Donald Trump defeats Kamala Harris to become the next U.S. president, NBC News projects
Donald J. Trump, the once and now future president, capped an improbable political comeback by defeating Vice President Kamala Harris on promises to turbocharge the economy and deport undocumented immigrants by the millions.
Donald J. Trump, the once and now future president, capped an improbable political comeback by defeating Vice President Kamala Harris on promises to turbocharge the economy and deport undocumented immigrants by the millions.
NBC News projected the Trump victory over Harris, who was the first woman of color to win a major-party nomination for president, early Wednesday. She took the reins of the Democratic campaign after President Joe Biden abandoned his bid for a second term, a decision made in the wake of a disastrous June debate performance.
On Wednesday, Harris called Trump to concede, a senior aide told NBC News. She addressed supporters at Howard University in Washington in the afternoon, promising a peaceful transfer of power.
Trump, the most polarizing figure in modern American politics, now must preside over a nation deeply riven by social, racial, cultural and economic hostilities that he has strategically exploited on the campaign trail for nearly a decade. It was, for him, a successful strategy. The last time a defeated U.S. president avenged his loss was in 1892, when Grover Cleveland did it.
“This was the greatest political movement of all time,” Trump said just before 2:30 a.m. Wednesday at a rally in West Palm Beach, Florida. “Now it’s going to reach a new level of importance because we’re going to help our country heal.”
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