US vice chairman Kamala Harris on Thursday known as Donald Trump to congratulate him for successful the 2024 presidential election, AFP reported, citing one in all her senior aides. Observe US elections LIVE updates right here.
The aide stated that Kamala Harris mentioned with Trump the significance of a peaceable switch of energy and being a president for all Individuals.
Trump gained the US presidential election for a second time period, handing Harris a shock defeat in one of the crucial exceptional comebacks in American electoral historical past.
Donald Trump wanted 270 Electoral Faculty votes to win his second presidency. His win within the swing state of Wisconsin pushed him over the 270 votes mark.
As of 2pm. ET, Trump had gained 291 electoral votes to Harris’ 223. A number of states are but to be counted.
Donald Trump is ready to take oath because the President of america on January 20, 2025. He has a 75-day transition interval to construct out his workforce earlier than Inauguration Day.
Donald Trump’s victory speech
Earlier in the present day, after securing a cushty lead over Kamala Harris within the widespread vote, Donald Trump delivered a victory speech in Florida, thanking his household and the members of his marketing campaign for serving to him safe a majority amongst US states.
“I need to thank my entire household, my superb youngsters. Now, all of us suppose our youngsters are superb. All people right here thinks their youngsters are superb. However Don, Eric, Ivanka, Tiffany, Barron, Laura, Jared, Kimberly, and Michael, thanks all. What a assist,” Trump stated.
He then congratulated his Republican working mate and Vice President-elect JD Vance.
“I need to be the primary to congratulate, now I can say, Vice President-elect of United States, JD Vance, and his completely exceptional and exquisite spouse Usha Vance.”
Polls for weeks had proven a knife-edge race between Harris and the twice-impeached Trump, who can be the oldest ever president on the time of inauguration, the primary felon president and solely the second in historical past to serve non-consecutive phrases.
