Kumar Bahukhandi
World leaders congratulate Trump on his victory; Kamala Harris to deliver a speech in the evening, sources say
Former U.S. President and Republican Donald Trump made a comeback as he won a second term in office, defeating Vice-President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, to become the 47th President of the United States. Republicans took control of the Senate, increasing their tally to at least 52 of the chamber’s 100 seats.
Mr. Trump, 78, is only one of two Presidents elected to a non-consecutive second term, and he will also become the oldest President at the time of entry into office. The first was Grover Cleveland, who did two stints in the White House from 1885-1889 and 1893-1897. Grover Cleveland served as the 22nd president after the 1884 election, and as the 24th President after the campaign of 1892.
At the end of the day, exit polls showed that voters wanted a break with current circumstances, driven primarily by their concerns around inflation and the economy, as well as illegal migration — the focus of Mr. Trump’s campaign. The former President had promised to secure the border and said he would conduct mass deportations and impose heavy import tariffs to fund tax cuts.
Ms. Harris is about to concede defeat to Ms. Trump in her speech later in the evening, according to two sources. Having lost two crucial battlegrounds Sun Belt States — North Carolina and Georgia — Ms. Harris’s chances of winning were next to impossible after she lost Pennsylvania.
Donald Trump is elected the 47th president
Donald Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States on Wednesday, an extraordinary comeback for a former president who refused to accept defeat four years ago, sparked a violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, was convicted of felony charges and survived two assassination attempts.
With a win in Wisconsin, Trump cleared the 270 electoral votes needed to clinch the presidency.
The victory validates his bare-knuckle approach to politics. He attacked his Democratic rival, Kamala Harris, in deeply personal — often misogynistic and racist — terms as he pushed an apocalyptic picture of a country overrun by violent migrants.
Trump claims victory over Harris
Donald Trump claimed victory and pledged to “heal” the country Wednesday (November 6, 2024) as results put him on the verge of beating Kamala Harris in a stunning White House comeback.
His exuberant speech came despite the fact that only Fox News had declared him the winner, with no other U.S. networks having made the call so far.
AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins Pennsylvania
Former President Donald Trump won Pennsylvania on Wednesday, defeating Democrat Kamala Harris in the critical battleground state. Both candidates campaigned vigorously in the state, visiting it more often than any other. Trump won Pennsylvania’s 19 electoral votes four years after Democrat Joe Biden carried the state, flipping it from Trump’s column in 2016 on his way to capturing the “blue wall.” No Democrat has won the White House without also winning Pennsylvania since 1948. The Associated Press declared Trump the winner at 2:24 a.m. EST.
- November 06, 2024 23:23Nikki Haley calls Trump’s win ‘a great moment for democracy’Former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley, who became one of Donald Trump’s more vocal challengers in the 2024 Republican primary before eventually endorsing him, said on her radio show today that he “defied gravity” with his win.“He got through two assassination attempts. He got through two impeachments, he got through numerous indictments, and America still elected him because, at the end of the day, they knew what they were getting with Donald Trump. And that’s what they wanted to see,” she said.Ms. Haley called it “a great moment for democracy.”- AP
- November 06, 2024 22:54Netanyahu says he spoke with Trump“The conversation was warm and cordial,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said in a statement. “The Prime Minister congratulated Trump on his election victory, and the two agreed to work together for Israel’s security. The two also discussed the Iranian threat.”Mr. Netanyahu’s office said he was among the first world leaders to call Mr. Trump after his victory.Mr. Trump has vowed to bring peace to the Middle East at a time when Israel is at war with Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon and has recently traded fire with Iran. The president-elect, who was a staunch supporter of Israel during his previous term, has not said how he will do it.- AP
- November 06, 2024 22:50Harris to speak at 2:30 a.m. (IST) after election defeatVice President Kamala Harris will deliver a concession speech Wednesday at 4 p.m. (Tomorrow 2:30 a.m. [IST]), her office announced.Ms. Harris will speak at Howard University, her alma mater in Washington, where her supporters watched returns Tuesday night before being sent home after midnight as President-elect Donald Trump pulled ahead in battleground state results.- AP
- November 06, 2024 22:38PM Modi calls President Trump after his victory in the US electionsPM Modi Congratulates President Trump on the decisive victory and performance of Republican Party in the Congressional elections. Both leaders affirm to work together for World Peace.President Trump says the whole world loves PM Modi. Adds that India is a magnificent country and PM Modi is a magnificent man.President Trump tells PM Modi he considers him and India a true friend. Says that PM Modi is one of the first world leaders he spoke to after his victory.
