Donald Trump wins 2024 presidential election
CONNECTICUT– Donald Trump has been elected the 47th president of the United States, an extraordinary comeback for a former president who refused to accept defeat four years ago, sparked a violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, was convicted of felony charges and survived two assassination attempts.
Trump won the key states of Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, with a combined 29 electoral votes to clinch the 270 necessary to win the presidency. As of 5:34am ET Wednesday, Trump had 277 electoral votes total.
“We’re going to help our country heal, help our country heal,” Trump said.
Trump said that he won the popular vote, but those results have not been fully tabulated.
He will return to the White House after falsely claiming the 2020 election was rigged and stoking the Jan 6 attack on the Capitol. He is also the first convicted felon to win the White House.
Republicans say Trump won the election for one simple reason. Voters felt that they were better off four years ago than they were today.
Trump’s second term is likely to look considerably different from his first. He entered the White House in 2017 flanked by some longtime establishment Republicans, from his running mate Mike Pence to his chief of staff Reince Priebus. This time, he will begin his administration with a very different set of advisers, ranging from billionaire Elon Musk to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whose loyalties lie with him, not with the Republican Party.