Donald Trump won a second term in the White House yesterday, becoming the first convicted criminal to be elected president in the United States and marking an extraordinary comeback for a politician who refused to accept defeat four years ago.
He becomes only the second president elected for nonconsecutive terms – after Grover Cleveland in 1892 – and won the popular vote, allowing him to carry out his radical vision for a far more conservative country with power concentrated in his hands. With a win in Wisconsin, Mr Trump cleared the 270 electoral votes needed to clinch the presidency for the Republicans, and swept Pennsylvania and the “blue wall” – the one-time Democratic heartland.
The victory validates his bare-knuckles approach to politics. He attacked his rival, Kamala Harris, in deeply personal – often misogynistic and racist – terms as he pushed an apocalyptic picture of a country overrun by violent migrants. The coarse rhetoric, paired with an image of hypermasculinity, resonated with angry voters – particularly men – in a deeply polarised nation.
The president-elect claimed his win was “a political victory that our country has never seen before”, promising that his second term would “truly be the golden age of America”.
Diese Geschichte stammt aus der November 07, 2024-Ausgabe von The Independent.
Starten Sie Ihre 7-tägige kostenlose Testversion von Magzter GOLD, um auf Tausende kuratierte Premium-Storys sowie über 8.000 Zeitschriften und Zeitungen zuzugreifen.
Bereits Abonnent ? Anmelden
Diese Geschichte stammt aus der November 07, 2024-Ausgabe von The Independent.
Starten Sie Ihre 7-tägige kostenlose Testversion von Magzter GOLD, um auf Tausende kuratierte Premium-Storys sowie über 8.000 Zeitschriften und Zeitungen zuzugreifen.
Bereits Abonnent? Anmelden
Saints win nine-try thriller with Smith's last-gasp kick
Fin Smith knocked over a last-minute penalty as Northampton beat league leaders Bath 35-34 in a “phenomenal” game of nine tries.
How overlooked star is key to Forest's magnificent rise
The best league position Nottingham Forest had achieved in 28 years came last season.
United 'a different team' in spirited draw at Liverpool
If the measure of a Manchester United player is how he performs against their fiercest rivals, then Amad Diallo has begun in auspicious style.
FAMILY MISFORTUNES
ITV's four-part drama 'Playing Nice' is bland porridge that buries any potential for a good thriller
Jolie has become cinema's most risk-averse star - she needs Kidman's courage
Staid biopic 'Maria' and erotic thriller 'Babygirl' expose how far the two women's careers have diverged, says Xan Brooks
'I'm a clown in a war zone'
Mohammed Nayef Salem tells Maira Butt how an unlikely vocation came to be a lifeline for hundreds of Gaza's children
Ride or die in team Trump
Alex Hannaford asks who, if anyone, can stop the incoming president from wreaking serious havoc in his second term
Filmmaker Baena died by suicide, coroner confirms
Jeff Baena's cause of death has been confirmed by officials, after news broke that the indie filmmaker had died aged 47.
'Significant' losses in Kursk for Russia and North Korea
Russian and North Korean forces suffered \"significant\" losses during intense fighting in Russia's southern Kursk region, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has said.
First lawsuit filed against city of New Orleans after 'preventable' terror attack
Police targeted for its 'negligence' leading up to rampage
