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UNITED STATES – He's back. For the second time in American history (the first since the 19th century), an American president will become one again a few years after leaving power. Republican Donald Trump won the presidential election held on Tuesday, November 5, beating Democrat Kamala Harris who hoped to become the first woman to occupy this position.
The first media to make the announcement, Fox News was joined in the middle of the American night (it was around 11:30 a.m. in France) by the Associated Press agency which declared it the winner in the key state of Wisconsin. He thus has 277 electors, seven more than the necessary majority.
He who escaped two assassination attempts during his campaign, considering himself ” protected by God », savored his victory surrounded by his loved ones and supporters from his HQ in Florida. He also claimed his victory on stage in Palm Beach even before the threshold of 270 electors was reached.
The popular vote also for Trump?
Neck and neck for several weeks in the polls, to the point that the scenario of equality was feared, the two opponents were decided more quickly than in 2020 when it was necessary to wait two days to formalize Joe's victory Biden. The billionaire was in the lead all evening before winning in the first swing states and almost filling up. He is well on his way to winning the popular vote, which did not happen to him in 2016.
President for the second time, Donald Trump will not, this time, have to cry about cheating and the theft of the vote. This is what he had been threatening to do for several weeks in the event of defeat. Retaliation and a repeat of the assault on the Capitol on January 6 should therefore not be feared. But it is for the future that the fate of the United States is worrying.
Immigration, abortion… Fear of the worst for the future
Indeed, for Donald Trump, the border question is the “topic number 1”. If he campaigned in 2016 by promising to build a wall along the Mexican border, he went much further this time, promising the largest operation to deport illegal migrants in the history of the United States. . “An invasion”, « des hordes », “They are poisoning the blood of America” : his xenophobic and dehumanizing rhetoric about migrants came up repeatedly in his speeches.
Just as his sexist and insulting remarks aimed at Kamala Harris confirmed the fears of all women's rights defenders. If he promised that his administration would “great for women”, many people fear abortion in particular.
We will now have to wait until January for Donald Trump to be inaugurated and make his first decisions as president, to the apprehension of a large part of the country.
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