nandita
Bose,
Stephanie
Kelly,
Joseph
Ax
9–11
minutes
Summary
Companies
Kamala
Harris
falls
short in
historic
presidential
bid
Trump
recaptures
White
House
after
divisive
campaign
Trump
vows to
reshape
executive
branch,
prioritize
personal
loyalty
PALM
BEACH,
Florida,
Nov 6
(Reuters)
- Donald
Trump
was
elected
president,
capping
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.
Trump,
78,
recaptured
the
White
House on
Wednesday
by
securing
more
than the
270
Electoral
College
votes
needed
to win
the
presidency,
Edison
Research
projected,
following
a
campaign
of dark
rhetoric
that
deepened
the
polarization
in the
country.
The
former
president's
victory
in the
swing
state of
Wisconsin
pushed
him over
the
threshold.
"America
has
given us
an
unprecedented
and
powerful
mandate,"
Trump
said
early on
Wednesday
to a
roaring
crowd of
supporters
at the
Palm
Beach
County
Convention
Center
in
Florida.
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.
But
he swept
away
challengers
inside
his
Republican
Party
and then
beat
Democratic
candidate
Kamala
Harris
by
capitalizing
on voter
concerns
about
high
prices
and what
Trump
claimed,
without
evidence,
was a
rise in
crime
due to
illegal
immigration.
Harris
did not
speak to
supporters
who had
gathered
at her
alma
mater
Howard
University.
Her
campaign
co-chair,
Cedric
Richmond,
briefly
addressed
the
crowd
after
midnight,
saying
Harris
would
speak
publicly
later on
Wednesday.
"We
still
have
votes to
count,"
he said.
Republicans
won a
U.S.
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.
JOBS AND
ECONOMY
Voters
identified
jobs and
the
economy
as the
country's
most
pressing
problem,
according
to
Reuters/Ipsos
opinion
polls.
Many
Americans
remained
frustrated
by
higher
prices
even
amid
record-high
stock
markets,
fast-growing
wages
and low
unemployment.
With the
administration
of
President
Joe
Biden
taking
much of
the
blame, a
majority
of
voters
said
they
trusted
Trump
more
than
Harris
to
address
the
issue.
Hispanics,
traditionally
Democratic
voters,
and
lower-income
households
hit
hardest
by
inflation
helped
fuel
Trump's
election
victory.
His
loyal
base of
rural,
white
and
non-college
educated
voters
again
showed
up in
force.
Trump
prevailed
despite
persistently
low
approval
ratings.
Impeached
twice,
he has
been
criminally
indicted
four
times
and
found
civilly
liable
for
sexual
abuse
and
defamation.
In May,
Trump
was
convicted
by a New
York
jury of
falsifying
business
records
to cover
up hush
money
payments
to a
porn
star.
His
victory
will
have
major
implications
for U.S.
trade
and
climate
change
policies,
the war
in
Ukraine,
Americans'
taxes
and
immigration.
His
tariff
proposals
could
spark a
fiercer
trade
war with
China
and U.S.
allies,
while
his
pledges
to
reduce
corporate
taxes
and
implement
a spate
of new
cuts
could
balloon
U.S.
debt,
economists
say.
Trump
has
promised
to
launch a
mass
deportation
campaign
targeting
immigrants
in the
country
illegally.
He
has said
he wants
the
authority
to fire
civil
servants
he views
as
disloyal.
His
opponents
fear he
will
turn the
Justice
Department
and
other
federal
law
enforcement
agencies
into
political
weapons
to
investigate
perceived
enemies.
A
second
Trump
presidency
could
drive a
bigger
wedge
between
Democrats
and
Republicans
on
issues
such as
race,
gender,
what and
how
children
are
taught,
and
reproductive
rights.
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Republican
presidential
nominee
and
former
U.S.
President
Donald
Trump
takes
the
stage
with his
wife
Melania,
his son
Eric,
and his
daughter-in-law
Lara,
following
early
results
from the
2024
U.S.
presidential
election
in Palm
Beach
County
Convention
Center,
in West
Palm
Beach,
Florida,
U.S.,
November
6, 2024.
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McDermid
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nominee
and
former
U.S.
President
Donald
Trump
takes
the
stage
with his
wife
Melania,
his son
Eric,
and his
daughter-in-law
Lara,
following
early
results
from the
2024
U.S.
presidential
election
in Palm
Beach
County
Convention
Center,
in West
Palm
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FALLS
SHORT
Vice
President
Harris
fell
short in
her
15-week
sprint
as a
candidate,
failing
to
galvanize
enough
support
to
defeat
Trump,
who
occupied
the
White
House
from
2017-2021,
or to
allay
voters'
concerns
about
the
economy
and
immigration.
Harris
had
warned
that
Trump
wanted
unchecked
presidential
power
and
posed a
danger
to
democracy.
Nearly
three-quarters
of
voters
say
American
democracy
is under
threat,
according
to
Edison
Research
exit
polls,
underscoring
the
polarization
in a
nation
where
divisions
have
only
grown
starker
during a
fiercely
competitive
race.
