Niroj Tolange/ WASHINGTON DC: Former President Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election, securing his second term in the White House, according to Fox News.
In a stunning outcome, Trump triumphed over Vice President Kamala Harris, making him the 47th President of the United States.
His victory comes after a remarkable and tumultuous election cycle, marked by unprecedented events and two assassination attempts on his life.
Trump will become the first president to serve two nonconsecutive terms since Grover Cleveland, who last held this distinction in 1892, making him just the second president in U.S. history to achieve this feat.
Originally elected in 2016, Trump defeated former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and campaigned on the promise to “Make America Great Again.”
After losing his bid for re-election to Joe Biden in 2020 amid the global COVID-19 pandemic, Trump has now reclaimed the presidency in 2024, renewing his slogan with a slightly altered message: “Make America Great Once Again.”
Trump officially launched his campaign for a second term on November 15, 2022, just after the midterm elections.
Throughout his campaign, he highlighted the shortcomings of the Biden-Harris administration, especially criticizing the reversal of his key policies, which he argued contributed to rising inflation and a worsening border crisis.
Despite facing a crowded Republican primary field, Trump quickly emerged as the clear frontrunner, defeating all his rivals—who ultimately endorsed him for the presidency—and winning every primary contest.
For much of the campaign, Trump was pitted against President Biden, who was running for a second term.
However, after a disastrous performance in their first debate in June, Biden faced increasing pressure from Democratic insiders to suspend his re-election campaign, which he did by July.
Who is Donald Trump?
Donald Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, businessman, and media figure who was elected the 47th President of the United States.
He previously served as the 45th President from 2017 to 2021, becoming the second president in U.S. history, after Grover Cleveland, to win two non-consecutive terms.
Trump earned a Bachelor of Science degree in economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968. In 1971, his father appointed him president of the family’s real estate business, which Trump renamed the Trump Organization.
He shifted the company’s focus to developing and renovating high-rise buildings, hotels, casinos, and golf courses.
After experiencing several business setbacks in the late 1990s, he turned to licensing his name in various ventures.
From 2004 to 2015, Trump co-produced and hosted the reality TV series The Apprentice.
Throughout his career, he and his companies were involved in over 4,000 legal cases, including six bankruptcies.
In the 2016 presidential election, Trump, as the Republican nominee, defeated Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton despite losing the popular vote.
He became the only U.S. president without prior military or government experience.
Throughout his political career, he promoted conspiracy theories, made numerous false or misleading statements, and often made controversial remarks that were widely seen as racist, misogynistic, and inflammatory.
As president, Trump implemented a number of controversial policies, including a travel ban on citizens from several Muslim-majority countries, reallocated military funds to build a border wall with Mexico, and enforced a family separation policy.
He rolled back over 100 environmental regulations, passed the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which reduced taxes and eliminated the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate penalty, and faced criticism for his slow response to the COVID-19 pandemic, spreading misinformation and undermining health expert advice. Trump also initiated a trade war with China, withdrew from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the Paris Climate Agreement, and the Iran nuclear deal, and held three summits with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, though no significant progress was made on denuclearization.
Trump became the first president in U.S. history to be impeached twice—once in 2019 for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress after pressuring Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden, and again in 2021 for inciting an insurrection following the storming of the U.S. Capitol.
He was acquitted by the Senate in both cases. After losing the 2020 election to Joe Biden, Trump falsely claimed widespread election fraud and tried to overturn the results.
On January 6, 2021, he encouraged his supporters to march to the Capitol, where they later rioted.
In the 2024 election, Trump won a second term as president, defeating Democratic candidate Kamala Harris, with his running mate JD Vance.
