Donald Trump — the twice impeached former president, Jan. 6 coup leader, convicted felon, adjudicated sexual abuser, and man who mismanaged the 2020 economic implosion and coronavirus disaster that killed more than 1 million people in this country — has convinced American voters to give him another term in the White House. After a campaign marked by nativism, open bigotry, and aspiring authoritarianism, Trump triumphed over Vice President Kamala Harris, despite being denounced by several of those who worked most closely with him in his first term as a “fascist.
” The 45th president will become the 47th in late January. Trump got out to an early lead on Tuesday and never looked back, securing North Carolina and Georgia before shattering the Democratic “blue wall” of Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin. The race was called at 5:35 a.
m. EST by the Associated Press after Trump earned 270 electoral college votes by winning Wisconsin. Trump declared victory to a packed crowd of jubilant supporters at the Palm Beach convention center, promising a “golden age” for the nation while surrounded by his family and closest allies, He added toward the end of his characteristically rambling speech that his win was “a massive victory for democracy and freedom,” and that “many people have told me that God spared my life for a reason.
” “I will govern by a simple motto, promises made, promises kept,” Trump said. The stakes of a Trump victory could not be higher for m.