- November 06, 2024 22:31Saudi crown prince congratulates TrumpSaudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman congratulated Donald Trump on winning the U.S. presidential election in a phone call today, the Saudi state news agency said.The prince told Mr. Trump that Riyadh hoped to strengthen the two countries’ strategic relations, it said.- Reuters
- November 06, 2024 22:28VHP congratulates Trump, expresses hope for better atmosphere for Hindus across the world
Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) president Alok Kumar today congratulated U.S. President-elect Donald Trump for his ‘historic’ victory and hoped that Hindus across the world would now have a better atmosphere to live in.He further said that the VHP hoped that under Mr. Trump’s leadership, Indo-U.S. relations would further strengthen.He added that Mr. Trump and his friend Prime Minister Narendra Modi could together give the message of human rights to the world.Read more:VHP congratulates Trump, expresses hope for better atmosphere for Hindus across the worldVHP president congratulates Trump on victory, hopes for better atmosphere for Hindus worldwide under his leadership. - November 06, 2024 22:26Usha Chilukuri Vance’s grandaunt in the spotlightThere was a steady stream of media persons and visitors at Chilukuri Santhamma’s home at Akkayyapalem in the city on Wednesday (November 6) evening after the results of the American Presidential election were declared and J.D. Vance was elected Vice-President of the U.S.Usha Chilukuri Vance, wife of J.D. Vance, who was elected Vice-President as running mate of President-elect Donald Trump, has a connection with Visakhapatnam. The city is home to her paternal grandaunt Chilukuri Santhamma, 96, a professor of physics.“I am happy that someone from our family has become the Second Lady of the U.S. I watched the election results on TV. Usha’s grandfather Rama Subramanya Sastry and my husband are brothers,” a jubilant Ms. Santhamma told media persons, who made a beeline to her home on Wednesday evening.Read more: Usha Chilukuri Vance’s grandaunt in the spotlight after J.D. Vance becomes U.S. Vice President-electChilukuri Santhamma’s connection to U.S. Vice-President J.D. Vance draws media attention in Visakhapatnam.
- November 06, 2024 22:16Climate experts worry about Donald Trump’s re-election impactWith the 29th edition of the annual climate conference set to begin in Baku, Azerbaijan next week and Donald Trump likely to be re-elected as President of the United States, climate experts worry about what this will mean for global efforts at addressing climate change.In 2017, Donald Trump announced the US ‘s exit from the parish climate agreement which commits countries to keep the world from ensuring that average temperatures did not exceed 2 degree C of pre-industrial levels by the turn of the century.The Paris Agreement in Trump’s reckoning was a “bad deal that committed the country to pay billions of dollars” without getting anything in return, hobbled the coal industry and compromised the country’s defence spending.Though the formal exit was a years-long procedure, the U.S. almost immediately rejoined the Agreement following Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 U. S President Polls .
- Climate experts worry about Donald Trump’s re-election impact Donald Trump elected 47th U.S. President: Climate experts anxious about American commitment to carbon mitigation efforts, particularly the Trump campaign’s espousal for fracking and distrust of scientific consensus on the impacts of greenhouse gas warming
- November 06, 2024 21:46Harris to concede defeat to Trump in evening speech, sources sayU.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will deliver a speech conceding defeat in the Presidential election to Donald Trump at 6 p.m. (2300 GMT) today, two sources told Reuters.
