Donald Trump Elected US President In Stunning Political Resurrection -- Guardian

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Donald Trump official portrait 1Donald Trump official portrait. By Shaleah Craighead. Public DomainFormer president defeats Kamala Harris as voters send Republican back to White House for second term

David Smith and Martin Pengelly in Washington 

Wed 6 Nov 2024

Donald Trump has been elected the 47th president of the United States in a stunning political resurrection that sent shockwaves through America and around the world.

Trump becomes the first convicted criminal to win the White House. At 78 he is also the oldest person ever elected to the office.

The result will sound alarm bells in foreign capitals given Trump’s chaotic leadership style and overtures to authoritarians such as Vladimir Putin of Russia and Kim Jong-un of North Korea. He was branded a threat to democracy and even a fascist by his opponent, Vice-President Kamala Harris, and some of his own former White House officials.

Yet the American electorate proved willing to push such concerns aside and hand the nuclear codes to the property developer turned reality TV star for a second time.

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