US Election 2024: Donald Trump wins the White House after dismal night for Democrats
Donald J Trump has been named as the 47th President of the United States after election night in the US.
The eyes of the world have been on the country as voters make one of the biggest political decisions in the world. Former president Donald Trump has secured victory after a dismal night for Kamala Harris and the Democrats.
It was a drubbing for the sitting Vice President, who is now due to leave government in January 2025 after her defeat. In his victory speech at his campaign headquarters in Mar-A-Lago, Florida, Donald Trump called his ‘Make America Great Again’ or ‘MAGA’ movement as the “greatest political movement of all time”, adding that his win marks the “golden age of America”.
He said: “I want to thank the American people for the extraordinary honour of being elected your 47th president and your 45th president. Every citizen I will fight for you, for your family and your future. Every single day I will be fighting for you with every breath in my body.
“I will not rest until we have delivered the strong, safe and prosperous America that our children deserve, and that you deserve. This will truly be the golden age of America.”
Kamala Harris is yet to speak or concede to Trump. Democratic supporters had gathered at Howard University in Washington D.C at the beginning of the evening but spirits were low and crowd slowly began exiting after it became obvious that Trump had won his second non-consecutive term in office.