Donald Trump claims ‘magnificent victory’ as he looks set for White House return
Donald Trump has declared he has won a “magnificent victory for the American people” as he looks on track to return to the White House as 47th President of the United States.
Mr Trump has told his supporters that “America has given us an unprecedented and powerful mandate”, after he was projected to win a number of crucial swing states ahead of Democrat candidate Kamala Harris.
Addressing a campaign party in Florida in the early hours of Wednesday, Mr Trump pledged to “fight” for “every citizen” and promised the “golden age of America”.
He said: “Every single day I will be fighting for you with every breath in my body.
“I will not rest until we have delivered the strong, safe and prosperous America that our children deserve, and that you deserve.”
He added: “This is a magnificent victory for the American people that will allow us to make America great again.”
Minutes before he took to the stage at a campaign party in Florida, it was projected that Mr Trump had won in the state of Pennsylvania, following earlier victories in North Carolina and Georgia, swing states where the race with his Democrat rival has been closely fought.
Ms Harris’s hopes for the presidency have now all but disappeared, as even with votes from the remaining battleground states – Nevada, Arizona, Michigan and Wisconsin – the odds appear stacked against her.
In central London, Democrat supporters went virtually silent as a television network showed Mr Trump ahead in swing states.
Some held their head in their hands as concern spread about Ms Harris’s prospects, and there were shouts of “No, that can’t be right” as projections on CNN showed Mr Trump strongly ahead among Latino voters in Michigan.
A spokesperson for Republicans Abroad has meanwhile claimed Democrats are on course for a “shellacking” and their path to victory is “getting narrower and narrower”.
Sara Elliot also told Times Radio: “It is definitely not what we expected in some ways, being that the polls were as close as they are.”