- November 06, 2024 21:36Former President Bush congratulates TrumpIn a statement, former President George W. Bush said he and his wife, Laura, “join our fellow citizens in praying for the success of our new leaders at all levels of government.”Some top former Republican officials, including Mr. Bush’s Vice President, Dick Cheney, had endorsed Ms. Harris. But Mr. Bush remained neutral.Mr. Bush also thanked “President Biden and Vice President Harris for their service to our country.”“The strong turnout in this election is a sign of the health of our republic and the strength of our democratic institutions,” said Mr. Bush, who called the election a “free, fair, safe, and secure election.”- AP
- November 06, 2024 21:31Who is Usha Chilukuri Vance, Trump’s running mate J.D. Vance’s Indian-origin wifeFormer President Donald Trump on July 15 chose U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio to be his running mate as he looks to return to the White House.Ms. Usha, 38, becomes the first Indian-American Second Lady, as Mr. Trump and Mr. Vance win the November 5 Presidential electionMs. Usha joined her 39-year-old husband as he accepted the nomination in an acclimation vote by delegates at the Republican Convention — after the couple jubilantly greeted convention attendees.Read more here:Who is Usha Chilukuri Vance, Trump’s running mate J.D. Vance’s Indian-origin wifeFormer President Trump’s running mate Senator J.D. Vance’s wife Usha Chilukuri Vance brings a wealth of credentials and a deep connection to Indian values and culture.
- November 06, 2024 21:24Gazans want Trump to end war with IsraelPalestinians in Gaza on Wednesday (November 6, 2024) want Donald Trump to end the war between Israel and Hamas that has devastated their territory.The conflict sparked by Hamas’s October 7 attack has taken an appalling human toll in the Gaza Strip, displacing most of its residents, causing widespread hunger and death, and leaving hospitals struggling to cope.For Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, where violence has also surged since October last year, Mr. Trump’s victory was reason to fear for the future.
- November 06, 2024 20:46Israelis in Jerusalem see Trump return as ‘God’s plan’Israelis in Jerusalem welcomed Donald Trump’s U.S. election triumph today, hoping he might help end the wars devastating the region, while some called it “part of God’s plan”.“I believe in God, so this is part of God’s plan,” Esther Henderson, 44, a shopper in the ancient city’s popular Mahane Yehuda market, told AFP.“I feel like this is part of God showing us that the evil side, the more corrupt, the globalism, is starting to fall down,” she said.Recent surveys have shown that a majority of Israelis, 66% according to one conducted by Israel’s Channel 12 News, were hoping to see Mr. Trump return to the White House.That sentiment was echoed by many people at the market in Jerusalem today when it became clear that Trump had won.Divided Jerusalem is considered holy by the world’s three main monotheistic religions and is home to many conservative Israelis.
- November 06, 2024 19:32White House win gives Trump a legal reprieveDonald Trump’s election victory not only catapults him back to the White House but grants him a reprieve from looming court battles and soaring legal bills.As President, the 78-year-old Trump can make the federal criminal cases facing him vanish and see the state cases put on hold until he leaves the Oval Office four years from now.Mr. Trump pledged during the election campaign against Vice President Kamala Harris to fire Jack Smith, the special counsel who filed federal charges against him, “within two seconds” of taking office.A U.S. president does not have the authority to dismiss a special counsel, but Mr. Trump could — and almost certainly would — name a new attorney general who could do so.He could also simply order the Justice Department to drop the charges .Mr. Smith, who was appointed by Merrick Garland, President Joe Biden’s attorney general, brought two cases against Trump — for conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 election and for mishandling top secret documents after leaving the White House.
