US Presidential Election: Trump Declares Victory as World Leaders Send Congratulations
Republican Donald Trump will become the new President of the United States. He has already received 277 electoral votes out of 270 required. However, the vote count is still ongoing, according to a parallel count by the Associated Press.
World leaders congratulate Republican Donald Trump on his victory in the US presidential election.
President of the European Council Charles Michel congratulated Trump on his re-election, stressing that the EU and the US have a ‘strong alliance and historic bond’.
In her congratulations, President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola expressed Europe's readiness to work with the new US administration ‘to overcome unprecedented geopolitical challenges, to maintain strong transatlantic ties based on our shared values of freedom, human rights, democracy and open EU and US markets’.
President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen also congratulated Trump. ‘I sincerely congratulate Donald Trump. The EU and the US are more than just allies. We are bound by a true partnership between our peoples, uniting 800 million citizens. Let's work together on a strong transatlantic agenda that continues to benefit them,’ she said.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte wrote to congratulate Trump on his election as US President and stressed that ‘his leadership will once again be key to keeping our Alliance strong. I look forward to working with him again to promote peace through strength within NATO.’
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy congratulated Donald Trump on his victory in the US presidential election. ‘Congratulations to Donald Trump on his impressive victory in the election! I recall our wonderful meeting with President Trump in September, when we discussed in detail the strategic partnership between Ukraine and the United States, the Victory Plan and ways to stop Russian aggression against Ukraine. I appreciate President Trump's commitment to a peace through strength approach to global affairs,’ Zelenskyy said.
The 78-year-old Trump won all seven key states. This means that he will be the country's leader for the second and last time.
US Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris will not address her supporters at a nighttime campaign event at Howard University. This was announced by Harris' campaign co-chairman Cedric Richmond.
Both Harris and Trump tried to convince voters that the opposing candidate was out of touch with the average American. According to an NBC News exit poll, a slightly higher proportion of voters across the country felt that Trump was too extreme compared to those who said the same for Harris.
Electors will vote on 17 December. On 6 January, Congress will approve the results of this vote and the name of the new US president will be officially announced.
Earlier, Donald Trump spoke at his headquarters and announced his victory in the US presidential election, which took place in the United States on Tuesday, 5 November. At that time, according to the AP's calculations, he had 267 votes out of 270 required, and the counting is ongoing, according to the AP.