Trump
ran a
campaign
characterized
by
apocalyptic
language.
He
called
the
United
States a
"garbage
can" for
immigrants,
pledged
to save
the
economy
from
"obliteration"
and cast
some
rivals
as the
"enemy
within."
His
diatribes
were
often
aimed at
migrants,
who he
said
were
"poisoning
the
blood of
the
country,"
or
Harris,
whom he
frequently
derided
as
unintelligent.
Despite
legal
woes and
controversies,
Trump is
only the
second
former
president
to win a
second
term
after
leaving
the
White
House.
The
first
was
Grover
Cleveland,
who
served
two
four-year
terms
starting
in 1885
and
1893.
UNPRECEDENTED
CAMPAIGN
In
May,
Trump
was
convicted
by a New
York
jury of
falsifying
business
records
to cover
up hush
money
payments
to a
porn
star.
Two
months
later, a
would-be
assassin's
bullet
grazed
his
right
ear
during a
campaign
rally,
exacerbating
fears
about
political
violence.
Another
assassination
attempt
was
thwarted
in
September
at his
Florida
golf
course.
Trump
blamed
both
attempts
on what
he
claimed
was the
heated
rhetoric
of
Democrats
including
Harris.
Barely
eight
days
after
the July
shooting,
Biden,
81,
dropped
out of
the
race,
finally
bowing
to weeks
of
pressure
from his
fellow
Democrats
after a
poor
performance
during
his
debate
with
Trump
called
into
question
his
mental
acuity
and the
viability
of his
reelection
bid.
Biden's
decision
to step
aside
turned
the
contest
into a
sprint,
as
Harris
raced to
mount
her own
campaign
in a
matter
of
weeks,
rather
than the
typical
months.
Her rise
to the
top of
the
ticket
reenergized
despondent
Democrats,
and she
raised
more
than $1
billion
in less
than
three
months
while
erasing
what had
been a
solid
Trump
lead in
opinion
polls.
Harris'
financial
advantage
was
partly
countered
by the
intervention
of the
world's
richest
man,
Elon
Musk,
who
poured
more
than
$100
million
into a
super
PAC
mobilizing
Trump
voters
and used
his
social
media
site X
to
amplify
pro-Trump
messaging.
As
the
campaign
drew to
a close,
Harris
increasingly
focused
on
warning
Americans
about
the
perils
of
reelecting
Trump
and
offered
an olive
branch
to
disaffected
Republicans.
She
highlighted
remarks
from
several
former
Trump
officials,
including
his
former
chief of
staff
and
retired
Marine
Corps
General
John
Kelly,
who
described
Trump as
a
"fascist."
Trump's
victory
will
broaden
the
fissures
in
American
society,
given
his
false
claims
of
election
fraud,
anti-immigrant
rhetoric
and
demonization
of his
political
opponents,
said
Alan
Abramowitz,
a
political
science
professor
at Emory
University
who
studies
voter
behavior
and
party
politics.
A TRUMP
SECOND
TERM
Trump
has
vowed to
reshape
the
executive
branch,
including
firing
civil
servants
he views
as
disloyal
and
using
federal
law
enforcement
agencies
to
investigate
his
political
enemies,
violating
what has
been a
longstanding
policy
of
keeping
such
agencies
independent.
During
his
first
term,
Trump's
most
extreme
demands
were
sometimes
stymied
by his
own
cabinet
members,
most
notably
when
Vice
President
Mike
Pence
refused
to block
Congress
from
accepting
the 2020
election
results.
Once
the 2024
vote is
certified
by
Congress
on Jan.
6, Trump
and his
vice
president,
U.S.
Senator
JD
Vance,
are due
to take
office
on
Inauguration
Day,
Jan. 20.
Throughout
his
two-year-long
campaign,
Trump
has
signaled
he will
prioritize
personal
fealty
in
staffing
his
administration.
He
promised
roles in
his
administration
to Musk
and
former
presidential
candidate
Robert
F.
Kennedy
Jr.,
both
avid
supporters.
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Reporting
by
Joseph
Ax,
Nandita
Bose and
Brad
Heath in
Washington;
Andrea
Shalal
in
Dearborn,
Michigan;
Gram
Slattery
in
Pittsburgh;
Jarrett
Renshaw
in
Philadelphia;
Gabriella
Borter
and
Alexandra
Ulmer in
Phoenix;
Helen
Coster
in
Raleigh,
North
Carolina;
Stephanie
Kelly in
Asheville,
North
Carolina;
Steve
Holland
in Palm
Beach,
Florida;
Tim
Reid,
Bianca
Flowers
and Rich
McKay in
Atlanta;
Brad
Brooks
in Las
Vegas;
Nathan
Layne in
Detroit;
and
Timothy
Aeppel
in
Milwaukee;
Writing
by
Joseph
Ax and
Jonathan
Allen;
Editing
by Ross
Colvin,
Colleen
Jenkins,
Paul
Thomasch
and
Howard
Goller
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