Donald Trump (President Elect) has won 276 electoral votes, enough for him to become the 45th president of the United States America. His rival Hillary Clinton, the Democratic Party candidate, has called in the early hours of Wednesday to concede the election to the eventual winner.
Trump, at the start of his historic presidential campaign announcement, ran against his own party, the US and global media, against the powerful American political establishment.
He defied the pundits and polls to the end, was projected to defeat Hillary Clinton in Tuesday’s presidential election.
Trump orchestrated a victory that exposes the deep dissatisfaction of the American working class – and signals immense changes ahead for American policy at home and abroad.
It is only seventeen months after Trump entrance into the race, the first-time candidate once dismissed by the political elite will become the 45th president, The first president in the history of the United States to win the presidency without ever holding a political office or served in the military.
Trump will be the oldest president in U.S. history, entering the Oval Office at age 70.
Trump told supporters early Wednesday morning that Clinton has called to congratulate them.
“It is time for us to come together as one united people,” Trump told a cheering crowd in New York.
Trump’s path to victory was cemented by a surge of support in key battlegrounds also called swing states – and especially surprise victories in traditional democratic states like Pennsylvania and Wisconsin – helped propel Trump to victory.
Hillary Clinton was erroneously believed to have the clear advantage in the electoral map going into Tuesday’s vote, yet the polls had been tightening in the race’s closing days.