- November 06, 2024 19:26Trump 2.0 may bring new opportunities; India better placed than China in trade with US: ExpertsDonald Trump’s Presidency of the United States will open new opportunities for India though certain sectors, especially pharma and IT, may face the heat if the incoming President decides to impose restrictions on imports and H1B visa regulations, experts said today.Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s friendly relationship with Mr. Trump will have a positive bearing on Indo-US relations but India may have to adapt its strategies to maintain cooperation in areas of mutual interest.Former Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar said: “Trump’s presidency can be a new opportunity for India. Trump will impose tariffs and import restrictions on countries that he thinks are not friendly to the US, like China and even some European countries, and this can open markets for Indian exports”.Barclays, in a research report today, said trade policy is where Mr. Trump is likely to be “most consequential” for emerging Asia, which includes India and China.“We estimate Trump’s tariff proposals would subtract 2 per cent from China’s GDP – and greater pain on the more open economies in the rest of the region,” Barclays said. The more domestically oriented economies, including India, Indonesia and the Philippines, would be less vulnerable to higher tariffs, it added.Mr. Kumar said Mr. Trump will see India as a friendly country, and it can expect larger investments by US firms into India.- PTI
- November 06, 2024 19:19Afghan Taliban hopes for ‘new chapter’ with Trump election winAfghanistan’s Taliban government said it hoped for a “new chapter” in relations with the United States after Donald Trump’s presidential election victory.The government hopes the future Trump administration “will take realistic steps toward concrete progress in relations between the two countries and both nations will be able to open a new chapter of relations”, Foreign Ministry spokesman Abdul Qahar Balkhi said in a post on X.- AFP
- November 06, 2024 19:17Bolsonaro hopes Brazil will ‘follow the same path’ following Trump’s winBrazil’s far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro said on the social platform X that Donald Trump’s imminent return to the White House marked “the triumph of the people’s will over the arrogant designs of an elite who disdain our values, beliefs, and traditions.”He said Mr. Trump’s victory was historic and would empower right-wing and conservative movements across the globe, and he hoped it would inspire Brazil to “follow the same path.”Mr. Bolsonaro lost his re-election bid in late 2022 and a little over two months later, his supporters stormed the capital in a bid to restore him to power. It was widely seen as an echo of the U.S. Capitol insurrection two years earlier, and Mr. Bolsonaro is now the target of several investigations.- AP
November 06, 2024 19:09
Sri Lankan President Dissanayake congratulates Trump
Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake congratulated Donald Trump on his election victory. He posted his wishes on social media platform X.
“I look forward to engaging with your administration in realizing common objectives of our relations that are beneficial to the people of Sri Lanka and the United States,” he wrote on X.
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Trump’s election means US ‘will no longer be a driving force’ in climate fight, says Norwegian group
Norwegian Bellona environmental group said that “with the election of Donald Trump, the United States will no longer be a driving force globally to reach the 1.5 Celsius target,” referencing the international goal of trying to limit future warming since pre-industrial times.
The outcome means the European Union “must take the global leadership role in the climate fight, and to a significantly greater extent ensure the defence of Europe’s strategic interests,” the group said.
“The EU will now become significantly more important for climate, technology development and restructuring in the next four years,” Frederic Hauge, founder of the Oslo-based organization, said in a statement.
– AP
November 06, 2024 18:29
Justin Trudeau says friendship between Canada and US ‘is the envy of the world’
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau congratulated Donald Trump in a post on the social platform X and included a picture of the two of them in the White House during the President-elect’s first term.
“The friendship between Canada and the U.S. is the envy of the world. I know President Trump and I will work together to create more opportunity, prosperity, and security for both of our nations,” Mr. Trudeau posted.
Mr. Trump as President called Trudeau “weak” and “dishonest” and attacked Canada’s vital trade. He threatened tariffs on cars and imposed them on steel. The unprecedented tone against one of Washington’s closest allies left a bitter taste, and most Canadians were relieved that Mr. Trump was defeated in 2020.
– AP
November 06, 2024 18:27
Slovakia’s Prime Minister congratulates Trump on his victory
“We respect the choice of American people,” Prime Minister Robert Fico said at a news conference today.
Mr. Fico, who is known for pro-Russian views, said the result of the election is “certainly a defeat of liberal and progressivist ideas because the new American President is a conservative. We think he’ll focus on the economy issues in the United States.”
Mr. Fico said what’s of importance is that “everybody is waiting for the first steps in regards of the war in Ukraine.”
Mr. Fico added that Mr. Trump might reduce or halt the military aid for Ukraine or propose an immediate cease-fire to open the way for negotiations between Ukraine and Russia.
Mr. Fico ended his state’s military aid for Ukraine.
– AP
November 06, 2024 18:25
Federation of the Jewish Communities of Ukraine say Trump will bring ‘genuine peace’ to their country
The Federation of the Jewish Communities of Ukraine said they welcomed Donald Trump’s election and are confident Mr. Trump will bring “genuine peace in Ukraine while preserving our territorial integrity and standing firmly against forces that threaten the peace of the free world.”
– AP
November 06, 2024 18:21
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Donald Trump’s expected win
Here’s what Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said on Donald Trump’s expected win in the US presidential election and its likely impact on India-US ties.
