Story by Nick Hardinges
Former U.S. President Donald Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 U.S. presidential election.
The Associated Press (AP) called the race around 5:34 a.m. (ET) on Nov. 6 after a win in the battleground state of Wisconsin took the Republican nominee over the 270 Electoral College votes.
Along with Wisconsin, the AP called the key battleground states of Georgia, North Carolina and Pennsylvania for the former president. Arizona, Michigan and Nevada had not been called at the time of this publication.
Speaking before the race was called, Trump told his supporters at his election headquarters in West Palm Beach, Florida, “We overcame obstacles that nobody thought possible. It is now clear that we’ve achieved the most incredible political, hey! Look what happened! Is this crazy? But it’s a political victory that our country has never seen before.”
Congratulations filtered in from across the globe throughout the morning, from U.K. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to Prime Minister of India Narenda Modi.
Earlier in the morning, Trump supporter and tech billionaire Elon Musk posted on X, the social media platform that he owns: “The people of America gave @realDonaldTrump a crystal clear mandate for change tonight.”
I am hoping that Trump can reverse the damage that the Biden/Harris administration has done to our country. It’s going to take a lot of heavy lifting and mostly from the American people. Let there be no doubt, it’s going to be hard and painful for a lot of us.