Transcript: The Inside Story: USA Votes 2024: Trump Wins! Episode 169 – November 7, 2024 Show Open: Voters in the United States elect Donald Trump as the country’s 47 th president. See how election night unfolded in a deeply divided nation..
. and how it affects the balance of power in congress. now, on The Inside Story: Trump Wins.
The Inside Story: CARLA BABB, VOA Correspondent: Welcome to the Inside Story I’m Carla Babb in Washington. America has voted and we have a winner. Former president Donald Trump will be the next predident of the United States after one of the most divisive election years in modern history.
At 78, Trump is the oldest man ever elected president. And he is also the first president since Grover Cleveland to lose reelection and then return to the White House. That was way back in 1892.
We begin our coverage with VOA national Correspondent...
Carolyn Presutti. CAROLYN PRESUTTI, VOA National Correspondent: The next president of the United States is a familiar one. Donald Trump, President-Elect: I want to thank the American people for the extraordinary honor of being elected your 47th president and your 45th one.
CAROLYN PRESUTTI: Former President Donald Trump waited more than seven hours after polls closed on the east coast to address his followers Donald Trump, President-Elect: It’s time to put your divisions of the past four years behind us, it’s time to unite. CAROLYN PRESUTTI: Supporters were always confident despite polls showing a razor-thi.