Republican Party candidate Donald Trump is the new 47th president of the United States after defeating his rival Kamala Harris, projected results show, reports BGNES.
The Republican Party will have full control of the US House of Representatives and Senate, meaning at least two years of full power for Trump. He garnered the necessary 270 electoral votes in the presidential election, which was held on November 5, against 213 for Harris. The Republican will govern for the second time after his first term from 2017-2021.
Trump won elections in Florida, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Texas, Georgia, Ohio, Indiana, Wyoming, Montana, Utah, Louisiana, Kentucky, Nebraska, West Virginia, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas, Kansas, South Dakota, North Dakota, Idaho, North Carolina and South Carolina. The former president also won the popular vote for the first time.
Kamala Harris prevailed in Vermont, Colorado, California, Maryland, Delaware, New York, the District of Columbia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Illinois, Washington, Delaware, New Jersey, Virginia, New Mexico, Oregon, US media, including the PBS, predicted.
The billionaire's triumph means this will be only the second time someone has returned to the White House after previously losing a race for a second term. The big winner will take office in January 2025 for a four-year term.
Republicans also have a 51-seat majority in the Senate and so far lead 192 to 165 in the House of Representatives, where 218 are needed for a majority.
In 2016, the businessman and reality TV star surprised the world with a win against Hillary Clinton, 4 years later he lost to Biden, and today he beat Harris.
Donald Trump was born in Queens, New York, on June 14, 1946. His father, Fred Trump, was a successful real estate developer. Trump was educated at the New York Military Academy and the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce at the University of Pennsylvania.
In 1971, he took over his father's real estate company, renaming it the Trump Organization. The business soon became involved in a variety of projects, including hotels, resorts, residential and commercial developments, casinos and golf courses. The first of his many books was " The Art of the Deal," published in 1987. In 2004, he launched the reality television show " The Intern" .
In 2005, Donald Trump married Melania Knauss. They have one son, Barron. Trump also has four adult children from previous marriages: Donald Jr, Ivanka, Eric and Tiffany.
During the 2016 primaries, Trump defeated many rivals to win the Republican nomination. Despite losing the popular vote, Trump defeated former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the general election, winning a majority of the Electoral College votes. His campaign slogan was 'Making America Great Again'.
With no previous experience in politics, President Trump used unconventional methods to announce his priorities. Most notably, he used the social media platform Twitter as his primary mechanism for direct communication with the American public and other politicians.
As president, he signed an important tax reform law and oversaw a reduction in federal regulations. His protectionist trade policies included tariffs on foreign products made from aluminum, steel, and other materials. The Trump administration has also renegotiated trade agreements with Mexico, Canada, China, Japan and South Korea. Other domestic priorities included appointments to the Supreme Court and federal courts, increased military budgets, aggressive border and immigration control, criminal justice reform, and lowering prescription drug prices.
On foreign policy, the Trump administration moved the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and brokered agreements to normalise relations between Israel and a number of countries. In 2018, President Trump attended a summit with Kim Jong Un, the first meeting between a sitting president and a North Korean leader.
In 2018, there was a partial government shutdown as Trump failed to reach an agreement with Congress on funding for the US-Mexico border wall. The funding lapse lasted thirty-five days before it was resolved.
In 2019, a federal whistleblower complained that Trump had pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden's son, Hunter, who served on the board of Bursima Holdings, a natural gas company in Ukraine. Later that year, the House of Representatives impeached President Trump on charges of obstruction of Congress and abuse of power. In 2020, the Senate acquitted Trump on both articles of impeachment.
The first confirmed case of Covid-19 in the United States was recorded on January 20, 2020. The rest of the Trump presidency was engulfed by the coronavirus pandemic. Critics argued that Trump's response was late and did not sufficiently promote public health practices to reduce the spread of the virus. However, the Trump administration's Operation Warp Speed program has aided the development of two approved vaccines by the private sector. However, by the time Trump left office, more than 400,000 Americans had died from Covid-19.
Trump lost the battle for a second term to Democratic nominee Joe Biden, but has publicly claimed that "widespread voter fraud" affected the outcome. Supporters of President Trump gathered in Washington, D.C., for a "Save America" rally on Jan. 6, 2021. Trump spoke to the large crowd near the White House and encouraged attendees to protest the Electoral College's recount of votes in Congress. The rally degenerated into violence when supporters of the president overpowered law enforcement and infiltrated the United States Capitol. The violence left five people dead and millions of dollars in damage to the Capitol complex.
On January 13, 2021, as a result of Trump's actions, the House of Representatives impeached him under yet another article of impeachment: sedition. He is the only president in American history to be impeached twice by Congress. | BGNES
