‘This is a magnificent victory for the American people,’ Trump said.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.–Former President Donald Trump declared victory in the 2024 presidential contest early on Wednesday morning.
Trump was within a hair’s breadth of projected victory as he took the stage, just three electoral votes short of the 270 needed for victory. He won the battleground states of Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Carolina and was well ahead in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Nevada.
By the time Trump took the stage at the Palm Beach County Convention Center, Republicans had already captured the U.S. Senate with victories in Ohio and West Virginia. Further buttressing his mandate, the former president was also on track to win the national popular vote.
“God spared my life for a reason,” Trump said referring to the assassination attempts on his life.
“I think we just witnessed the greatest political comeback in the history of the United States history,” Trump said. “We’re going to help our country heal. We have a country that needs help, and it needs help very badly. We’re going to fix our borders. We’re going to fix everything about our country.”
Earlier in the night, as Trump supporters gathered at his watch party in Florida, Cedric Richmond, co-chair of the Harris–Walz campaign took the stage in Washington, D.C., to inform the crowd that the vice president won’t be speaking that night.
“We still have votes to count. We still have states that haven’t been called yet,” Richmond said. “We want to fight to make sure that every vote is counted, that every voice has spoken, so you won’t hear from the vice president tonight.”
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Tucker Carlson, and Donald Trump Jr., were among the crowd at the Trump victory party.
Exit polls by Edison Research showed Trump making significant gains with Hispanic Americans and younger voters.
As the Trump transition team prepares to take the White House, Americans can expect major changes in how the U.S. government handles foreign affairs, tax policy, and illegal immigration.
By Ivan Pentchoukov and Emel Akan
