Donald Trump has clinched the US presidency, surpassing the critical 270 Electoral College votes with a total of 279, compared to 223 for his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n
Trump also leads in the popular vote, with over 71 million votes to Harris\u2019s 66 million.<\/p>\n
In a notable achievement for the Republican Party, Trump becomes the first GOP candidate since 2004 to win the popular vote, signaling a robust performance in a race that saw Republicans regain control of the Senate and retain the House.<\/p>\n
\u201cAmerica has given us an unprecedented and powerful mandate,\u201d Trump told cheering supporters in Florida.<\/p>\n
Key victories in swing states like North Carolina<\/a>, Georgia<\/a>, Pennsylvania<\/a>, and Wisconsin<\/a> played a decisive role in his win.<\/p>\n With Trump ahead in remaining battlegrounds Michigan, Nevada, and Arizona, the race has underscored his solid support nationwide.<\/p>\n While Harris has yet to concede, world leaders, including Nigeria\u2019s President Bola Tinubu, have extended congratulations.<\/p>\n Tinubu expressed hope for a strengthened partnership, emphasizing Trump\u2019s experience as a former president and his potential to boost US-Africa relations.<\/p>\n French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, and Ukraine\u2019s President Volodymyr Zelensky were among other leaders who voiced optimism over Trump\u2019s return, each highlighting opportunities for renewed cooperation.<\/p>\n Zelensky noted Trump\u2019s \u201cpeace through strength\u201d approach, hinting at hope for a peaceful resolution to the Ukraine-Russia conflict.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Donald Trump has clinched the US presidency, surpassing the critical 270 Electoral College votes with a total of 279, compared to 223 for his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20661,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[9412,1282,9413,9411],"class_list":["post-20660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-historic-upset","tag-presidency","tag-sweeping-electoral-victory","tag-trump-triumphs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20660"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20660"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20667,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20660\/revisions\/20667"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}