Donald Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States on Wednesday, after the AP swept Wisconsin and the former president, ensuring a spectacular political comeback and a return to the Oval Office.
By winning Wisconsin, Trump secured the 270 electoral votes he needed to win the presidency and defeat Vice President Kamala Harris, for the second time in a row.
Trump and the GOP won the race to run the executive branch of government after a controversial and blistering populist campaign that aired many of his grievances about his 2020 election loss to President Joe Biden.
Trump’s campaign was punctuated by several legal cases against him, as well as several convictions for several attempts on his life. In May, a New York jury found the former (and now future) president guilty of 34 felony counts. He will now be the first president to enter the White House after being convicted of a crime. The president-elect’s sentencing in the so-called “hush money case” is scheduled for November 26.
Bouncing around campaign states as he returned his Make America Great Again movement to its original form — a presidential campaign — the 78-year-old former president was shot in the ear during an open-air campaign address near Butler. was given , Pennsylvania. Trump quickly recovered and attended the GOP convention in Philadelphia in August, only to learn of a possible second attempt on his life after a gunman was discovered outside one of his golf courses in Florida in September.
Nowhere was Trump’s takeover of the Republican Party more evident than at the 2024 GOP convention. He easily defeated Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, as well as his own Vice President Mike Pence, his former Cabinet member Nikki Haley and other contenders for the party’s nomination. Trump chose not to attend all of the primary debates and still held double-digit leads over all challengers during his two-year bid.
Trump’s nearly two-year campaign for the 2024 race — he announced his candidacy on Nov. 15, 2022 — has continued his aggressive rallying style and populist messaging, this time focusing his rallies on his legal challenges and the 2020 election. used as a platform to air grievances about In front of his loyal followers.
Trump continued his lie about the 2020 election, claiming it was stolen by Democrats in a so-called “Big Lie” that captured his public. He also staunchly defended MAGA supporters who participated in the attack on the Capitol on January 6 as the 2020 vote was being ratified by Congress. The financial cost of the president-elect’s lies about the 2020 election reached $1 billion at the end of 2023.
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