In a historic re-election, Trump wins a second term as Democrats search for answers
Trump returns to the White House as the 47th president, with Democrats stunned at their loss.
Donald Trump won a second term as president Wednesday after wins in key battleground states, NBC News projects, leaving Democrats wondering what went wrong.
The historic victory avenged Trump’s loss in the 2020 election, which he and many of his supporters baselessly continued to insist was stolen from him.
“I think we just witnessed the greatest political comeback in the history of the United States of America,” Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, Trump’s running mate, said early Wednesday at the campaign’s victory party in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Trump and Vance spoke before most news outlets had declared him the winner, but the night was, at that point, clearly going in his direction. Trump thanked his supporters for the “extraordinary honor of being elected your 47th president and your 45th president.”
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