Republican candidate Donald Trump has declared victory over Democratic opponent Kamala Harris in the U.S. Presidential race on November 5. Trump’s lead grew as he approached the critical 270 Electoral College votes required to win.
“America has given us an extraordinary and strong mandate,” Trump said to an excited audience at the Palm Beach County Convention Center early Wednesday morning (Indian time).
Several U.S. media outlets have projected Trump as the next President, with him holding 267 electoral votes—just three short of the threshold—compared to Harris’s 224.
This win will make Trump the 47th President of the United States, and, after Grover Cleveland, he would become the second president to serve two non-consecutive terms, Cleveland’s being from 1885 to 1889 and again from 1893 to 1897.
Additional records Trump is set to break with his return to the White House:
At 78, he would be the oldest president to assume office.
According to The New York Times, Trump would be the first Republican in 20 years to secure the popular vote.
He would be the first president with ongoing criminal cases, including one related to the January 6, 2021, Capitol events after his loss to Joe Biden.
Trump would also become the first president to be impeached twice and then re-elected.
Additionally, he would be the first president to assume office while facing a conviction in a criminal case, including one related to adult film actress Stormy Daniels.
